107.5 KOOL FM Link

 



SERVING CENTRAL ONTARIO

ALLISTON - BRADFORD WEST GWILLIMBURY
GEORGINA - INNISFIL - MIDLAND - ORILLIA

 

IT IS WITH EXCITEMENT AND GRATITUDE TO

OUR ENTHUSIASTIC AND APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCES
OUR EXTRAORDINARILY GIFTED AND ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS
OUR DEDICATED MUSIC TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS
OUR CHEERFUL, ATTENTIVE AND TIRELESS VOLUNTEERS
OUR LEARNED AND ENGAGING CONCERTS MANAGERS
OUR CREATIVE SPECIAL PROGRAMMES CO-ORDINATORS
OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS, PARTNERS AND PATRONS
OUR EXCITING VENUES AND SPECIAL EVENTS PARTNERS

THAT WE WELCOME YOU TO THE FESTIVAL IN 2023!


ROCK 95 Link

PRESENTS

THE VENUES SERIES

 

PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT

BARRIE TRANSIT Link- GO Link



Printer Ready Programme

ARTIST & ACT MUSIC STYLE GUIDE
JAZZ ARTISTS
BLUES - RHYTHM & BLUES ARTISTS
VARIETY ARTISTS
URBAN - INDIE ARTISTS

 

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THE ROTUNDA
BARRIE CITY HALL

70 COLLIER STREET
705-739-4220

"OUT TO LUNCH"
JAZZ PIANO CONCERT SERIES


JUNE
9
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 

DANNY McERLAIN Link


 


JUNE
12
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

STACIE McGREGOR Link


AWARD RECIPIENT

 


JUNE 13
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.


EWEN FARNCOMBE Link


AWARD NOMINEE

 


JUNE 14
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.



 

 


JUNE 15
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

BRIAN DICKINSON Link



MULTI-AWARD RECIPIENT



JUNE
16
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

HILARIO DURAN Link



MULTI-AWARD RECIPIENT

 


JUNE
19
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.




MULTI-AWARD RECIPIENT

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BARRIE FARMERS' MARKET Link
BARRIE CITY HALL
70 COLLIER STREET


JULY 8
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Featuring
SCOTT BOYER - KENE HYATT

 

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BARRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY Link
DOWNTOWN BRANCH
60 WORSLEY STREET
705-728-1010

 


JUNE 18
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Featuring
DAVID CHUN - DANIEL SANTO

Local Barrie guitarist, David Chun, is a music teacher and leads a variety of popular music ensembles in Simcoe County, including
"Barstool Academy" and "Girls Up Front".
Dummer, Daniel Santo, has toured throughout Canada, the United States and South America.
Enjoy an afternoon of latin jazz pieces
fueled by Daniel's fiery percussion rhythms
and authentic latin vocals.

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BARRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY Link
HOLLY BRANCH
555 ESSA ROAD
705-728-1010



JUNE 11
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

TREVOR GIANCOLA

Trevor Giancola is a guitarist, band leader, performer and educator based in Toronto. In-demand as a sideman and band leader, he was named one of Canada's Best Jazz Musicians Under 35 by the CBC. Trevor's wide breadth of musical influences and knowledge blend to create his unique style of playing and creative teaching methods. As one of the youngest faculty members of its world-renowned music programme, Trevor began as a part of Humber College's Guitar Faculty teaching private lessons. He has shared the stage with Seamus Blake, John Abercrombie, John Stowell and countless Canadian artists across many genres of music, and is active as a performer in the Toronto jazz club scene.

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BARRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY Link
PAINSWICK BRANCH
48 DEAN AVENUE
705-728-1010

 


JUNE 10
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.



An original approach to the Rhythm and Blues repertoire, plus Mike Roberts' own compositions, makes for an entertaining afternoon of jazz and blues at your local library!




JUNE 17
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Featuring
TONY LAVIOLA


AWARD RECIPIENT

A guitar - bass performance of well-known
jazz songs with occasional vocals by one of Canada's most eclectic producer-composer musicians. Come and be prepared for some musical surprises in Barrie's south-end public library branch.

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BARRIE YACHT CLUB Link
THE BARRIE YACHT CLUB
1 JOHNSON STREET
705-728-4440


JUNE
17
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

"COMMODORE'S SAIL-PAST"

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THE BRIARS Link
RESORT & SPA ON LAKE SIMCOE
55 HEDGE ROAD
JACKSON'S POINT, GEORGINA
800-465-2376

JUNE 12
6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.

TBA

 

JUNE 13
6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

TBA

 

JUNE 19
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

TBA

 

JUNE 20
6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

TBA

 

JUNE 21
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

TBA

 

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COLLIER STREET UNITED CHURCH
112 COLLIER STREET, EAST
705-726-1511


JUNE
14
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

"MUSIC LESSONS BARRIE" RECITAL

- EMER O'DRISCOLL
- CRAIG HALLIDAY

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DONALEIGH'S Link
28 DUNLOP STREET, EAST
705-252-7733


JUNE 8
9:00 p.m.
- 12:00 a.m.


JUNE 9
9:30 p.m.
- 1:00 a.m.

