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January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Bleeker, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, NSA, Old Dance Hall Players, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, St. Paul's Center, Zachary Lucky

ShareBy John Swartz First a brief note about missing a column last week. As I was sitting down to write

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January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, NSA, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

This was the largest version of the OVE that I recall. They, and the next group in question, could use some more male voices.

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December 14, 2025December 14, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Cellar Singers, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

Mark generally gets it right, but he can’t make silk purses out of poor signals handed over to him.

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The Stones, A New Venture, Same As The Old Venture

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Casino Rama

Through some partnerships with band managers and booking agents, Calvin sent info about the band to the folks at Casino Rama. It worked. The band is playing the casino December 13

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December 6, 2025December 6, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Green Haven, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz St. Paul’s Centre is the venue for the annual Christmas Prelude concert Saturday December 6 at 7:30

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November 29, 2025November 29, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Museum of Art and History made out like bandits on Wednesday. They scooped up 50

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Lightfoot Auction Today

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Gordon Lightfoot

The auction is happening at the Wilkens Gallery in Toronto and online (Wilkens, Live Auctioneers, and Invaluable)

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Huge Crowds For Weekend Christmas Start

November 24, 2025November 26, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Creative Nomad Studios, Downtown Orillia, Orillia District Chamber of Commerce

The crowd in the downtown looked to be bigger than two years ago when crowds were the largest witnessed (it rained last year).

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November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Brassworks, Cellar Singers, Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Downtown Orillia, Mariposa Arts, NSA, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia wind ensemble, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

The big announcement the youth center’s director, Kevin Gangloff, had last week (the day after the column ran) is that Serena Ryder and Lydia Persaud have a concert at Creative Nomad Studios December 21.