NEWS RELEASE
BROOKSIDE MUSIC ASSOCIATION
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John French, artistic director of Brookside Music Association, is pleased to announce that Brookside will be holding the annual summer Festival of the Bay this August and September!
This year’s festival will look and feel quite different as we respect and adhere to the provincial COVID guidelines including social distancing and audience size.
The festival will be a hybrid of restricted live attendance outdoors and live streaming for those who would prefer to enjoy the music from the comfort of their own home. The concerts will be held on the lawn behind Calvary Baptist Church on King Street in Midland. Those attending are asked to bring their own lawn chair. Details on attendance numbers allowed and how to access the live stream will be provided at a later date.
The best part of this year’s Festival is that attendance is free of charge!
Thanks to a grant from Tourism Simcoe County as well as the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage we can continue the tradition of bringing extraordinary performances to Midland with accessibility to all as we emerge from the pandemic.
The concerts this summer will be held on Thursday evenings beginning at 7:30 p.m. as follows:
• Aug. 5 - The Hogtown Brass Quintet
• Aug. 12 - The Huronia Hot Strings
• Aug. 19 - The Toronto All Star Big Band
• Aug. 26 - Mime Artist Trevor Copp and Narrator Robert Missen present Camille Saint Saens’ The Carnival of the Animals
• Sept. 2 – Local performers celebrate September’s 30 Days of Culture
Brookside looks forward to presenting these events for the enjoyment of our community as we transition back to live events.
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