CABER TOSS

 


JUNE 10
9:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

THE WEEKENDS


JUNE 15
9:00 p.m.
- 12:00 a.m.

GENEVIEVE CYR


JUNE 16
9:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

THE DIRTY LITTLE SWING THING

Featuring
KELLY DAVIES

 


JUNE 17
9:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

ROCK TUB TIME MACHINE

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EVENT HORIZON HOBBIES Link
825 KING STREET, UNIT 7-9, MIDLAND
(705) 245-0110


JUNE 9
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.


Jeremiah Hill is a solo acoustic folk-rock singer-songwriter. He performs uniquely rendered soul-soothing covers from many genres of music.

 

JUNE 16
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Featuring
RORY SCHLATER


 

JUNE 18
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

FATHERS' DAY OPEN JAM SESSION

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THE GIBSON CENTRE Link

63 TUPPER STREET, WEST, ALLISTON
(705) 435-2828


JUNE 8
7:00 p.m.

"TASTE OF THE TOWN"
RECEPTION



Simcoe County's popular music ensemble brings the cheerful sounds of unforgettable jazz classics to the Gibson Centre, on this annual fund-raising evening. The members of Jazz-Mandhu have been entertaining audiences for decades in performances at festivals, galas and special events, including Alliston's own
"Taste of the Town".

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INNISFIL PUBLIC LIBRARY Link

COOKSTOWN BRANCH
CHURCH STREET (HIGHWAY 89)
(705) 458-1273

PLAY ME!

Pianists at all skill levels are welcome to come
to the Cookstown Branch during open hours and
perform on the new Roland HPi-50 Digital Piano.




JUNE 10
12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Featuring
FLOYD HALL - RALPH JOHNSON
TOM MALONE - ED MOLL
VALERIE SELLANDER

A PERFORMANCE OF THE "GYPSY JAZZ" MADE POPULAR IN
THE 1930s IN PARIS, FRANCE BY ITS CREATOR, GUITARIST
JEAN "DJANGO" REINHARDT, AND WHICH FEATURED THE
SOLOING MARVELS OF VIOLINIST STEPHANE GRAPPELLI.

 

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KENZINGTON BURGER BAR Link

40 DUNLOP STREET, EAST
705-725-1667

JUNE 9 - 10 - 16 - 17
9:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.

LIVE MUSIC

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LAKE SIMCOE ARMS Link
21089 DALTON ROAD
JACKSON'S POINT, GEORGINA
905-722-6666

JUNE 12
9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

TBA

JUNE 13
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.


TBA

Featuring
TBA

TBA

 

JUNE 19
5:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.

TBA

9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Featuring
TBA

TBA

 

JUNE 20
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

TBA

Featuring
TBA

TBA

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MANSION HOUSE Link
129 HIGH STREET, SUTTON WEST
905-722-4612



JUNE 11
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



JUNE 18
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Featuring
NEIL NUMMINEN - ANTTI PATJAS


A GOOD ROCKIN' RHYTHM AND BLUES BAND IS
PERFECT FOR A FATHERS' DAY CELEBRATION
WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GREAT FOOD AND
A WHOLE LOTTA FUN!

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MESSHALL EATERY Link
106 HIGH STREET, SUTTON WEST
905-596-1111

 


JUNE 17
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Featuring

TBA


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MIDLAND CULTURAL CENTRE Link
333 KING STREET
705-527-4420


JUNE 19
8:00 p.m.

TBA

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MIDLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Link
320 KING STREET
705-526-4216

 


JUNE 16
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

For over 30 years, Michael has been entertaining Simcoe County audiences with his own unique musical approach to the "jazz standards" repertoire. This will be a solo guitar performance.

 


JUNE 17
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Featuring
DEBBIE BISBEE - ROSS PITYK

A piano-bass-vocal duet performing classic blues and rhythm & blues songs from the genre's legendary masters.

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BARRIE LEGION Link
BRANCH 147
410 ST. VINCENT STREET
705-728-1412


JUNE 9
7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

NO FILTER

 


JUNE 16
7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

STIR IT UP

 


JUNE 23
7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

BILL NADEAU

 


JUNE 30
7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

SKILLSET

 

 

 

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GEORGIAN DRIVE
705-728-9090


JUNE 22
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

"STAFF APPRECIATION" DAY

Featuring
KEITH BODDY - RAY MARTINELLI
ROBIN MUNRO - LORNE PINKNEY
RUSS STRATHDEE

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SIBBALD POINT Link

THE AMPHITHEATRE
26071 YORK ROAD 18 (PARK ROAD)
SUTTON WEST
905-722-8061



JUNE 8
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Featuring
CONRAD KIPPING - ERNIE MEE
BRIAN O'SULLIVAN - JOHN WASHINGTON

Instrumental music in the style of "Gypsy Jazz"
with a nod to guitarist, Django Reinhardt,
and violinist, Stéfane Grappelli.

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THE SPEAKCHEASY Link
123 DUNLOP STREET, EAST
705-503-6633



JUNE 16
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Us 2

Featuring
KAREN McCAGHERTY
HEATHER PIGGOTT

 

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THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Current to MAY 29, 2023

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