Community radio was Kerry’s entry into the independent music world 38 years ago. She’s artistic and marketing director of the 46 year ‘post-folk’ multi-genre Calgary Folk Music Festival (July 23 - 26, 2026) at 8 stage on Prince's Island Park, the winter Block Heater festival (early February) and an off-season concert series. She spent some time on the skins in an all-female lo-fi band decades ago, is on several non-profit arts boards, has served on many arts juries, is a proud part of WRAD (western roots artistic directors) and NApresenters, co-founded Rwanda’s KigaliUp festival, and produces/hosts weekly CKUA and CJSW radio programs when she’s not traveling to conferences and festivals to see music from a vast range of genres.