Sudbury has a new place in town to get your favourite vegan dishes! Come try our vegan pizza, nachos and more during Vegan-Fest at the Taphouse! Gluten-friendly and vegetarian dishes also available! Join us on the patio! Saturday, September 2nd 3pm Free Entry
Join us at Ristorante Verdicchio for our annual Wine & Cheers on Thursday, September 7th. Your ticket includes one complimentary glass of wine, hors d'oeuvres and a 1-year YPA Membership. There will be live music from Justin James, and hear from our guest speaker Justine Martin For Heaven's Bake Sudbury, winner of this year's Win This Space competition. With a degree in Public Relations, Justine Martin never saw herself owning a bakery... But, after realizing the typical career path wasn't for her, Justine channeled a favourite childhood hobby and hasn't looked back since. Now, three years after starting a custom home-based bakery, Justine is the recipient of Downtown Sudbury's Win This Space prize package and is in the process of opening Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop and Bar in Downtown Sudbury. A big thank you to our sponsors! RBC Royal Bank Regional Business Centre - Sudbury Tony V's Pizza Credit Union Door Prize Sponsors: Old Rock Coffee Guilty Pleasures Bakeshop & Bar byfluk Old Soul Soap Company Northern Ontario PR Greater Sudbury Airport Tony V's Pizza
Tickets on Sale Now! Northern Ontario's premier destination for live jazz! A heavenly weekend of jazz, blues, fusion, R&B, and soul, the 2017 Jazz Sudbury Festival is sure to entertain and get you dancing! September 8th to 10th 2017, the festival features both club performances at local downtown venues leading into the festival and main stage headliner performances at the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre on Friday September 8, 2017 and Saturday September 9, 2017. The jazz will continue into the night with after-hours performances at local downtown venues. Meet our Main Stage! Friday Sept 8: Dan St. Marseille with the Borealis Jazz Quartet: With roots up here in the North, Dan St. Marseille's saxophone/clarinet recordings are heard internationally on jazz radio and have been the subject of articles in such publications as Downbeat, Jazztimes, Los Angeles Times, and Jazz Critic among others. Three of St. Marseille's CDs received four star ratings in the third edition of the All Music Guide To Jazz; The Experts Guide To The Best Jazz Recordings. In addition to local and national tours, Dan has performed in Canada and many jazz clubs and festivals including a headline performance at the prestigious Coleman Hawkins Festival in Topeka, Kansas. He will be accompanied by Sudbury’s own Borealis Quartet to kick off the Festival! Heather Bambrick: JUNO-Nominated Heather Bambrick, winner of the National Jazz Award for Vocalist of the Year and Broadcaster of the Year, is in demand as a performer, educator, and host. She has performed and/or recorded with numerous international artists, including Phil Nimmons, Kenny Wheeler, Gene DiNovi, Guido Basso, Darmon Meader, Peter Appleyard, John Lamb, Carol Welsman, Jackie Richardson, Denzal Sinclaire, The Caliban Quartet, Rudy Webb, and the late Rob McConnell. Tanika Charles: In a few short years Tanika Charles has transformed from an emerging solo artist...
Drinks, music, fun and fromage! Come n' get it! David Dino White Magic Pelvis Doors at 8:00 Show at 8:30 $5 Cover
This year’s AFMHS Fall Fair will be bigger & better than ever-with more Vendors/Community Groups and FREE Activities, Displays & Demonstrations- set-up throughout the 14acre site and 2 more hours to explore the fair! Kid Friendly
Brunch + Word Lovers + Poetry Reading = One Great Event! __________________________________________________ Saturday, September 9, at 9:30 a.m., at La Fromagerie Entry fee $20 (includes brunch & 1-year membership in Wordstock Sudbury) __________________________________________________ Everyone is invited to Wordstock Sudbury's 1st Annual General Meeting. Over brunch, you'll hear from the Board of Directors of Wordstock Sudbury LIterary Festival, get the details on this year's Festival lineup from Festival Director Heather Campbell, AND be treated to a poetry reading by visiting poet Sarah Pinder. Sarah Pinder is the author of Cutting Room (Coach House Books, 2012) and Common Place (Coach House Books, 2017). Her writing has been shortlisted for the Expozine Small Press Awards, and included in magazines like Geist, Arc and Poetry is Dead. A long-time zine-maker, you can also find her work in Montreal’s Distroboto art vending machines. Originally from Sault Ste Marie, Sarah now lives in Toronto, Canada.
12pm Afro Madness Drum Troupe 1pm Sarah Craig + Sunnyside Jazz 2pm Loco Zydeco Join us with your family as we bring live music into the heart of the City as we welcome local as well as terrific out-of-town guest acts to enjoy a fun-filled day for the entire family! Food vendors and kids activities onsite!
JAZZ WALK The Nickel City Dixie Stompers will lead a New Orleans style parade between venues 1pm LU Jazz Combo @ Fromagerie Elgin 2pm Eric St-Laurent Quartet @ Red Fang Tavern 3pm Laila Biali @ STC Cabaret The Jazz Walk is back !! Get up close and personal and interact with some of these year's headlining acts in some of Sudbury's favorite landmark downtown venues as local dixieland band NCDS leads you on a musical parade through the street of Sudbury's downtown core. Catch the ever-evolving musical prowess of Sudbury's rising stars as school is in and the LU Jazz Combo kicks things off at Sudbury's favorite cheesery and cafe. Parade your way into some Afro-Cuban Rythms and some bluesy influences as Eric St-Laurent and his bandmates treat you to infectious grooves, plenty of interaction and a musical adventure. Finally, dixie stomp your way down the road to the Sudbury Theatre Centre Cabaret as Award-Winning Vocalist and Pianist Laila Biali takes to the baby grand piano to provide us with an elegant fusion of pop and jazz vocals. This veritable musical buffet will feel like an appetizer and you can bet you'll be joining us for the evening concerts at the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre.
Join Up Here's mural coordinators, Nico Glaude and Alexandra Berens-Firth, on a walking guided tour of the murals downtown. Up Here festival and We Live Up Here have created and curated over 20 pieces of public art in Sudbury since the summer of 2013. Tour leaves at 2pm in front of Tracy Baker's Stay Wild mural in Memorial Park. Tours can be done in both French and English upon request. PWYC Pay what you can! Suggested donation of $5 that will go towards the tour guides and future We Live Up Here projects. UP HERE APP Download the Up Here app to enhance your tour experience. Follow along to dive deeper in the artists' work.
