Nova Scotia’s Pictou County is coming together to support a much-loved musician, mother and community ambassador who is currently battling cancer.

“As most people know, Fleur was diagnosed in 2008 with carcinoid cancer,” says Fleur Mainville’s sister-in-law, Becky Heighton. “In September of this year, the cancer is back. Fleur was hospitalized.”

The radio host, fiddle teacher and farm market manager is a household name in Pictou County and a large crowd is expected at the Friends for Fleur benefit concert in support of Mainville, her husband and two children Wednesday evening.

Local musician Dave Gunning says he has played alongside Mainville for many years and has always admired her as a musician and a friend.

Gunning is set to take the stage along with J.P. Cormier, John Spyder MacDonald, John Landry and Christina Martin, just to name a few.

“Whether it’s friendship or helping somebody else in need, she gives her all,” says Gunning. “She’s all heart and just so many people in this area know and love her.”

“The kids love her. You know, if you go to any of the music events where her students are there, they just really enjoy her and connect with her,” says Tammy MacLaren, the mother of one of Mainville’s students. “She’s so positive and reinforcing with them.”

Concert organizers say there’s no shortage of people who want to help out in any way they can.

“The admiration of Fleur really transcends beyond the music community and really the community in general,” says Carlton Munroe, the manager of Glasgow Square Theatre. “She’s a true community builder in New Glasgow and in Pictou County, manages the farmer’s market and has really taken that to another level over the last couple of years.”

“Fleur instantly makes you feel like you’re the star and she’s the star in all of our eyes, of course, but she always has a way of turning it around and making you feel like you’re the special one,” says Ann MacGregor, a host at East Coast FM, where Mainville hosts a weekly program.

Mainville has also been known to lend her time and talents for any cause, big or small, whenever she’s been asked. But her family says this time is a little different.

“She’d rather be here playing than the beneficiary of an event like this, and we would rather her be here playing than a beneficiary, but that’s not how it is,” says Heighton.

The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Glasgow Square Theatre.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Dan MacIntosh