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Harrison Festival Society Concerts
For the past twenty years
the Harrison Festival Society has presented a “Season of Performing
Arts" between September and May in Harrison Hot Springs.
Each year the Festival puts on an incredible season with performers
ranging from Murray McLauchlan to the Wailin Jenny's making a stop in
Harrison Hot Springs.
The Season consists of ten to twelve shows featuring local, national and
international performers bringing their special gifts and talents to
this small community. The Society's principle venue is the Harrison
Memorial Hall. The "Hall" is not fancy but it is a funky little venue
with great acoustics. Best of all, if you are staying at Harrison
Heritage House the hall is right across the street.
Plan your next weekend
getaway around one of the following concerts. Tickets are
available at the Harrison Festival Office 604 796 3664
2011 Concert Series
The
Paperboys
February 26
8:00pm
Tickets:
$22.00
Band leader
Tom Landa is of Mexican & Irish-Canadian heritage, & was
heavily influenced by the band Spirit of the West. The
Paperboys developed a sound that was Celtic and Roots
music, and in recent years, Landa has embraced his
Hispanic roots. The band describes their sound as
respecting tradition, but not traditional.
April
Verch
March 11
8:00pm
Tickets:
$22.00
When you see
April Verch perform, the first thing that strikes you is
the pure energy that infuses her fiddle playing and
stepdancing. When you listen to her though, what draws
you in are more subtle things—her pure voice, the finely
detailed elegance of her fiddle phrasing and the depth
of a repertoire that ranges through material from
bluegrass to Brazilian to Celtic, from a jaunty Canadian
folksong to a poignant contemporary ballad.
Roy Forbes
April 9
8:00pm
Tickets:
$22.00
"A folkie's
sense of tradition and commitment and a full-blown
rocker's sense of dynamics." Formerly known as Bim,
Dawson Creek’s own Roy Forbes is a two-time Juno Nominee
and winner of a 1999 West Coast Music Award, and remains
one of Canada’s favourite and best loved acoustic
performers.
Jakes Gift
May 8 2:00pm
Tickets:
$20.00
An award
winning Canadian play about a WWII veteran's journey
back to Juno Beach for the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
For more information
33nd Annual Harrison Festival of the Arts
July 9 - 17, 2011
Harrison Hot Springs , BC
A Celebration of Music, Dance, Theatre and
Visual Arts from Around the Globe
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