Indigenous Spotlight Series: Sara Kae

Our Indigenous Spotlight Series highlights top contemporary Indigenous music artists on the scene, in partnership with Meriläinen Müsic Inc. Meriläinen Müsic Inc., founded by Marc and Laura Meriläinen, is a majority Indigenous owned full-service record label providing professional music industry services to emerging and established artists. Meriläinen Müsic Inc. is committed to advancing and promoting the careers and opportunities within the music industry for all artists while also specializing in serving the Indigenous Artist community. Sara Kae is an Ojibwe and Cree artist, writer, and performer with limitless range in both the stories she tells and the spaces where she tells them. A member of Lake Helen First Nation, Sara got her start touring northern Ontario with her counsellor father, speaking and singing in schools and community gatherings from the age of 12. Sara’s growing list of career highlights includes hosting Wake the Giant Music Festival, opening for Juno Award-winning artist Aysanabee, partnering with Susan Aglukark’s Arctic Rose Foundation, co-creating the musical theatre production Trading Places, and fronting Rise with Sara Kae, a concert series with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Her 2024 EP, Maadaadizi, funded by the Ontario Arts Council, is an intimate, organic, and upbeat tribute to her growth as an artist. Sara is excited to open an exciting new musical chapter in 2026.