Collingwood Summer Music Festival

July 8, 2023

July 15, 2023

$35.40

Millennium Park, 45 Heritage Drive, Collingwood

1-705-416-1317

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Events Description

 

The Collingwood Music Festival brings exceptional performances to Collingwood each summer, featuring award-winning artists in the fields of classical, world, jazz and Indigenous genres. Running from July 8-15, 2023, you’ll hear the brilliant, symphonic power of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada with special guest Jeremy Dutcher, followed by a program of popular spirituals with the Toronto Mass Choir and plenty more of your favourite artists , such as the Gryphon Trio, collectif9, New Tradition Music, Dévah Quartet – and soloists such as James Campbell, Adi Braun and Daniel Vnukowski.

This year, we are also hosting FREE events for youth in nearby Duntroon Highlands Golf Club, with an enchanted, musical pathway coupled with the serenity of nature – all outdoors with charming views of the bay.

 

Who is it for?

All ages

HOW MUCH

Tickets : $35.40 + tax per event, $240.00 + tax All Access pass

$35.40 + tax per event, $240.00 + tax All Access pass
Free for youth under 16 years when accompanied by a paying adult. Maximum 2 free youth tickets per 1 adult ticket.

How to get tickets?

Buy online

Phone: 1-705-416-1317

Email: office@collingwoodfestival.com

WHEN & WHERE

 

Date: Saturday July 8, 2023 to Saturday July 15, 2023

CMF DETAILED EVENT LISTING 2023

  • Saturday, July 8: Inaugural Concert. Rhapsody on the Bay
    7pm. Inaugural Concert featuring the National Academy Orchestra of Canada (full 65-piece orchestra) led by Maestro Alain Trudel with special guest Jeremy Dutcher who performs songs inspired by his Wolastoq First Nation roots.
  • Sunday, July 9: Stories of the Underground Railroad
    7pm. Stories of the Underground Railroad with the Juno-award winning Toronto Mass Choir. Cutting-edge gospel music with Caribbean music influences set to the magical shores of Collingwood.
  • Monday, July 10: Dévah Quartet: Electric string quartet with drums
    7pm. Discover the ‘evolution of the string quartet,’ beginning with pieces of a Haydn quartet on acoustic instruments, jumping to jazz, going through 70s rock on electric instruments and all through the pop sounds of the present day. Bring along your children and grandchildren (free under the age of 16) to enjoy clever arrangements of your favourite artists and bands, including Guns N’ Roses, Coldplay, U2, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and more.
  • Tuesday, July 11: A Classical & Jazz Jam with Daniel Vnukowski and Peter Stoll
    7pm. Daniel Vnukowski joins virtuoso Peter Stoll, one of Canada’s most innovative and versatile clarinetists, for a thrilling program of classical and jazz masterworks dating from the early 18th century, with tantalizing musical deserts by Giuseppe Tartini and Wolfgang A. Mozart to the late 20th century, with many audience favourites by George Gershwin and Benny Anderson.
  • Wednesday, July 12: Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music
    7pm. Fusing spoken word and Hiphop’s cultural expressions with Colombian Afro-Indigenous música de gaita, two-time JUNO-nominated multi-instrumentalist and lyricist Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music deliver an urgent call for justice, environmental healing and respect for ancestors and land treaties through an interactive multi-arts performance.
  • Thursday, July 13: No Time For Chamber Music with collectif9
    7pm. Known for their innovative programming and unique arrangements of classical repertoire, the Montreal-based string ensemble performs with an infectious energy and vigour that grabs an audience’s attention.
  • Friday July 14: For The End of Time with the Gryphon Trio
    7pm.. The Three-Time Juno Award Winning Gryphon Trio has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent piano trios. Together with James Campbell on the clarinet, they bring Olivier Messiaen’s seminal, mysterious work “Quartet for the End of Time” to Collingwood, which premièred at the Nazi prison camp Stalag VIIIA in 1941 and explore Messiaen’s relationship with the divine.
  • Saturday, July 15: Mad about the Boys!
    7pm. Adi Braun pays tribute to the genius of three iconic songwriters, Noel Coward, Cole Porter and Kurt Weill. Join Adi and her trio – Don Breithaupt (piano), Pat Collins (bass), and Daniel Barnes (drums) – in an evening of hits such as “Poor Little Rich Girl”, “Night and Day”, and “Mack the Knife”, as she salutes the witty lyrics and unforgettable melodies of three giants of song. You’ll have a gay old time!

Approximately 2 hours for each performance.

Venue & Address

Millennium Park, Collingwood and First Presbyterian Church, Collingwood, Millennium Park, 45 Heritage Drive, Collingwood ON, L9Y 0E8 and First Presbyterian Church, 200 Maple Street, Collingwood ON, L9Y 2R2

Wheelchair accessible

Free Parking

Street Parking

Paid Parking

Accessible by Public Transport

For more info, visit https://collingwoodfestival.com or call (705) 416-1317.

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