You're invited to AlgomaTrad's staff concert in Richards Landing

AlgomaTrad will host its 20th annual Family Camp Staff Concert Extravaganza at the Centennial Fairgrounds in Richards Landing on Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Presented mid-way through the week-long Algoma Traditional Music, Dance, and Heritage Arts Family Camp, the concert event is open to the public and features music from AlgomaTrad’s award-winning staff members. Performers include Brian Pickell, Shane Cook, Anne Lederman, Áine Schryer-O’Gorman, Joe Phillips, Ian Bell, Julie Schryer, Pat O’Gorman and many others.

Admission to the Staff Concert Extravaganza is a pay-what-you-can sliding scale of between $20 and $30. Children aged 12 and under are admitted free. Cash will be accepted at the gate or tickets may be purchased online.

Although online registration for the Algoma Traditional Music, Dance, and Heritage Arts Family Camp has closed, those wishing to attend can email Kyle Burghout, camp director, at [email protected].

About the Algoma Traditional Music, Dance, and Heritage Arts Family Camp

The AlgomaTrad Family Camp is an inspiring week of inclusive and all-ages/levels of workshops, concerts, and heritage arts, taking place at the AlgomaTrad Centre, 1249 F&G Line on St. Joseph Island. The Camp runs from Monday, Aug. 14 to Sunday, Aug. 20.

Over 20 workshop instructors from across Canada will lead workshops in a wide array of options including fiddle, bagpipes, piano, guitar, tin whistle, singing, mandolin, banjo, square and Irish set dancing, and step dancing, to name a few. Immersive heritage craft and arts workshops will include a community arts project, blacksmithing, printmaking, willow basketry, storytelling, and theatre for children. This year we are celebrating the music of Brian Pickell, a composer of Canadian fiddle music and song who has composed numerous tunes for supporters of the AlgomaTrad community.

Other evening events include community dances and the always entertaining online auction, open all week, which raises funds for the Nicholas Missere Bursary, a fund that helps families and individuals take part in AlgomaTrad events and workshops. Evening schedules will be available soon on the website.