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September 28, 2024September 28, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, DOMB, Hibernation, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz The big event this weekend is the Orillia Youth Centre fundraising concert with Matchedash Parish Saturday evening

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September 14, 2024September 14, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Culture Days, DOMB, Hibernation, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Sharing Place, St. Paul's Center

-long titles, yes, but they both have the word poop in them

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July 27, 2024July 29, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Aqua Theatre, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Green Haven, Leacock Museum, ODAS Park, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Scottish Festival, Orillia Youth Centre, Port of Orillia, Sustainable Orillia

They were still down a few bands from pre-COVID, but I think once word gets out how great this year’s festival was they might be turning away bands next year.

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March 23, 2024March 24, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Canada Day, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Associates, Leacock Museum, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Patrick Fogarty Band, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Twin Lakes Secondary School

You can catch all three of our high schools performing on Tuesday. OSS bands perform on all three days.

Main: Irish Mythen (photo by Stewart MacLean) and James Campbell

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March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Associates, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

In the first half they did one cover everyone knows, Gord’s Song for a Winter’s Night. They didn’t say which one they were going to do, just that they felt they needed to sing something of his.

Boreal - Katherine Wheatley, Tannis Slimmon and Angie Nussey - play St. Paul's Centre Saturday night.

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March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Associates, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz Saturday night the Mariposa Folk Festival has their spring concert happening at St. Paul’s Centre Saturday, March

Colin Linden, Bruce Cockburn, and Maestro Fresh Wes will play the 2024 Mariposa Folk Festival

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March 2, 2024March 8, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Geneva, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

It will likely only be days before Don Porter is no longer with us.

The Orillia Secondary School senior concert band with composer Brian Sarazin (left) at the premier of Nish Princess

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February 16, 2024February 18, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Storytelling Orillia

While it usually helps to know what the story line is… you really don’t need to know the minutia of the plot.

Steve Eyers, Eric Kidd, Gordon Lightfoot and John Stinson at the 2016 Lightfoot Days event at Lake Country Grill orillia

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment – Part Two

February 10, 2024February 21, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, City of Orillia, Danny Webster, Hibernation, Leacock Medal For Humour, Leacock Museum, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Zachary Lucky

It didn’t take 7 full years from the time John F. Kennedy said “We choose to go to the Moon,” and when Neil Armstrong took the first steps, can’t we figure this one out?