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FESTIVAL PAIRS WITH DOWNTOWN ORILLIA SIDEWALK SALE
STARTS THIS FRIDAY AND RUNS UNTIL SATURDAY
For Immediate Release
DOWNTOWN
ORILLIA - The Orillia Beatles Celebration is partnering with The
Downtown Orillia Management Board and moving the annual event to the
weekend of July 25 & 26 to coincide with the summer sidewalk sale.
Now in its eighth year, this festival will focus on the British
Invasion.
"You
can expect magnificent Beatles tribute bands, as well as other great
performances with some Brit-Rock flare," says Chairman of the Downtown
Orillia Management Board, Ralph Cipolla. "The sidewalk sale will have
huge summer discounts, British-themed vendors, collectible appraisers, a
beer garden and a Main Stage with outstanding headlining acts."
The
Downtown Management Board has transformed their popular Leacock
Sidewalk Sale into a Beatles theme, something both organizing committees
found complementary and easy to do. “There are two simultaneous events
happening”, explained Susan Willsey of the DMB, “Downtown merchants get
to have their traditional summer sidewalk sale and the Beatles Committee
gets to program their festival to a potentially new audience.” The
downtown merchants will be out on the street amongst the Beatles and
British themed vendors that will feature everything from food to
collectables from Downton Abbey and Coronation Street.
Newly
appointed Orillia Beatles Celebration chair Donald Porter is
enthusiastic about the move. “We wanted to do something big for the
festival this year as we believe it had reached its attendance potential
for September. The DMB is very easy to work with and Beatles shouldn’t
have too much difficulty attracting their usual crowd plus more. It’s a
win-win situation.”
The
event is two a full two days and is being dubbed as the “Orillia
Beatles Celebration and Street Festival”. Opening at 10 am on Friday
July 25, guests and visitors can shop locally, find Beatles and
collectable vendors and listen to Beatles tribute artists and performers
on a number of stages downtown. Friday night, the Orillia Opera House
will host “The McCartney Years”, a professional touring production that
recreates the authentic feel of Paul McCartney and Wings’ legendary
Wings over America Tour from the 1970’s. Tickets are still available and
can be purchased by via www.orilliaoperahouse.com.
There
are also two street dances Friday and Saturday night both of which cost
$5.The Casino Rama Cares Main Stage performances include:
FRIDAY, JULY 25
The Willwinders - 8pm
Beatlemania Revisited - 10pm
SATURDAY, JULY 26
Charlotte and the Dirty Cowboys - 1pm
Griddle Pickers - 2pm
Kayla Elizabeth - 3pm
The Beagles - 4:30pm
The Argues - 6pm
Shimmy Rabbitson - 8pm
The British Invasion - 10pm
Enjoy FREE PARKING on weekends in all Downtown Municipal Lots
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