The Huntsville Festival of the Arts (HFA) has another entertaining and eclectic summer season lined up.
You’ll find all of the performances in the HFA summer brochure, copies of which are available around town. On the cover is an image in tribute to local sculptor Brenda Wainman Goulet, who died earlier this year. It’s a rendering of the sculpture she created for the FBEA award (Festival Board’s Excellence Award), which shows a figure reaching for the stars, that was presented to the Festival’s founding members and supporters.
Brenda Wainman Goulet designed the FBEA (Festival Board’s Excellence Award) which was presented to (from left) Susan Alberghini, Gerri Mar, Attila Glatz, Jim Alexander, Stina Nyquist, Jane Alexander, Kerry Stratton, Pamela Smyth, Gregg Evans on behalf of Bruce Evans, and Pamela Hoiles. The FBEA sculpture is on the cover of the HFA 2018 Summer Season brochure. (Supplied photo)
Wainman Goulet had long been a supporter of the Huntsville Festival of the Arts and was a past executive member. She created a second HFA award, in collaboration with glass artist Susan Higgins, that honoured its supporters and volunteers during its 25th anniversary season.
At her celebration of life, Wainman Goulet’s family asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Huntsville Art Society in her honour, funds that may be used to create an Artist in the Schools program in conjunction with HFA.
The festival line-up includes other tributes as well. The Muskoka Concert Band and guests bring a piece of Huntsville’s history to life when they pay homage to the Anglo-Canadian Leather Company Band with their 100th anniversary tribute, Brilliance, on July 21 and 22.
Pianist John Sheard, who spent 20 years and countless miles travelling across the continent with beloved CBC Radio personality Stuart McLean, comes to the Algonquin Theatre stage on July 27. Join John and four other musicians who shared this experience for a special evening of backstage stories, tour bus tales, music and humour.
And you can relive Beatlemania—or experience it for the first time—on July 11 with ONES: The Beatles #1 Hits, featuring an 11-piece band and hits like Hard Day’s Night, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, and All You Need Is Love.
Summer favourite Nuit Blanche North returns on July 28 in Huntsville’s downtown core. The free festival with its contemporary and sometimes interactive performances and exhibits attracts thousands of people after dark.
Watch, too, for what’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser: Choir! Choir! Choir! at Deerhurst Resort’s Legacy Theatre on July 13. Become part of a massive choir—get a lyric sheet at the door and experience and evening of fun, community-building, instruction and rehearsal. The night ends with a performance that’s recorded and posted online for you to relive over and over.
HFA continues its support for local musicians with the free Music at Noon series—three weeks of lunch-hour performances by vocalists, pianists, fiddlers, and ensembles at Trinity United Church. Check out the July 9-27 line-up (weekdays only) in the festival brochure or just stop by at 12:15 and be delighted!
See the full list of performances below and look for the HFA summer season brochure around Huntsville, or visit huntsvillefestival.on.ca for more information.
2018 Huntsville Festival of the Arts summer season
(Except where noted, all performances are at the Algonquin Theatre)
June 30 – Queen Flash
July 4 – Muskoka Concert Band on the Dock (Dwight Beach)
July 6 – Next Generation Leahy
July 7 – Madison Violet
July 7 – ArtSplash & Rotary DockFest (River Mill Park/Town Dock)
July 9-27 (weekdays) – Music at Noon (Trinity United Church)
July 11 – ONES Beatles Tribute
July 13 – Choir! Choir! Choir! (Deerhurst Resort, Legacy Theatre)
July 14 – Kyung-A Lee & Jihwan Cho
July 15 – Jazz in the Garden (Spencer’s Tall Trees)
July 18 – Downchild Blues Band
July 18 – Muskoka Concert Band on the Dock (Port Sydney)
July 19 – Jim Witter ‘Time in a Bottle’
July 21 & 22 – Brilliance, Anglo-Canadian Leather Company Band Tribute
July 25 – Jim Cuddy Band
July 27 – Remembering Stuart McLean
July 28 – Nuit Blanche North festival (Downtown Huntsville)
August 2 – Micah Barnes ‘At the Sands’
August 3 – Michael Kaeshammer
August 4 – Oscar Peterson Tribute
August 8 – Mad Dogs & Englishmen
August 9 – Mystery artist (Deerhurst Resort, Legacy Theatre) – check for details on July 12
August 10 – Whitehorse
August 15 – Doc Walker
August 16 – Goitse
August 17 – Matt Andersen
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