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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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September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Culture Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Fall Fair, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

I sat next to a pianist for this concert who is no slouch whatsoever at the keyboard and he was as gob smacked as I was with what we just witnessed.

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September 6, 2025September 6, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Coldwater Steampunk Fest, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Opera House, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Port of Orillia, Run With the Kittens, Sharing Place, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital

The good news, Norm Foster will be on stage for his own Old Love, starting August 18.

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Remembering Suds Sutherland: September 24, 1945 – December 26, 2024

December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia OCB, Opera House, Orillia Jazz Festival, Twin Lakes Secondary School

Suds was selfless. You almost have to be to be a music teacher. There are too many students stuck on a passage that need help, or can’t get over a hurdle developing a playing technique – always after office hours.

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October 27, 2024November 2, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Jazz Festival

ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Concert Association starts their annual concert series October 27 with a 2:30 p.m. concert at

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October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Brassworks, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Dave Beckett, DOMB, Hibernation, Images Studio Tour, Jimi McKee, Leacock Museum, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, ODAS Park, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Jazz Festival, Peter Street Fine Arts, Terry Savage

Derick Lehmann’s Halloween light show and music show runs Friday and Saturday nights. It’s on Dale Drive (Couchiching Point). There is no charge, but he is collecting donations for the Sharing Place Food Bank.

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October 12, 2024October 12, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Brassworks, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, DOMB, Hibernation, Images Studio Tour, Leacock Museum, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, ODAS Park, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center, Terry Savage, Zachary Lucky

The Orillia Jazz Festival is next week. The main event(s) are Saturday, October 19 at the Opera House. The afternoon gig is with Brassworks, Autorickshaw, The Orillia All-Star Jazz Band and the All-Star Vocal Ensemble.

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August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Lions Club, Orillia Youth Centre, Port of Orillia, Rotary Club of Orillia, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center, Starry Night, Sustainable Orillia

Of course we have the Waterfront Festival at the Port of Orillia (August 9-11) The Rotary Downtown Classic Car Show (August 24), Starry Night (August 24), the Rama Pow Wow August 24 and 25) and the Pirate Party at the Port (August 31) happening this month, but fall is looming.

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