Canada Day rocks at Leamington’s Sunset Amphitheatre

By Paul Forman

Seacliff Park was full of booming sounds from a spectacular fireworks show and the rock and roll of both Almost Famous and the Walkerville Collegiate WCCA Rock Band as Leamington celebrated our nation’s birthday.

The celebration began with the music and vocals of seven talented rockers from Walkerville Secondary School as they led off the second show in the 2023 Music Onthe42 Summer Concert Series hosted by the Municipality of Leamington and produced by The Bank Theatre.

One of Walkerville’s vocalists, Posey Cormier, was visibly excited to be performing for the large crowd on the hill.

“I think it is a really amazing opportunity,” she said. “We’re a school band and we usually don’t get to play at big gigs like this.”

The four-piece Kingsville rock band, Almost Famous, next took the stage and rocked the park with mashups and singalongs right up until the fireworks began to shoot off from the barge anchored off Seacliff Beach.

The evening ended on a breathtaking note as the huge crowd that filled the park, the amphitheatre hill, the beach and the dock thoroughly enjoyed the brilliant sights and ear-splitting sounds of the fireworks display put on by the Municipality of Leamington.

The Almost Famous Band headlined the Music Onthe42 concert at Seacliff Park on Canada Day. Here, lead singer Chad Everaert performs to the crowd prior to the start of the fireworks.

Spectators gather on Seacliff Beach to witness the Canada Day fireworks display after the concert at Sunset Amphitheatre.

Walkerville Collegiate band vocalist Posey Cormier entertains the crowd with Sean Holmes on drums in the background at the Sunset Amphitheatre. The band opened for The Almost Famous Band.