Leith Summer Festival

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The Leith Summer Festival and Artistic Director Jeremy Bell present five concerts each summer in the Historic Leith Church, 12km from Owen Sound. The church is an intimate venue with excellent acoustics. The festival begins on Saturday, June 22 with a mix of Indo jazz and Classical with Autorickshaw and the Penderecki String Quartet. On Sunday, July 7, the New Zealand String Quartet performs Shostakovich and Debussy. The Swiss Piano Trio presents Dvorak's Dumsky on Saturday, July 27. Benedict Lauziere, violin and Angel Park, piano will play Saint-Saens and Chausson on Sunday, August 11. On Saturday, August 24, Stewart Goodyear concludes the festival with Beethoven and Gershwin.

Sunday afternoon concerts start at 2:30pm, and Saturday evening concerts start at 7:30pm. Tickets are $45 at www.roxytheatre.ca. For details, call 519-371-2833.