One-Tank Trip for June 23/18
(c) By Jim Fox
The hills are alive
with the sound of music in “cottage country” and beyond.
From big annual
music festivals to summertime favourite haunts and hoe downs in a country barn,
there are plenty of options.
Boys of summer
California’s Beach
Boys embody the fun of summer as they return to Casino Rama Resort, near Orillia,
on July 20.
The touring group,
headed by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, brings “Good Vibrations” and summer
tunes to “Lake Country.”
Headlining the
Canada Day Weekend on June 29 and 30 is Canadian rocker Burton Cummings, Bryan
Adams, July 4, Sarah McLachlan, July 5, Donny and Marie, July 12, 13, and Reba,
July 27, 28. casinorama.com
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| Burton Cummings will rock the house at Casino Rama Resort. |
Nearby is Burl’s
Creek, home of Boots and Hearts, “Canada’s largest country music festival.”
The event in
Oro-Medonte from Aug. 9 to 12 is headlined by Alan Jackson and Florida Georgia
Line. bootsandhearts.com
Rockin’ the barn
There’s plenty of toe-tapping, hand-clapping and down-home fun
at the Walters Dinner Theatre on the family homestead in Bright, between Woodstock
and Kitchener.
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| Walters Family Band. (Photo by Barbara Taylor) |
The Walters Family Band kicked off the
season now featuring shows paying tribute to country and music entertainers,
with their return on Sept. 4 to 8 for Country Gospel.
Included are some “Good Vibrations – A
Celebration of the Beach Boys – from July 23 to 28.
There are matinee and evening performances through
Oct. 2, along with the pre-show country buffet with local favourite rolled ribs
and apple crisp. walterstheatre.com;
(519) 463-5559
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| The Walters family entertains with country music and humour in their converted barn. |
All
that jazz
Seal, Herbie Hancock, Savion Glover,
Bettye LaVette, Alison Krauss and Cecile McLorin Salvant are just a few of the
artists at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival on now through July 1.
“From legendary artists to rising stars, the lineup “includes names that will resonate with jazz lovers and music fans of all ages,” said publicist Anna Tom.
“From legendary artists to rising stars, the lineup “includes names that will resonate with jazz lovers and music fans of all ages,” said publicist Anna Tom.
There are about 150
free concerts while other performers include Holly Cole and guitarist Liona
Boyd paying homage to 1960’s folk music.
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| The TD Toronto Jazz Festival offers more than 150 free concerts during its 10-day run. |
The city is “transformed” as the sound
of jazz fills concert halls and the streets of Yorkville come alive, she added.
torontojazz.com
Thank you very much
The
Collingwood Elvis Festival, July 27 to 29, is a rockin’ good time at the “largest
event of its kind in the world paying tribute to the King of Rock and Roll.”
This event
celebrating the rock legend has dozens of tribute artists in concert, a parade,
gospel worship service, competitions and vendors. collingwoodelvisfestival.com
Gotta have a fiddle in the band
The toe tappin’
entertainment of the summer has to be the 68th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle
Championship in Shelburne, north of Orangeville.
The event is part
of the Heritage Music Festival from Aug. 8 to 12 featuring a variety of
entertainers, said publicist Caroline Mach.
Performing will be
the Trews, the Beckett Family and Canada’s top fiddlers in competition.
There is Bands and
Brews at Fiddle Park, pork barbecue, giant fiddle parade and open-air market. HeritageMusicFestival.ca
Trent Severn cruising
Join Canadian folk
trio Trent Severn of Stratford on a sunset dinner cruise aboard MS Chi-Cheemaun
in Tobermory.
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| Folk trio Trent Severn plans a sunset dinner cruise aboard MS Chi-Cheemaun. From left: Lindsay Schindler, Dayna Manning and Emm Gryner (Terry Manzo photo). |
It takes place on
June 30 when guests will “enjoy fine dining and the splendid view of the
setting sun over Georgian Bay” crossing to Manitoulin Island and return, said
publicist Mary-Lou Schagena.
Emm Gryner, Dayna Manning and Lindsay
Schindler entertain with “gorgeous harmonies, distinct sound and
original songs that are pure and proudly Canadiana,” she added. ontarioferries.com/en/event/dinner-cruise-concert-trent-severn
Muskoka music
A big part of the
summer fun tradition in Muskoka cottage country is live music and historic
venues such as The Kee to Bala.
There’s Parry
Sound’s Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, home of the Festival
of the Sound, Gravenhurst’s Music on the Barge and the Etwell Concert Series in
Huntsville.
An events’ list is
at explorersedge.ca/live-music-ontarios-cottage-country-summer-2018
Jim Fox can be reached at onetanktrips@hotmail.com
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