Three Days of Poetry in Coburg, Ontario

Spoken Word & Music April 3, 4, 5 - Celebrating National Poetry Month

The Young Poets

Poets in the Schools

Festival Opening Galabash and Reception Featuring:
Justin Rutledge
Tanya Davis

Readings: 
Friday Night
Saturday Afternoon
Saturday Night

Free After Hours Lounge at the Woodlawn Inn

Visit the website for more information on this event: Coburg Festival of Poetry

Join Stewart Legere and Tanya Davis for an intimate, candlelit evening of song and poetry at the Workshirt Opera House, a former church in Musquodoboit Harbour.

PEI born poet, songstress, and feeler-of-emotions Tanya Davis and Halifax's many horned beast Stewart Legere have worked together on several projects, including 'Why Love' (a theatrical musing on why we love), 'Mass' (Davis' re-imagining of the Catholic Liturgy) and 'Heartbeat' (a feature film in which the two of them play on screen lovers).

They are real life friends, collaborators, and allies in art and creativity and look forward to sharing the stage, presenting their music, new solo work, as well as collaborative pieces of music, poetry, and performance.

$15 artists/students/seniors/underwaged
$20 regular

Guests are welcome welcome to bring a tent or a sleeping bag and find a cozy corner to spend the night. Drinks will be available by donation, and breakfast will be served on Sunday morning.

PEI born poet, songstress, and feeler-of-emotions Tanya Davis is home on the island to showcase some new work and is sharing the stage with one of Halifax's (and Canada's) best-loved creative artists, Stewart Legere. Tanya and Stewart have worked together on several projects, including 'Why Love' (a theatrical musing on why we love), 'Mass' (Davis' re-imagining of the Catholic Liturgy) and 'Heartbeat' (a feature film in which the two of them play on screen lovers. They are real life friends, collaborators, and allies in art and creativity and look forward to sharing the stage, presenting new solo work as well as collaborative pieces of music, poetry, and performance.

For tickets:
http://trailside.ca/

To-do List is a poetic monologue exploring life, death, and other small details.

$10 or festival pass.

For more information about In the Soil:
https://www.inthesoil.on.ca/

The Kick Off to Mental Health Week 2018 Steady On: A night of words and music for mental health, with Catherine MacLellan. Catherine MacLellan is a JUNO Award winning songwriter from Prince Edward Island who has been speaking about her experiences with mental health as well as her late father’s, famed songwriter Gene MacLellan (Snowbird, Put Your Hand in the Hand, etc) (catherinemaclellan.com)

Expect songs, poems, and laughs, about mental health and the rest of it, about the hard parts of life and the best of it.

Reservations available by calling: (403)269-5581

Catherine MacLellan is a JUNO Award winning songwriter from Prince Edward Island who has been speaking about her experiences with mental health as well as her late father’s, famed songwriter Gene MacLellan (Snowbird, Put Your Hand in the Hand, etc) (catherinemaclellan.com)

Expect songs, poems, and laughs, about mental health and the rest of it, about the hard parts of life and the best of it.

Steady On: A night of words and music for mental health, with Catherine MacLellan.

Reservations available by calling: (403)269-5581

Catherine MacLellan is a JUNO Award winning songwriter from Prince Edward Island who has been speaking about her experiences with mental health as well as her late father’s, famed songwriter Gene MacLellan (Snowbird, Put Your Hand in the Hand, etc) (catherinemaclellan.com)

Expect songs, poems, and laughs, about mental health and the rest of it, about the hard parts of life and the best of it.

Steady On: A night of words and music for mental health, Catherine MacLellan.

Tickets available at www.cobourgloft.ca or by calling (905)372.2210

Catherine MacLellan is a JUNO Award winning songwriter from Prince Edward Island who has been speaking about her experiences with mental health as well as her late father’s, famed songwriter Gene MacLellan (Snowbird, Put Your Hand in the Hand, etc) (catherinemaclellan.com)

Expect songs, poems, and laughs, about mental health and the rest of it, about the hard parts of life and the best of it.

Tanya Davis and Catherine MacLellan bring their musical Pie Off to Midhurst ON - May 12 - in support of Mental Health Awareness and in the name of community fun.
Bring a home-baked pie to enter into the competition or just come for the music and words by these two East Coast artists.

Catherine MacLellan is a JUNO Award winning songwriter from Prince Edward Island who has been speaking about her experiences with mental health as well as her late father’s, famed songwriter Gene MacLellan (Snowbird, Put Your Hand in the Hand, etc) (catherinemaclellan.com)

Celebrity judges will be announced closer to the event! We will keep you posted!

Categories for PIE:
Sweet Pie
Savoury Pie
100 Mile PIE (made completely with ingredients grown within 100 miles.)
Prettiest Pie

Location: Midhurst Community Hall
78 Doran Rd, Midhurst, ON

Doors open at 6pm
Show starts at 7pm
Cut off for Pie Entries: 7:30

Admission $20 or $15 with a pie entry!

In partnership CHMA Simcoe County and The Simcoe County Suicide Awareness Council.

Steady On: A night of words and music for mental health featuring, with Catherine MacLellan.

Tickets available at www.hughsroomlive.com or by calling 416-533-LIVE (5483)

Catherine MacLellan is a JUNO Award winning songwriter from Prince Edward Island who has been speaking about her experiences with mental health as well as her late father’s, famed songwriter Gene MacLellan (Snowbird, Put Your Hand in the Hand, etc) (catherinemaclellan.com)

Expect songs, poems, and laughs, about mental health and the rest of it, about the hard parts of life and the best of it.