Be in the Band: Stewart Park Festival and YAK Team up with Bluesfest Initiative
The Stewart Park Festival and the Youth Action Kommittee (YAK) are excited to announce they’ve partnered with the Ottawa Bluefest to launch its popular program, Be in the Band, here in the Perth area! The Ottawa Bluesfest first launched their ‘Be in the Band’ initiative in January of 2009. The three-month pilot project put young […]
Welcome To Our New 2017 Administrators
The Organizing Committee of the 2017 Stewart Park Festival is pleased to announce that Cathy & Toby James of Cat’s Cove Communications have been hired as Administrators for the 2017 festival. Cathy & Toby have a wealth of experience in organizing community events, both large and small, and we at SPF are excited to have […]
Thursday Night Heritage Show
Thursday Night Concert in the Park It’s a celebration of the 200 years of the Perth Military Settlement (which includes the Town of Perth) hosted by the settlement’s most famous entertainer and opening with a performance by the First Nations people without whom the settlement would not have survived. It includes the Town Crier, a […]
Founders’ Dinner Saturday, July 9
Join us as we celebrate 25 years of music in the park and honour those who started the Stewart Park Festival. Founders’ Dinner, Saturday, July 9 At Michael’s Table 110 Gore St E., Perth. Time: 6:00 pm Price: $100 Following the dinner, a plaque will be unveiled recognizing the founders of the festival. It will subsequently hang in the […]
NEW FESTIVAL MANAGER
We are pleased to announce the appointment of James Keelaghan as the new SPF Manager. Many of you will know James as a Juno award-winning singer-songwriter who now makes his home in Perth. For the past number of years, James has also been the Artistic Director of Summerfolk, an annual music and crafts festival put […]