Summer Music Festivals

July 5 to August 26
Huntsville, ON

Huntsville Festival of the ArtsCelebrating 25 years of presenting top quality international, national and local performing arts concerts, the Huntsville Festival has planned a special celebration season for this July and August. The opening night gala features The Canadian Brass, who opened the inaugural season in 1993. Conductor Kerry Stratton and the fully professional Festival Orchestra, a mainstay in the festival’s earlier years, will return with two concerts. The eclectic lineup features Colin James, Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, Jesse Cook, country star Corb Lund and ageless rockers Lighthouse, along with numerous other great artists. Daytime concerts, children’s shows and the return of Nuit Blanche North are highlights.

Box Office: 705-789-4975
www.huntsvillefestival.on.ca
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August 3 to 31
Haliburton, ON

Highlands Opera StudioJoin us for our 11th season celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial, and hear the best young professional voices Canada has to offer in the beauty of the Haliburton Highlands, only two and a half hours northeast of the GTA. Established in 2007 by internationally-acclaimed Canadian tenor Richard Margison and Canadian stage director/violist Valerie Kuinka, the Highlands Opera Studio is an advanced intensive training and professional networking program for emerging opera professionals. Chosen from 150+ applicants from across Canada through competitive auditions, the 2017 vocal participants can be heard throughout the month of August, in masterclasses with Richard Margison, four concerts and two staged operas. Experience the first public workshop performance of our new opera commission, Wiikondiwin (Feast), written and composed by Odawa First Nation composer Barbara Croall, along with four performances of Mozart’s “battle of the sexes,” Così fan tutte. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit our website.

1-855-457-9933
www.highlandsoperastudio.com
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September 13 to 17
Guelph, ON

Guelph Jazz FestivalJoin us for five days of world-class creative music in one of Ontario’s loveliest cities. Heralded as a visionary musical event, our intimate community-powered festival celebrates the best in contemporary improvised music, offers ticketed concerts plus a free outdoor series on Friday and Saturday in Market Square, and hosts a free educational colloquium with panel talks, keynotes, and artist interviews. Some of the artists featured include: BassDrumBone with Ray Anderson, Mark Helias and Gerry Hemingway; John Butcher, Thomas Lehn and Matthew Shipp; Peter Brötzmann solo; Peggy Lee’s Film in Music; René Lussier’s MEUH; Ray Anderson’s Pocket Brass Band; Matthew Shipp solo; Cluttertones with Lee Pui Ming; Barnyard Drama with Christine Duncan and Jean Martin; plus many more.

519-763-4952
www.guelphjazzfestival.com

July 12 to 16
Brandon, Erickson and Riding Mountain National Park, MB

Clear Lake Chamber Music FestivalThe 12th Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, under the artistic direction of Canadian pianists Daniel Tselyakov and Alexander Tselyakov, has become an important part of Canada’s cultural calendar. The most exciting and first of its kind that Manitoba has to offer, this festival is a celebration of summer with classical music, jazz and outstanding musicians in the natural beauty of Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. The festival will take place the second week of July. For tickets or more information contact us by phone or email tselyakov@hotmail.com. See directions on our website.

204-571-6547
www.clearlakefestival.ca
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May 27 and June 26, August 18 to 27
Ottawa, Toronto and Prince Edward County, ON

Classical Unbound Festival 2World-calibre, acclaimed classical music and performers in winery-barns, vineyard fields and rustic churches; two late-August weekends, with seven different concerts (+ May/June Urban-Outreach concerts). Venues set within nature, where Prince Edward County’s gastronomic and viticulture scenes underlie each concert’s intimacy and casualness – stripping away barriers to the music for you, the audience, and for us, the performers. Special guests: Krisztina Szabó and Jon Kimura Parker, Yosuke Kawasaki, Jessica Linnebach, Joanna G’froerer, Rachel Mercer, Yehonatan Berick, Karen Donnelly, Carissa Klopoushak, Julia MacLaine, David Pell, Evan Mitchell, David Marks, Nicholas Hartman, Steven van Gulik, Vadim Serebryany, Rachel Krehm, Sasha Johnson, Fanny Bray, Jaeyoung Chong, and Jonathan Krehm. A new, unique festival by top-flight performers, taking classical music out of their concert halls and giving it to you.

