Second Annual Festival of the Arts comes to New Hamburg in June

New Hamburg hosts its second annual live, arts and culture event, June 2-6, 2010. The New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts will include concert events ranging from country and folk music, Gilbert and Sullivan tunes and lyrical classical performances to big band swing. The Festival will provide a stage for area visual artists, local authors and choral singers, and will include performances by internationally known actors, authors and singers.

The event is presented by New Hamburg Live!, now being incorporated as a not for profit corporation.

Headline events include an opening night Big Band Gala, with Silent Auction; Canada's supergroup Quartette in concert; an evening of G&S featuring the best of Canadian light opera performers, hosted by Broadway and Stratford star Barry MacGregor; a unique and entertaining classical concert featuring the music ­ and written letters ­ of rebellious, 17th century nuns; and a Sunday afternoon gospel and bluegrass concert featuring Ken Whiteley, Vicki St. Pierre, and a mass choir.

The choir in the Sunday event will be made up of area choral singers who participate in the Saturday morning choral singing workshop led by St. Pierre and Whiteley, a superb opportunity for singers from the area to enjoy a great training and performance opportunity.

The art show will be highlight at the Gala venue, and also open at various locations through New Hamburg for the duration of the New Hamburg Live Festival of the Arts.

Tickets will go on sale in mid-April, at Upper Case Books in New Hamburg.

For updated information, visit www.newhamburglive.ca, or contact Paul and Nancy Knowles, (519) 662-6757.