Volume 29 Issue 6 | June, July & August 2024

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FROM UP HERE Hornepayne HELLO YOU! (YES, YOU) SOPHIA PERLMAN COURTESY PERLMAN FAMILY One of the things I will forever love about writing for print media in general is that I never know exactly who you are. So it feels a bit like throwing a message in a bottle. One of the things I will forever love about writing for this particular magazine though is that I have a better idea who you might be: You are a music maker, or you are a “music lover.” You are presenters, promoters, general managers and music directors. You are the parent reading this while you wait for your kid to get out of music lessons. You are a music student yourself. You are the person behind the counter at a business, or behind the desk at a library or community centre, or the front of house staff at a venue that serves as a distribution point for this free, physical magazine. Some of you have been reading this magazine for a long, long time. These various “yous” are woven into my childhood: eagle-eyed readers will have noticed the family name, and long time readers will have seen my name pop up in various capacities since early on in the magazine’s evolution. My father, and longest-suffering editor (from pre kindergarten) David Perlman has written from the publisher’s perch about the genesis of this magazine. Growing up alongside The WholeNote (and its older sibling the Kensington Market Drum) helped me understand that publishing a newspaper or magazine was like making music – everyone has a part to play. How The Children Saved the Carnival Kensington Summer Festival, 2000 St. Catherines “FESTIVAL SEASON” The same can, without question, be said of any of the myriad of music and arts festivals in June, July and August. The same chunk of Kensington Market where I had my early lessons into the world of publishing was where I also had my first “behind the curtain” look at the sheer amount of planning, effort and teamwork it takes to produce a festival – thanks to the genius of the late Ida Carnevale and her committed belief that if there were going to be festivals, even Trying to see your own festival children were expected to help. can be a long work-day when Some of the “yous” that are reading you're in festival mode. Josh this, right now, are “up to your knees Grossman’s book from June standing on your heads” as my father 2022 said this: “Day 2 of Toronto Jazz Festival! If you need likes to say, in helping to produce a me, here’s where I’ll be…” festival this summer. So for all of you in that final crucial crunch-time of creating magic for others, a few sincere wishes for the season: – I sincerely hope that your 2024 festival planning didn’t start the morning after your 2023 wrap party, and that you’ve had at least one solid night’s sleep since then. – I hope that you have managed to ride this year out, and that you know that you aren’t alone. – I refuse to spend any more column inches talking about the scary post-covid state of arts and culture. I see all round me the brilliant, brave, creative solutions you are finding every day to make things work. I hope you find ways to celebrate these with each other and to find community in your shared resilience. – I hope you get a little bit of time this summer to actually see your festival through the eyes of someone who doesn’t know the nuts continues to page 79 FACEBOOK 34 | June, July & August, 2024 thewholenote.com

2024 GREEN PAGES 20th Annual Summer Music Guide Welcome to The WholeNote’s 20th annual Green Pages guide to summer music! We’ve invited music festivals and series from across Ontario to let you know what they’re up to this summer, in their own words. There are festivals of all kinds and genres, from classical to jazz to opera and more! The 28 profiles below represent what we received as of our print deadline. Like the listings section that follows (pages 42-57) the most we can do in print is to provide a snapshot, frozen in time, of a dynamic and ever expanding summer music scene. While our next print edition – the first of our 30th Anniversary season – only comes out around Labour Day, we’ll continue to update these Green Pages, and our summer live music listings, regularly over the course of the summer, at thewholenote.com - see our Who’s Who tab, or our Listings tab, on the home page. Enjoy what’s here! We hope it whets your appetite. For information on how to join the Green Pages, contact Karen at karen@thewholenote.com 2024 GREEN PAGES TEAM PROJECT MANAGER: Karen Ages PROJECT EDITOR: Danial Jazaeri LAYOUT & DESIGN: Susan Sinclair WEBSITE: Kevin King ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL ➤ August 26 to September 2, 2024 BROOKSIDE MUSIC ‘FESTIVAL OF THE BAY’ ➤ July 18 to August 2, 2024 BROOKSIDE MUSIC - “ONE WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ August 23 to 24, 2024 BROTT MUS!IC FESTIVAL ➤ June 20 to August 15, 2024 CCC TORONTO INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ October 21 to November 4, 2024 COLLINGWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ July 5 to 12, 2024 ELORA FESTIVAL ➤ July 5 to 20, 2024 FESTIVAL OF THE SOUND ➤ July 1, July 19 to August 3, 2024 HABARI AFRICA FESTIVAL ➤ August 9 to 11, 2024 HIGHLANDS OPERA STUDIO ➤ July 25 to August 26, 2024 JUMBLIES THEATRE: BORDER CROSSING ODYSSEY ➤ June 12 to 27, 2024 LEITH SUMMER FESTIVAL ➤ June 22 to August 24, 2024 MARKHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL ➤ August 16 to 18, 2024 MARKHAM VILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL ➤ June 14 to 15, 2024 MUSIC AT PORT MILFORD ➤ July 13 to August 3, 2024 MUSIC MONDAYS ➤ June 3 to September 2, 2024 OPEN EARS FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & SOUND ➤ May 30 to June 2, 2024 PORT HOPE JAZZ ➤ August 22 to 25, 2024 RHYTHMS OF CANADA ➤ June 29 to July 1, 2024 SOMETHING ELSE! FESTIVAL ➤ June 20 to June 23, 2024 SOUTH COAST JAZZ FESTIVAL ➤ August 9 to 11, 2024 STRATFORD SUMMER MUSIC ➤ July 18 to August 11, 2024 SUMMER OPERA LYRIC THEATRE ➤ July 26 to August 4, 2024 SUMMERSTAGE 2024 ➤ July 18 to August 18, 2024 SUN LIFE UPTOWN WATERLOO JAZZ FESTIVAL ➤ July 19 to 21, 2024 TD TORONTO JAZZ FEST ➤ June 21 to 30, 2024 TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC ➤ July 11 to August 3, 2024 WESTBEN ➤ June 14 to August 4, 2024 thewholenote.com Summer 2024 | 35