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Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival is back for 2022. Here’s the lineup (so far)

April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2022, 3 Days Grace, Beaches, Burlington, Festival, Skid Row, Sound of Music, Spencer Smith Park, Trews

After a couple of years of being sidelined by COVID, Sound of Music, Canada’s largest free music festival, returns to

Sound of Music Festival transforms into Return to Live Series, starting with Monster Truck

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Burlington, Concerts, Festivals, Helix, livestream, Monster Truck, Sound of Music, Sound of Music Festival, Summer Concerts

For years, Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival was 10 days of nearly non-stop shows throughout the city in June, a

Don Reilly, drummer for Burlington’s Crowe, fighting ALS

March 1, 2021February 28, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Burlington, Crowe, Crowe band, Don Reilly, fundraiser, GoFundMe, Lou Gehrig's Disease

Bands are often much deeper than just a group of people playing music together. For Crowe, a Burlington-based band that

Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival has been canceled for 2020

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Burlington, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Sound of Music Festival

One of the great small festivals anywhere in Canada is the annual Sound of Music Festival in Burlington, Ontario. I’ve

Review with Photos: Sound of Music Festival Kick-Off Concert

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments 40 Years, Anniversary, Burlington, Bush, Crown Lands, Headstones, Live, Monster Truck, Sound of Music Festival

Burlington Ontario’s Sound of Music Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019. In that time it has grown to

Burlington’s Sound of Music Announces Free 2017 Father’s Day Weekend Lineup

April 28, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments 2017, Burlington, Father's Day, Festival, Free, Sound of Music

Sound of Music festival is back with more news! The Burlington event announced The Offspring and LIVE as their Kick-Off concert

Burlington’s 2017 Sound of Music Festival Announces Some Big Names

March 11, 2017March 11, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Alternative, Burlington, Carnival, Club, Concert, Festival, Headliner, Live, Marketplace, Music, Ontario, Reunited, Rock, Series, Silver, Sound of Music, The Offspring

Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival is the latest to announce their headliners, with The Offspring and recently reunited LIVE capping

Random Music News for Saturday, July 23, 2016

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barenaked Ladies, Bono, Burlington, Donald Trump, Ellie Goulding, Kraftwerk, Lollapalooza, Oasis, Odds, Paul McCartney, Pursuit of Happiness, Sloan, Taylor Swift, The Jam, Tragically Hip, Trans-Canada Highway, Woody Guthrie

Off to Dubai tonight on a diplomatic mission. Pray that my nickel-sized kidney stone doesn’t cause any problems on the

Random Music News for Friday, April 29, 2016

April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments American Idol, Apple Music, Beatboxing, Burlington, Elora, Grateful Dead, Kate Mullady, Monkees, Noel Gallagher, NPR, Phil Lesh, Riverfest, Rivers Cuomo, Sound of Music, Weeze

Did you know there was an experimental 3D TV broadcast on this date in 1953? Neither did I. And now,