Do you hear that sound? It’s the sound of Bell Park coming alive for the summer season! Northern Lights Festival Boréal is ready to hit the city with FOUR jam-packed days of music July 4th-7th! Songcraft is the theme of this year’s festival line up. The roster of artists assembled for 2019 is as vast as ever covering all sorts of genres, and all with an incredible mastery of language and lyric. This year’s festival headliners include Sam Roberts Band, K’Naan, Bedouin Soundclash, and Half Moon Run. And that’s just the headliners, there’s always a ton of great acts......
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Northern Lights Festival Boréal kicks off Thursday July 4th through 7th at Bell Park signalling the official start of summer in Sudbury! They’ve got a stacked line up ready for you including Sam Roberts Band, K’Naan, Bedouin Soundclash and Half Moon Run. Four jam packed days of music and fun, we hope you’re resting up ahead of time! Aside from the music though one of our favourite parts of the festival is checking out the wares of some of the fabulous local vendors. Each year NLFB strives to give festival goers a variety of food and artisan options to......
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Canada Day is less than a week away! How are you planning to celebrate? Start your day at the Sudbury Community Arena checking out some of the food and craft vendors before grabbing the family and heading to Science North. Catch the fireworks display and then head downtown to end your night with live music at the Townehouse Tavern! Canada Day 2019 @ Sudbury Community Arena Hosted by the Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association now in partnership with the City of Greater Sudbury, celebrate Canada Day at the Community Arena on Monday, July 1st from 10am-4pm. The celebration......
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Father’s Day is this Sunday and if you’re a last minute shopper like us – no problem – we’ve got you covered! Choose a fun experience or shop local at one of our amazing local businesses. Whatever you buy Dad he’s guarenteed to love! Father’s Day Tour & Social @ Crosscut Distillery Take Dad to our local Distillery for Father’s Day and treat him to a tour with the owner. He’ll also be treated to a delicious cocktail! Tickets are $20. Can’t make it to the tour? You can still treat dad to the delicious tastes of Crosscut Distillery......
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Celebrate our planet this Saturday, June 8 at Memorial Park for the 14th annual Earth Festival. Bring the family and head into the heart of Sudbury from 10am-3pm to learn more about environmental and holistic businesses in our community. There will be food vendors with vegetarian and vegan options, live entertainment, yoga and lots of fun for the kids. Metamorphosis will host three yoga sessions throughout the day: 11:00 am – Walking yoga 12:15 pm – Chair yoga 1:30 pm Shred Inspired (TM) Vinyasa Yoga Make sure to stop by the reThink Green booth to learn more about the organization and get......
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Mark your calendars because it is festival season in Sudbury! Every summer we are treated with weekend after weekend of amazing music, art, and delicious food. We’ve rounded up the festivals taking place this summer so all you have to do is save the date and pick up your tickets. St-Jean Day Festival La Slague du Carrefour francophone and La St-Jean Sudbury will be hosting la grande St-Jean, a full-day family festival on Saturday, June 22 from 12:30 to 10 PM on Elgin Street in downtown Sudbury. The day will include live music, a wide variety of activities, comedy, improv and will......
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Its time to step up your environmental game and join reThink Green in the 2019 Sudbury Commuter Challenge! June 2nd – 8th give an eco-friendly mode of transportation a try. Walk, carpool, bike, use transit to your destination or even connect online and stay home (pjs optional). This is a group effort to engage commuters in more sustainable forms of travel and perhaps not so coincidentally coincides with Canadian Environment Week. Here in Sudbury city council just unanimously declared a state of climate emergency on May 29th, what better way to start off this commitment on the right foot!......
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Up Here festival is back to rock the city with its FIFTH anniversary edition! First things first – the iconic geodesic dome + pop-up bar will be returning! That’s right you can enjoy musical performances, art installations, DJ sets and more all for free under the open sky on Durham as they turn the strip into a veritable playground! While we’re still waiting on news on the installation artists and muralists who will be joining us for the fest August 16-18th the gang has given us the low down on some of the musical performances we’ll get to see.......
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Arts & Culture, Events, Film |
April 17, 2019
CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF CANADIAN FILM WITH SUDBURY INDIE CINEMA!
April 17th marks a very special day in Canadian culture, it’s a day where we take a moment to appreciate the contributions Canada has made to the film landscape. This year National Canadian Film Day also happens to be the 100 year anniversary of the very first genuine blockbuster out of Canada, a silent film by Nell Shipman, Back to God’s Country. This year celebrate NCFD with your friends at Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op, this is the groups 5th year organizing an outstanding lineup of Canuck film and their VERY FIRST in their own cinema at 162 Mackenzie St.......
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For the second year in a row, 8 notable Sudburians will be trading in their regular work duds for a mic and trying their hand at stand up for one night only! Don’t Quit Your Day Job has these comedic gladiators matching wits in a battle royale of hilarious proportions. What’s at stake? Bragging rights of course, as well as $1500 to the winner’s charity of choice! Karen Bass, of CTV, is back to defend her title after giving a riotous performance in the inaugural show so you know the competition is stiff. Make sure you’re in the crowd......
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