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SummerSounds 2013 coming to Spirit Square
The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel (CMRT) is hosting SummerSounds 2013, a series of live music events every Saturday afternoon from June 22 to August 17 at Spirit Square.
Music performances will feature all local bands and run from 1 to 3 p.m. each day. DJ Royal Alex will spin the dance mixes from 3 to 5 pm. An open-microphone competition is set for 6 p.m. at the August 14 Cranbrook Farmer’s Market with cash prizes and studio time awarded to the winner.
The festival will conclude on August 24 with an all-day celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Cranbrook & District Arts Council.
Museum director and series organizer Jim Conley and talent coordinator Brian Noer worked closely with the Cranbrook Farmer’s Market (which will be open before the festival every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and the Downtown Business Association to co-ordinate events and create an ‘all-ages festival experience’ in downtown Cranbrook.
“Originally we were thinking of hosting a couple of bands, but the community support was so overwhelming we found we could provide a series of events over the whole summer,” says Conley. “The donations of time and funds from both non-profit and business sponsors have been just fantastic.”
In addition to live music, SummerSounds 2013 will also offer a number of fun activities for young and old, including a Limbo contest, Paper Plane Challenge, Water Balloon Toss and a Geocache search. Each week the Downtown Business Association will be offering a $50 gift certificate to the winner(s).
The museum will also be providing free, guided tours of heritage sites in the downtown area. Given the amount of interest generated by the festival, Conley hopes that SummerSounds 2013 will become an annual event.
“Free music in the park on Saturday afternoons is something we’d like to see in the years to come,” says Conley. “There’s a lot of talent in the Cranbrook music scene and we believe the community will keep coming downtown to see it.”
Performers
June 22 – The Hoodies & The Little Jazz Orchestra
June 29 – Daze of Grace & Jim Conley
July 6 – 60 Hertz
July 13 – Good Ol’ Goats
July 17 – The Rosie Brown Band
July 20 – RedGirl
July 27 – Sheila and Van Redekopp
Aug 3 – The Heather Gemmell Band & Jamie Neve
Aug 10 – The Bison Brothers & Pine Slacks
Aug 17 – Dave Prinn & Friends
Series Sponsors: Columbia Basin Trust, City of Cranbrook, Teck Coal, The Mainroad Group, Cranbrook Rotary.
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