Kingsville Music Society presenting Greenway Jam August 12-13-14

By Mark Ribble

The Kingsville Music Society is pivoting away from their annual Lakeside

Park venue for the Kingsville Folk Festival this year and is presenting a more spread-out version with the aptly named Greenway Jam.

The weekend event will take place August 12- 13-14 and will feature a main stage and three smaller venues situated along the Chrysler Canada Greenway Trail.

The Main Stage will be at Kingsville Brewery at 140 Park Street across from the Kingsville Harbour. There will be three other venues featuring free concerts all day Saturday, August 13 at the Grovedale House, Mettawas Station Restaurant and The Grove Brewing Company.

On Friday night, the main stage will feature Garnet Rogers, The SlocanRamblers and Juno-nominated Kathleen Edwards as the headliner.

KATHLEEN EDWARDS

That same stage — on Saturday evening — will feature former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page as the headliner, joined by Elliott Brood and Ashley McIsaac with openers Sarah Smith and Julian Taylor.

John and Michele Law, who are the driving force behind the Kingsville Music Society, are happy to be able to bring such a large festival back to Kingsville.

“We’re excited to get going,” says John. “This is an all-Canadian lineup.”

The Laws have lined up several other acts besides the headliners and those acts will entertain at the free concerts on Saturday.

“It’s a real variety of music,” adds Michele.

ASHLEY McISAAC

Tickets for the main stage concerts are $40 each and you can buy a weekend pass for $75 (or $70 early bird), which gets you admission to both main stage concerts.

Last year, the Kingsville Music Society was able to put on free concerts during the Kingsville Open Streets, and this year they plan on doing the same with Open Streets on Saturdays and free concerts on other nights as well.

STEVEN PAGE

They’ve also got concerts lined up during May and June at Pelee Island Winery with the ‘Rhythm of the World’ music series featuring African-Cuban act Okan on May 29 and Mexican music star Quique Escamilla on June 12.

For more information, visit kingsvillemusicsociety.com.