LOREENA MCKENNITT ANNOUNCES THE MASK AND THE MIRROR 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR ACROSS EASTERN CANADA IN 2026

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16 DECEMBER 2025 (TORONTO, ON) – Next fall, award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt will be commemorating the 30th anniversary of her album The Mask and The Mirror with a tour in Eastern Canada. This marks the second leg of the anniversary tour, first performed for European festival audiences in the summer of 2024.

The Mask and The Mirror Tour begins in Moncton, on October 13th, 2026 and concludes in Toronto on October 31, stopping in a dozen cities across New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Québec, and Ontario.

The 1994 studio album – her fifth – was described by Billboard magazine that same year as “timeless and transcendent”. Celebrated for its ‘cross-cultural fertilization’, it weaves together Celtic, Spanish and Moroccan influences. The album has been called “one of the most celebrated albums by the artist” and “a turning point in Loreena’s music”. It has sold more than two million copies worldwide.

McKennitt proclaims she followed “paths of inspiration” and that the album “examines the questions that echo down the centuries – Who was God? What is religion, what spirituality? What was revealed and what was concealed and what was the mask and what the mirror?”

The first set each evening will feature ‘fan favourites’, while the second set will include every song on the album. Loreena will be accompanied by musical companions Caroline Lavelle on cello, Brian Hughes on guitar, Hugh Marsh on violin, Dudley Phillips on bass and Robert Brian on drums.

“This album was a historical and musical pilgrimage for me and I’m thrilled to bring this concert home,” McKennitt states. “This is a milestone anniversary in my career and I look forward to celebrating it with Canadian audiences, including Atlantic Canada where we have not performed in a decade.”

McKennitt’s eclectic Celtic blend of pop, folk and world music has sold more than 14 million albums worldwide. Her recordings have achieved Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum status in 15 countries on four continents. She has twice been nominated for a GRAMMY® Award and has won two Juno Awards, as well as a Billboard International Achievement Award. McKennitt was inducted into the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in March 2023 and The Canadian Music Hall of Fame in May 2025.

In addition to her musical career, Loreena McKennitt has been recognized for a number of noteworthy philanthropic initiatives, including:

The Mask And The Mirror 30th Anniversary Tour Dates:
Oct 13         Moncton, NB                Capitol Theatre
Oct 14         Fredericton, NB            Fredericton Playhouse
Oct 15         Charlottetown, PE        Confederation Centre of the Arts
Oct 16         Saint John, NB              Imperial Theatre
Oct 17         Halifax, NS                    Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Oct 20         Ottawa, ON                   National Arts Centre – Southam Hall
Oct 21         Québec, QC                  Théâtre Capitole
Oct 25         Sherbrooke, QC            Centre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke
Oct 26         Montréal, QC                Place des Arts - Maison Symphonique
Oct 29         London, ON                  Centennial Hall
Oct 30         Kitchener, ON              Centre In The Square
Oct 31         Toronto, ON                 Massey Hall

Santiago (1994) - https://youtu.be/-t9RznKuNQg