SweetWater Music Festival
September 20 to 22
Owen Sound and Meaford, ON
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SweetWater is all about ‘evolution’ for its 16th festival of world-class music. The 2019 festival will be artistic director Mark Fewer’s final one at the helm. He’s got a few musical treats left on his bucket list. The stellar line-up includes the SweetWater debut of world-famous countertenor Daniel Taylor, Adrian Butterfield, David Braid, Kenneth Slowik, and Rachel Brown. SweetWater’s next artistic director, violinist Edwin Huizinga, will also be a featured performer. Free, interactive activities include the family fav “Mozart for Munchkins”, community play-along “Classical Jam”, and string instrument showcase “Luthier Exhibit”, and “Luthier Performance” - moderated by Robert Harris. Friday night opening gala ($55) Saturday early evening concert and Sunday matinee ($40), late night jazz ($30). Festival pass (4 Concerts) $150.
519-371-2833
www.sweetwatermusicfestival.ca
The Heritage Music Festival, featuring the 68th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship, will take place August 8-12, 2018 in Shelburne, Ontario. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Shelburne, the event features a variety of entertainers, including The Trews, the Beckett Family, and Louis Schryer, as well as Canada’s top fiddlers in competition for thousands of dollars in prizes. Community events include camping, Bands and Brews at the Fiddle Park, a giant fiddle parade, a pork bbq, an open air market, and non-denominational church service. Proceeds of the Heritage Music Festival support Shelburne Rotary’s many charitable projects.
Join us to celebrate our 25th Anniversary with five days of world-class creative music in one of Ontario’s loveliest cities. Our intimate community-powered festival features the best in contemporary improvised music, offers ticketed concerts plus a free outdoor series on Friday and Saturday in Market Square, and hosts free educational programming with panel talks and artist interviews. Some of the artists featured include: Darius Jones’s Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in Translation), Steve Swell’s Soul Travelers, Jean Derome’s Somebody Special: Music of Steve Lacy, Satoko Fujii’s This Is It!, Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones, Agustí Fernández & Yves Charuest, Konk Pack, Nick Fraser Quartet with Tony Malaby, and many more.
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