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Footage was shot
at the 2007 Kingfest Music Festival, at Seneca Campus. The
film is 7 minutes in length and shows a
cross-section of talent and events.
Posted by a spectator
June 25, 2007 on Maple Post:
A Star is born.
This past weekend amongst
the conflicts around the
Toronto region,
the Kingfest Music
Festival debuted it's
diverse 3-day line up
and to use a baseball phrase
"hit one out of the park!"
Hosted by Seneca College -
King City Campus,
the site was a perfect
setting for what many are predicting
would be the beginning of a
long run. Blessed by a
beautiful sunny weekend, the
thousands of patrons found
the music, excellent
affordable food choices (Organic,Thai,
Indian, etc.,) lots of
places to find shade, acres
of on site free parking to
be ideally suited for
Toronto's future acoustic
music presentations.
Not only was the festival in
support of Habitat
for
Humanity, but also we
counted some 41 corporate
sponsor logos inside the
classy 60 page full color,
glossy program. During the
Sunday night closing
ceremonies, numerous "gold"
sponsors pledged their
continuing support well into
the future.
Major "congrats" to AD Randi
Fratkin for programming such
a well-crafted schedule.
Friday night rocked with the
sounds of Joel Plaskett, The
Trews and Sloan. Saturday
saw Prairie Oyster (two
members of the band are
originally from King City)
closing for the incredible
Jim Cuddy Band. And Sunday
night's
closing concert was blessed
by Sarah Harmer just prior
to Bruce Cockburn
astonishing solo brilliance.
The line up with two
exceptions was all Canadian.
Chicago's Susan Werner
encored her set Sunday night
with an acappela version of
"I Only Have Eyes For You."
You could have heard a pin
drop in this gorgeous
natural amphitheatre.
Kudos to "spark plug"
Executive Director Nancy
Bodi, Kingfest Chair
Patrick Gossage and the
entire production team.
Special thanks to the
hundreds of fresh faced
volunteers who still had
huge smiles and invitations
to come back while we were
all walking out to our cars
last night.
It was unanimous. We would
LOVE to return!
Don Bird www.birdsword.com
2008-2009 Update
April
20-2008
MUSICIANS APPLICATIONS:
Thank you to all the artists who have submitted their
applications for 2008. These applications will be held for
the 2009 festival.
FESTIVAL DATES:
Kingfest 2007 attracted more than 4000
spectators in its first year as an outdoor festival over
three days at the beautiful King City Ontario campus of
Seneca College. Artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Sarah
Harmer, Sloan, The Trews, Joel Plaskett, Lynn Miles, Jim
Cuddy, Prairie Oyster, Wendell Ferguson, Susan Werner, Pat
Robitaille, Ndidi Onukwulu, Justin Rutledge and dozens more
(local and non-local) graced the outdoor stages. Kingfest
featured an amazing artisan village, children’s activity
area, food and beverage area and plenty of entertainment,
non-stop, all day long.
Thanks to our dozens of sponsors, including the Ontario
Trillium Foundation and the festival title sponsor, The York
Region Media Group, Kingfest continues to thrive. Kingfest
is a non-profit organization managed exclusively by
volunteers, who through their passion and commitment are
dedicated to producing a first-rate professional music
experience for music lovers of all ages.
Kingfest volunteers are gearing up for a June 2009 outdoor
festival and are working on a new exciting concert for the
fall. Festival organizers have put the 2008 festival on hold
so that we can deliver an optimum festival at a great
festival site – the cornerstone of the Kingfest experience.
Canadian
Legend Murray McLauchlan & guests
entertain a full house with song and stories.
On March 29-2008 Canadian Legend
Murryay McLauchlan, Pat Robitaille
and Poor Tom played to a full house
of York Region residents, at the Newmarket Theatre. The
performance was a rich and wonderful smorgasbord of song and
story. Their music, inspired by the Folk, Rock and Celtic
genre, among others, was worth more than the price of the
ticket.
Murray proved himself as a delightful
story teller by weaving his humorous and sometimes raw,
personal life stories into his seamless performance. Pat's astonishing blend
of instrumental,
electronic and voice was a hit with the audience; there were
long lines waiting buy his new release after the concert
finished. Wanda Stride and Susan Luke of Poor Tom lived up
to high expectations set by their past performances at
Kingfest.
