Kempenfest is Barrie’s signature festival event, celebrating 51 years Aug 4-7, 2023, located across two-kilometers of Barrie Ontario’s beautiful waterfront. The annual event is one of Ontario’s largest waterfront festivals, featuring over 300 arts & crafts vendors, a midway, youth…
Barrie ON, March 25, 2021 – Kempenfest 2021 has been canceled due to COVID‐19 and will be moving its 50th-anniversary celebration to 2022. This marks only the second time in its history that the festival has been canceled, with the first…
Kempenfest is Barrie’s signature event, celebrating 50 years July 29 – August 1, 2022, located across two-kilometers of Barrie Ontario’s beautiful waterfront. The annual event is one of Ontario’s largest waterfront festivals, featuring over 350 arts & crafts vendors, a…
Barrie ON – The Kempenfest leadership team has been meeting with municipal, provincial and federal governments on a regular basis to monitor the COVID-19 crisis. Following the strict guidelines from the Health Minister and health professionals, it has been decided to move…
Sudbury Poutine Fest received the Best New Single Sponsorship Achievement Award at the annual Festivals & Events Ontario Awards 2020. Thornloe Cheese became the presenting sponsor of the third-annual Sudbury Poutine Fest in 2019, the results of which overall produced…
Sudbury Frost Fest, a brand new two-day winter-themed concert featuring both country and rock artists at Caruso Club, will offer patrons a unique winter-concert experience with both indoor and outdoor programming. The inaugural Sudbury Frost Fest includes two days of…
The 11th annual Budweiser New Music Fest recently announced its preliminary line-up, consisting of Juno Award-winning co-headliners The Sheepdogs, Monster Truck & James Barker Band with Juno Nominee and CMAO winners Cold Creek County. The festival takes place September 14-15,…
Feast Fest is returning to Midland, Ontario for its second year taking place July 20-22, which organizers promise a much bigger overall festival program, including more food options, vendors, and family-friendly programming. Feast Fest 2018 will offer patrons an array…
Now that the World’s Largest Rubber Duck has flown on from Midland, organizers of Feast Fest and the Ontario 150 Tour are taking a look at the immense impact the festival has had on the region and its local businesses,…
Feast Fest, a brand new multi-faceted festival will visit Sudbury, Midland & London Ontario this summer featuring a mixture of food, art & entertainment programming. The first annual Feast Fest will offer patrons free entry all weekend long, where you…
The first annual Sudbury Poutine Fest is scheduled for Aug 25-27, 2017, taking place in downtown Sudbury, ON. The festival will offer patrons free entry all weekend long where they can experience an array of Poutine-related food vendors of both…
Theory of a Deadman live at Sound Empire had recently been postponed as singer Tyler Connolly had been battling complications due to laryngitis, leaving him unable to perform Friday, June 6th. Their local Barrie concert, which has already nearly sold…
Theory of a Deadman will be performing live at Grace Hartman Amphitheatre on Saturday, June 7th, with guests Monster Truck, The Glorious Sons, Gentlemen Husbands, and Golden Gate Graves as part of the Budweiser New Music Fest Sudbury 2014. The…
CASBY Award-winning artists Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS) will be returning to Barrie, as part of their Cross-Canada “Advanced Basics Tour” with a now sold-out show at Sound Empire, Friday, Feb 28th.Their last two Barrie performances had also sold out, including…
The first annual Budweiser New Music Fest London is a two-day live music festival, originating in Barrie, ON in 2008 and has since grown to include Sudbury and London Ontario, on separate weekends. The New Music Fest celebrates the culture…
Original members, singer Greg Godovitz, guitarist Gino Scarpelli and drummer Doug Inglis of Goddo will be performing live at Sound Empire downtown Barrie, Friday, October 4th as part of the band’s 35th Anniversary Reunion Tour. Tickets to the concert are…
To complement the festival’s ticketed headliner concert featuring Big Wreck, USS, Crash Karma, The Reason, Young Empires & more, the 2013 New Music Fest Barrie will be hosting a free concert on Friday, July 19 featuring Die Mannequin & Courage…
The 6th annual Budweiser New Music Fest Barrie powered by Mady was heard across the city this past weekend (July 19 & 20) with over 50 performances at multiple venues. The Festival Headliner Concert sold out attracting over 1,700 people…
Big Wreck will be performing live at Heritage Park on downtown Barrie’s waterfront on Saturday, July 20th, with guests USS, Crash Karma, The Reason, Young Empires, Golden Gate Graves, and Autumns Cannon, a festival production that has pushed the New…
Downtown Barrie will have a new nightclub to offer this coming weekend as new management takes over what was once known as The Roxy Theatre & The Roxx Nightclub. Sound Empire’s Grand Opening weekend will consist of an EDM concert…
New Music Fest is a three-day live music festival, which originated in Barrie ON in 2008 and has since grown to include Sudbury and London ON, on separate weekends. The New Music Fest celebrates the culture and development of new…