Hog N Penny

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August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Brownstone, City of Orillia, DOMB, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Peter Street Fine Arts, Starry Night

They do a really good job of stretching a 3 minute song out to oh, about however long they can jam on it in true Grateful Dead fashion.

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August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia 112 Records, Brownstone, Chamber of Commerce, Chippewas of Rama, City of Orillia, Coldwater Steampunk Fest, Danny Webster, Geneva, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, Reay, Starry Night

ShareBy John Swartz Turning 21 used to be a milestone in every kid’s and parent’s life. It was the age

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July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Aqua Theatre, Bleeker, Brownstone, Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Coldwater Steampunk Fest, Danny Webster, Doug Trucker Band, Downtown Orillia, Geneva, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Patrick Fogarty Band, Peter Street Fine Arts, Port of Orillia, Starry Night

If you haven’t been, it’s fun, but beware the MC will probably find you and have some fun in a rude kind of way.

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July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, Brownstone, Danny Webster, Doug Trucker, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Opera House, Orillia Scottish Festival, Patrick Fogarty, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz Jim Johnston of the Doug Trucker Band is behind a fundraiser to buy 15 Fender acoustic guitars

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July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Aqua Theatre, Brownstone, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, Scottish Festival

The Swartz was way too powerful with this guy and it affected eyesight. For two weeks I ran a line about Movies in the Park at the Aqua Theatre…

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July 10, 2019July 13, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Opera House, Orillia Fine Arts Assoc., OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

SUNonline/Orillia is partnering with the Geneva Event Centre to give away 5 sets of tickets to see the next installment of Yuk Yuks July 20

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July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Aqua Theatre, Brownstone, CDC, City of Orillia, Geneva, Gilbert Guitars, Gordon Lightfoot, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Folk, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Orillia Transit, Port of Orillia, Tim Lauer, Underground Orillia, VK

What they did is bloody hard to do, unless of course, you have no sense of time and no two bones in your body working in sympathetic rhythm,

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June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Aqua Theatre, Brownstone, CDC, City of Orillia, Geneva, Hog N Penny, Lakehead, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, The Free Label, Underground Orillia, VK

There are only a few days left to help OMAH snag $10,000 from the Great Canadian Giving Challenge

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June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Aqua Theatre, Art & Home, Arts District, Brownstone, Coldwater Studio Tour, Doug Trucker Band, Geneva, Gilbert Guitars, Hog N Penny, JImmy Johnston, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Murray Van Halem, OMAH, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Orillia Youth Centre, Patrick Fogarty, Pedal Powered, Port of Orillia, Shadowbox, Tango Artspace, Three Crows, Tony Bianco

I try to wrap my head around the themes each year before seeing what’s been produced and come up with nothing. Then I see the work. Some of it seems so obvious, which illustrates the limit of my imagination,

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June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Aqua Theatre, Art & Home, Arts District, Brownstone, Building Hope, City of Orillia, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Leslie Fournier, Mariposa Arts, Michael Martyn, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Port of Orillia, Shadowbox, Simcoe County, St. Paul's, Streets Alive, Tango Artspace, Terry Savage, Three Crows, Tiffin's Creative Centre, Zachary Lucky

On the latter point, the worst time to hear about a good idea is after a facility‘s doors open.

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June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Building Hope, Casino Rama, City of Orillia, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Associates, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa House Hospice, Mariposa Inn, ODAC, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Centre for Arts+Culture, Pedal Powered, Peter Street Fine Arts, Port of Orillia, ShineBrite Festival, Streets Alive, Terry Savage, Valis Sound

Just to show some of you just how conservative I can be (stop sniggering, I’ll wait while you get something to wipe the monitor clean)

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May 29, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alphabreff, Bleeker, Brownstone, Building Hope, Casino Rama, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Grey Eyes, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Hugh Coleman, James Hilts, Jubilee Chorale, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Liz Anderson, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa House Hospice, OCB, ODAC, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Reay, ShineBrite Festival

It’s a shame only about 200 people heard it. We’re a very small club. No one else will get to experience what we did.

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May 15, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brassworks, Brownstone, Building Hope, Casino Rama, City of Orillia, Cottage Countrycon, Cultural Roundtable, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, ODAC, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Patrick Fogarty Band, Peter Street Fine Arts, ShineBrite Festival, St. Paul's

Many large music ensembles program their events with an easy tune or two off the top so everyone can catch a stride with long notes, moderate tempos, lots of time to warm up the lips and listen to each other for blend and balance. Not these folks.

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May 1, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Cottage Countrycon, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Kiwanis Music Festival, Lake Country Grill, Lance Anderson, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Liz Anderson, Mariposa Arts, OCB, OFAA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Patrick Fogarty, Patrick Fogarty Band, Roots North, Rustica, ShineBrite Festival, Skye Wallace, St. Paul's, Valis Sound, VK

I think setting up a recording studio is an excellent idea and having spent a lot of time in studios working on videos and music I can vouch for how it can eat time like you wouldn’t believe.

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Roots North First Night

April 27, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Apple Annie's, Brewery Bay Foood Co., Brownstone, Hog N Penny, Roots North, Skye Wallace, St. Paul's, VK

ShareBy John Swartz The 5th annual Roots North Music Festival opened Friday night at St. Paul’s Centre. The main stage

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April 24, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Champlain Monument, City of Orillia, Cottage Countrycon, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Lance Anderson, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Fine Arts Assoc., Orillia Public Library, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Patrick Fogarty, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's, Story Telling Orillia

Where’s Bill Davis when you need him.

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