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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 4, 2019July 5, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alex Henderson, Peter Street Fine Arts

“The next minute on email, I get this email from Clive Beecham and he says, “what’s the story of you standing beside RSS603?”

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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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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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March 20, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alleycats Music, Bakes by the Lake, Brownstone, Building Hope, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Kevin Gangloff, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Lance Anderson, Lee Contemporary, Manticore Books, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, Rustica, St. Paul's, Story Telling Orillia, Tango Artspace, Tapps Performing Arts, Tiffin's Creative Centre, Valis Sound

A concert is happening Saturday night at St. Paul’s Centre with the Orillia Concert Band. This is not last because it’s not so important. If you hadn’t noticed, I’m working on a theme here.

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March 13, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alex, Bakes by the Lake, Brownstone, Eclectic Cafe, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Jubilee Chorale, Lake Country Grill, Lance Anderson, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Mariposa Gala, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's, Story Telling Orillia, Tango Artspace, Tapps Performing Arts, Tiffin's Creative Centre, Tony Bianco, Valis Sound

ShareBy John Swartz It’s not exactly The Boys Are Back In Town, because there are girls in Alex, but the

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March 6, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alex, Brewery Bay Foood Co., Brownstone, Cellar Singers, Champlain Monument, City of Orillia, Geneva, Gordon Lightfoot, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lakehead, Lance Anderson, Leacock Museum, Lee Contemporary, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Peter's Players, Roots North, St. James', St. Paul's, Tango Artspace, Tiffin's Creative Centre

Last year Dave Beckett made a painting on the spot. This time it’s Tony Bianco, and no he’s not going to be making money, even though he’s our local Canada Mint coin creator.

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February 27, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Brownstone, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Geneva, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. James', St. Paul's, Tiffin's Creative Centre

Why is it people will pay 50 bucks to see a show at the Opera House by Joe Schmedly from Saskatoon and right up the street is something as good, if not better and there’s only a handful of people taking it in?

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February 20, 2019June 1, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Alphabreff, Bob Hawkins, Brownstone, Cellar Singers, Hibernation, Hog N Penny, Lake Country Grill, Lance Anderson, Lee Contemporary, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Peter's Players, Roots North, Ross Love, St. James', St. Paul's, The Free Label, Tiffin's Creative Centre

It’s not really new, but it plays like new. It’s a refurbished Steinway concert grand, not one of those questionable Steinways made these days, but one from 1917,

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