613-567-1925
www.classicalunbound.com
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July 7 to 30
Toronto, ON

Beaches International Jazz FestivalThe Beaches International Jazz Festival is celebrating its 29th year and we want you to come celebrate with us! Be part of Toronto’s biggest jazz music celebration and street party of the year. Beaches International Jazz is Canada’s largest free festival. You will be happy you came, and be sad you left. Or sad when the festival is done. Whichever comes first. July 7 to 9: second annual Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside (Jimmie Simpson Park); July 14 to 16: second annual Latin Carnival (Woodbine Park); July 21 to 23: Woodbine Park Main Stage (Woodbine Park); July 27 to 29: Streetfest (Queen St. E from Beech Ave. to Woodbine Ave.); July 28 to 30: Woodbine Park Main Stage.

416-698-2152
www.beachesjazz.com
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May 1 to August 28
Toronto, ON

Music MondaysA lunchtime concert series at the Church of the Holy Trinity – welcome to our 26th season! Music Mondays has served as a launching pad for emerging talent since its inception in 1992. Our concerts take place in the warm acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, just steps away from the Eaton Centre. Our goal is to provide the highest possible musical experience to a pay-what-you-can downtown Toronto audience. Please join us for this, our 25th anniversary season. Bring your lunch – and a friend – every Monday at 12:15pm from May through the end of August.

416-598-4521 x223
www.musicmondays.ca
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June 1 to 11
Toronto, ON

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Lula Lounge, the 2017 Lulaworld festival will bring together artists with roots in Cuba, Chile, Tibet, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal and beyond for 11 days of original collaborations and new projects that cross borders, genres and generations. This year’s edition of Lulaworld features more than 20 performances including two CD releases, a street mural project, lessons in Brazilian forró, Cuban salsa, and Tibetan dance, a panel on music in the media and a community street brass band performance that you can take part in. Visit www.lulaworld.ca and www.lula.ca for full details.

416-797-4890
www.lula.ca
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July 1 to August 26
Leith, ON

Leith Summer Festival and artistic director Robert Kortgaard present five concerts in July and August in the Historic Leith Church, 12km from Owen Sound on Georgian Bay. Leith Church is a wonderfully intimate venue with excellent acoustics enjoyed by musicians and audiences alike. The festival begins on Saturday, July 1 with “And So it Goes...”: songs by baritone Brett Polegato with Robert Kortgaard, piano. Saturday July 15, Duo Concertante performs Bach, Crawley and Franck. July 29 features pianist Mauro Bertoli playing Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Grieg. The Gryphon Trio appears on August 5, while the Rolston String Quartet closes the season on August 26. All concerts are on Saturday evenings, starting at 7:30pm. Tickets at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound.

519-371-2833
www.leithfestival.ca

June 9 to September 17
Indian River, PE

Indian River FestivalPresented by the Confederation Bridge, the Indian River Festival offers a summer-long series of concerts in a magnificent heritage church set within sight of beautiful Malpeque Bay. Discover excellence in folk, blues, roots, jazz, classical, choral, Maritime, world and contemporary music by the finest artists from Prince Edward Island and across Canada, all in the world class acoustical setting of Historic St. Mary’s, Indian River.

1-866-856-3733 or 902-836-3733
www.indianriverfestival.com
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July 21 to August 13
Parry Sound, ON

Festival of the SoundConcerts – Cruises – Films. Canada’s finest Jazz and Classical Summer Music Festival. Experience world-class chamber and jazz music combined with the beautiful landscape of Georgian Bay! In its 38-year history, the Festival of the Sound has become a go-to destination for musicians and music lovers alike. The festival is internationally recognized by various organizations, including by the CBC as one of Canada’s Top Summer Festivals, and by Festivals & Events Ontario as one of the Top 100 Festivals or Events in Ontario. From July 21 to August 13, the Festival of the Sound hosts over 60 events, consisting of 50 unique musicians and 20 ensembles from Canada and around the world. Contact our box office at 1-866-364-0061 and book your tickets today.

705-746-2410
www.festivalofthesound.ca
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