Summer Concert Series Unveils 2014 Line-up

Timmins, ON. Tourism Timmins, in partnership with Midnight Express and title sponsors, Northern Tel, Fountain Tire, James Toyota, and newcomer

Christopher’s Coffee House will be launching the 5th annual Summer Concert Series  on June 25th from the TH&VS Pavilion, Hollinger Park. This musical event will feature local talent or artists with a connection to Timmins every Wednesday starting June 25th to Aug 27th 2014 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

In addition, Dave Carroll of Sons of Maxwell will be making a special appearance on Thursday July 17 where he will be performing as Dave Carroll & Friends. This special presentation is sponsored entirely by James Toyota.

This year the Summer Concert Series  including the July 17th concert will feature 23 performing artists of different genres  including classical, big band, symphony, country, rock, pop, progressive rock, adult contemporary, alternative, blues and blue grass.

A voluntary admission of non perishable goods is encouraged again this year in support of both the Timmins and South Porcupine food banks. To date more than 16,000 lbs of food has been collected during the Summer Concert Series

Based on the success of last year’s event, I’m not surprised to see so many musicians apply to be considered in this year’s lineup. To this end, music will flow from Hollinger Park from 6:00 pm to approximately 9:00 pm each week.

said Luc Chalifoux of Midnight Express and co-host of the Summer Concert Series

There is a huge appetite from the community, and obviously from the musicians for this event. The generous corporate support from Northern Tel, Fountain Tire, James Toyota, Christopher’s Coffee House and co hosts Midnight Express & Tourism Timmins is commendable and has allowed us to hire a minimum of 2 bands per week with some weeks seeing three performances. Last year the Summer Concert Series attracted thousands of people to Hollinger Park thanks in large part to the local media support that the event receives each year. We expect much of the same this year.

added Mayor Laughren

The public call to action inviting musicians to submit an application resonated with artist from the greater Timmins area and with many others with connections to Timmins. This year, we have musicians from Toronto, London, North Bay, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, Cochrane, Val Gagne, Matheson, and an all girls blue grass band from Elliott Lake. I expect that the visiting bands will attract residents from their respective communities and elsewhere to the Summer Concert Series and this will generate incremental business for the hospitality and retail sectors. Last year, of the 291 surveys  completed ,10% indicated that they were visiting the city, with some indicating that the weekly concerts was the reason for the visit.  I’m also hoping to see our accommodation partners develop and promote a shopping/concert getaway to Timmins from neighboring communities.

said Guy Lamarche, Manager Tourism, Events & Communications.

This year’s lineup is as follows:

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