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March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Lance Anderson, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz The spring concert season has arrived with three this weekend and more later in the month. Arts

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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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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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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.

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November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Gordon Lightfoot, Green Haven, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, North Simcoe Arts, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia District Chamber of Commerce, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz What a month this has been so far. Mariposa Arts produced and performed fantastically with Jesus Christ

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October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, NSA, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz Friday, October 24th’s Orillia Youth Centre fundraising concert at Creative Nomad Studios with Ronnie Douglas, Angie Nussey

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October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Mariposa House Hospice, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Public Library, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

Many people experienced electrical outages last week, some many times, and the gremlins struck twice at the Orillia Youth Centre fundraising concert at Creative Nomad Studios.

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October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Images Studio Tour, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Mariposa House Hospice, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Recreation Centre, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation

Yup, still on concerts. The Orillia Jazz Festival is barrelling down on us.

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