Directories

August 16 to August 19
Main St. Unionville, Unionville, ON

The Markham Jazz Festival offers a diverse mix of jazz entertainment for music lovers of all ages. This year's festival takes place in the historic village of Unionville. The opening “15th Birthday Blues Bash” takes place Thursday, August 16, at Markham Theatre, featuring an incredible blues line-up including Shakura S’Aida, Monkey Junk, Fathead, Harrison Kennedy and Treasa Levasseur! The weekend also features fantastic free outdoor acts Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with artists Tony Monaco, Marc Jordan and many more. In addition to more than 20 stage acts on three stages, there are street performances as well as "Hot Spots" (bars and restaurants) featuring jazz all around town.

905-471-5299
www.markhamjazzfestival.com

June 8 to June 17
Festival hub at David Pecaut Square, 55 John St., Toronto, ON (other events across the city)

Luminato’s free concerts at David Pecaut Square provide a blend of world music, singer-songwriters and hip-hop, plus the Toronto Symphony Orchestra playing its first outdoor concert in nearly a decade. This year brings free performances from K’NAAN, Michael Franti, Loreena McKennitt, AfroCubism and many more. In addition to an engaging array of free concerts, Luminato offers a diverse mix of ticketed concerts by some of music’s most celebrated performers, including Stewart Goodyear performing all 32 Beethoven sonatas in one day and a tribute to the late Kate McGarrigle with Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn and Mary Margaret O’Hara, among others.

416-368-3100
www.luminato.com

August 10 to August 12
Pull-A-Log Park, Red Rock, ON

Come to Red Rock, one hour east of Thunder Bay, to enjoy a weekend full of music, family activities, food, artisans, camping and friendship along the shores of beautiful Lake Superior. Celebrate our tenth anniversary along with Rita Chiarelli, Jack de Keyzer, Fred Eaglesmith, Dala and Jory Nash. The festival also offers another 25 artists representing folk and roots, blues, bluegrass, and country! Take a trip on the lake in a 16-seat voyageur canoe, greet the day with morning yoga and take a turn on the open mic stage.

www.livefromtherock.com

June 30 to August 25
Leith Church, 419134 Tom Thomson Lane, Leith, ON

Leith Summer Festival concerts are presented in Georgian Bay’s historic Leith Church. This season includes: “The Book of Love,” June 30 (sopranos Patricia O’Callaghan and Monica Whicher, pianist Robert Kortgaard and bassist Andrew Downing); “L’Accordéoniste: Latin Heat,” July 14 (Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano; Mary-Lou Vetere, accordion; Peter Tiefenbach, piano; and Carol Bauman, percussion); “Jayme Stone’s Room of Wonders,” July 28 (banjoist Jayme Stone and friends playing music inspired by folk traditions); “Evening Enchantment: Chopin’s Nocturnes,” August 11 (Italian pianist Robert Prosseda); and “The Donna Steinacher Bursary Stars,” August 25 (a gala by four emerging young artists). All concerts start 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 and season passes $120.

1-888-446-7699 or 519-371-2833
www.leithchurch.ca or www.ticketscene.ca/roxy