About
Fingerstyle guitar playing, upbeat lyrical songs, and an engaging rapport with your audience.
Known as Calgary’s unofficial busker king, you’ve probably seen Doug Waite streetside, or performing at local venues and music festivals. Doug started playing music when he was fifteen, going on to busk his way throughout Europe as a young man, before returning to his roots here in Canada. He’s won the Calgary Folk Fest Songwriting contest two years in a row, and has been a part of many Calgary music mainstays – touring Spain with the Ramblin’ Ambassadors, and producing the Bownesians’ Picnic for 9 years. Genre-defying, his performances blend everything from folk, jazz, surf rock, and more.
Highlights
Art type: Live Music
Music type: Original Music
What this Artist plays most of the time
Genre: Singer/SongwriterAlt-CountryJazz
Home base: Calgary
Appeals most (but not limited) to: All ages respond to Doug's music and interaction with his audiences.
Top Venues Performed/Exhibited *
East Side Studio Crawl
2026/09
East Town Get Down Music Festival
2026/05
Calgary Folk Fest - songwiting contest winner (three years in a row!!)
2010/07
* Unverified
Activity
Events booked with Stagehand
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