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DOWNTOWN BARRIE BIA
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The Downtown Barrie BIA is excited to announce and present a Gordon Lightfoot Tribute as part of the upcoming Open Air Dunlop on Saturday, Sept. 9 for the entire day.
The tribute will include ‘Sound and Sight’ of Gordon Lightfoot’s influential musical career. Local musicians will be performing at downtown venues from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. with Gordon Lightfoot-influenced and inspired setlists.
The Downtown Barrie BIA, in partnership with Inside The Music, is presenting Toronto-based singer/songwriter Jerry Leger at the Meridian Place Stage.
“Gordon Lightfoot has had such a huge impact on so many singer/songwriter’s. I am thrilled that Jerry Leger is taking the Meridian Place stage to celebrate Lightfoot’s music because Gordon is one of his most important influences. Jerry’s 2008 album, You, Me, and The Horse, was inspired by Lightfoot’s '60s acoustic records,” says Chas Hay, Inside The Music promoter.
This will be followed by the Barrie Film Festival presentation of the documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind.
“The Barrie Film Festival is honoured to participate in this tribute of the legendary singer and songwriter with an outdoor screening of a Canadian documentary that reflects so beautifully on his life and extraordinary career. Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is directed by Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni and features some of Lightfoot’s hits including If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, Carefree Highway, and Rainy Day People. This is a must-see," says Claudine Benoit, director, Barrie Film Festival.
The Gordon Lightfoot Tribute
Sound & Sight
Downtown Barrie
Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. — Homestead Bakery
Noon to 1:30 p.m. — Kenzington's Burger Bar
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. — The Queens Hotel
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. —Donaleigh's Irish Public House and CW Coops
5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. — Meridian Place Stage, Downtown Barrie presents: Jerry Leger, A Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Performance
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. — Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Dusk (around 8:30 p.m.) — Meridian Place Stage, Barrie Film Festival presents Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind.
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