Elora Festival announces summer season lineup
ELORA – The Elora Festival returns this summer with an exciting lineup of concerts and musical experiences, welcoming acclaimed Canadian and international artists, brilliant soloists, and celebrated ensembles for three weeks of unforgettable music, officials say.
To support the festival this year, the province has given $27,000 to the organization.
“Our government is proud to support [the Elora Festival’s] continued success with nearly $27,000 in funding, helping ensure this vibrant festival can be enjoyed for years to come” Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Joseph Racinsky states in a press release.
The Elora Festival, curated by artistic director Mark Vuorinen, will take place from July 10 to 26 at venues in Elora and Fergus.
Tickets go on sale March 20 and are available online at elorafestival.ca or by calling 519-846-0331.
A special prelude concert to the Elora Festival, featuring Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 will take place on July 8 at the Gambrel barn. Tickets for this concert will go on sale on April 17.
Festival at a glance
– Opening Night: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, July 10, 7:30pm at the Gambrel barn;
– Constantinople: Estuary July 11 2:30pm at St. John’s Anglican Church;
– Rachel Fenlon, Penderecki String Quartet & The Elora Singers, July 11, 7:30pm at the Gambrel Barn;
– Brahms in New York, July 12, 2:30pm at St. John’s Anglican Church;
– The MacMaster Leahy Family in Concert, July 12, 7:30pm at the Gambrel Barn;
– The Elora Singers at Twilight, July 16, 9pm at St. John’s Anglican Church;
– Unplugged, July 17, 7:30pm at the Gambrel Barn;
– Peter & the Wolf, July 18, 10:30am, at Melville United Church;
– Payadora, July 18, 2:30pm at St. John’s Anglican Church;
– Laila Biali Plays Joni Mitchell & the Canadian Songbook Reimagined, July 18, 7:30pm at the Gambrel Barn;
– Charles Richard-Hamelin: Carnaval & Nocturnes, July 19, 1:30pm, St. John’s Anglican Church;
– Earth, Our Home, July 19, 4pm at the Gambrel Barn;
– Music in the Woods, July 23, 8am, at Sandy Hills Regional Forest Meeting place: Grand River Community Church;
– Pro Coro Canada: Once Upon a Time, July 23, 7:30pm, St. Joseph’s Parish;
– Gabriel Kahane & The Elora Singers in Concert, July 24, 7:30pm, Gambrel Barn;
– Noël Wan: Les Fleurs du Mal, July 25, 2:30pm, St. John’s Anglican Church;
– Closing Night: The Elora Singers & Pro Coro Canada, July 25, 7:30pm, Gambrel Barn; and
– The Elora Festival Barn Dance, July 26, 5pm, Gambrel Barn. Doors open for food trucks, and games. Music starts a 6:30pm.
There are adult and children’s tickets that vary in price according to the concert.
For all the details or to buy tickets, visit elorafestival.ca.
