Jim Cuddy band is first major headliner for Heritage Music Festival

May 20, 2016 · 0 Comments

The Jim Cuddy Band will be the first major headliner of the 2016 Heritage Music Festival.

The announcement was made Tuesday by Lynda Buffet, organizing chair of the Festival.

The Jim Cuddy Band will take the stage on Friday, August 5 at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Centre.

“The concert will start at 8 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m.,” said Ms. Buffet. “All music events at this site are presented by the Rotary Club of Shelburne and this will be a first for Shelburne and we are all very excited as a Rotary Club, to be bringing such a top named Canadian entertainer and Juno Award winner to our new festival.”

Concert details were revealed Friday on JimCuddy.com and fans are already purchasing tickets on pre-sale through BlueRodeo.Com.

Ticket sales will open to the public this Friday, May 20, when Rotary launches its new website at HeritageMusicFestival.com. In addition to ordering tickets through the website, tickets will also be made available at Holmes Music and Appliances in Downtown Shelburne.

“And as for our Fiddle Fans, they will continue to enjoy our Canadian Open Fiddle Championship events once again this year, as we move into our 66th year,” said Ms. Buffet. “This event is the basis of our established musical heritage in Shelburne and it will continue as part of our festival for years to come. After all, this event put Shelburne on the map!”

“I am sure anyone who travels and gets asked where they are from, experience the same thing as I do. No matter where you travel in North America when you say you are from Shelburne, everyone always says, ‘Oh I know where Shelburne is- isn’t that where the Canadian Open Fiddle Championship takes place? So you know it’s been a great tourist event for the town.”

The Thursday evening lineup launches the Canadian Open Fiddle Championship and will feature The Next Generation Leahy. The contest continues on the Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., which will be followed by the Jim Cuddy Band performance.

The Saturday evening contest finale will feature McLeod – a group that’s coming together once again to entertain the crowd. The group consists of four former contest winners: Scott Wood, Shane Cook, Matthew Johnston and James Bickle.”

“We will be making ongoing updates about other events taking place in the festival on the new website, so the public can check back regularly to get all the information they need,” added Buffet.