Harrison – Harrison Festival is still a ways off, but if the COVID situation persists, as some fear, what will be the status of the 42nd Annual Festival? It is scheduled for July 10 to 19. Bryan Cutler with the…
Harrison Hot Springs – The Harrison Festival Society will be producing a special family dance on Sunday, January 12 at 2pm in the Harrison Memorial Hall. The dance will be a traditional called dance, or “barn dance”, that will feature…
Harrison – Starting in mid October, the Harrison Festival Society will be presenting its Fall lineup of shows, with three sensational, top quality roots music acts: England’s Martin Simpson, Canada’s Colin Linden, and Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord. It’s all…
Harrison – Locarno is the Latin project of JUNO Award winning musician, Tom Landa. Like him, the music is equal parts Mexican and Canadian. Tom was born and raised in Mexico City, and moved to Canada in his teens. In…
Harrison – The annual general meeting of the Harrison Festival Society is Thursday January 24. This is a prime time to learn more about the festival and understand any volunteer requirements. 2018 was the 40th anniversary of the Festival which…
Harrison Hot Springs – On Saturday October 6th, popular Vancouver-based septet Coco Jafro will be making a return visit to Harrison Hot Springs, following a smash performance at the 2017 Harrison Festival of the Arts. Coco Jafro is a hard…
Harrison – 40 is a significant number, at least when it refers to someone’s age. Turning 40 is considered by many as the start of “middle age”, a term that evokes some contradictions. On the one hand, there is the…
Harrison – On Saturday, March 17, Harrison Festival Society will be bringing Canadian harmonica virtuoso Carlos del Junco and his band to Harrison’s Memorial Hall. Simultaneously sophisticated and raw, Carlos del Junco’s playing blurs the boundaries between blues and jazz….
Harrison Hot Springs – Harrison Festival Society’s 29th Season of the Performing Arts will continue Saturday January 27, with a concert of Old-Time American string music by Toronto’s Lonesome Ace Stringband. The Lonesome Ace Stringband consists of Chris Coole on…
Harrison – The Harrison Festival Society is presenting a special Christmas show on December 15th in Harrison’s Memorial Hall, featuring swing music and Christmas cheer with Vancouver’s Cool Yule. Funds from the event will go towards the production of the…