Celebrate A Bountiful Year in Music, Culture and Agriculture on Wolfe Island!
Wolfe Island Records and Wolfe Island Spring Craft Brewery are pleased to announce the 3rd annual Wolfe Island Garden Party. This year, there will be seven days of events with 29 music acts performing throughout the week. Visitors and locals will be able to listen to great Canadian music, feast on delicious and nutritious local food, participate in talks, learn about Wolfe Island agriculture, and meet the people of Wolfe Island. We encourage one and all to commune with the locals and immerse yourself in the serenity that is Wolfe Island.
Highlights of the week-long Garden Party include a Farm-to-Table 4-Course Dinner, a Songwriter’s Circle, the Wolfe Island Gallery Seasonal Opening, a Farmer’s Market and day-long Live Music performances at the General Wolfe Waterfront. Other free activities include Plein-Air Painting, Japanese Drumming, Dance / Movement demonstrations and Square Dancing.
Live music will be featured at a variety of venues and settings, including the Wolfe Island Grill, the General Wolfe Inn and the Wolfe Island Pub. Many of the musicians performing have recorded albums at Wolfe Island Records’ studio, which adds an artistic farm-to-table flavour to the performances. People can enjoy the Garden Party for an evening, a day, or the weekend. Some will come for the week.
This is a Pay-What-You-Can event with all funds raised going to support Wolfe Island Art and the Wolfe Island Community Garden. It’s fun for the whole family, and admission for children is free. Patrons can travel to Wolfe Island by bicycle, on foot or by car. The Wolfe Island Ferry runs all day and night and is free of charge.
3rd Annual Wolfe Island Garden Party Event Details
>>MONDAY, June 10th
Wolfe Island Pub & Pizzeria
7:30pm Live Music ~ It Starts with the Roots hosted by Teilhard Frost with Emilie Steele, Dayna Pirso, Jon McLurg and Waylon James
>> TUESDAY, June 11th Wolfe Island Grill
7:30pm 1st annual meeting of the Wolfe Island Round Earth Society Live Music and conversation with Hugh Christopher Brown and Rich Tyo’s Jukebox County featuring Jason Mercer, Pete Bowers and Sarah McDermott. Menu items featuring Mushroom Farm produce.
>> WEDNESDAY, June 12th
General Wolfe Inn Wednesday Night Dinner & Live Music ~ Ticketed Event
4-Course Farm-to-Table Dinner with top Chefs Laura Buckley and Frank Misek
6pm Cocktails, 7pm Dinner
Live Music featuring Hadley McCall Thackston, Sarah McDermott, Lara Taubman, Teilhard Frost, Jason Mercer, Pete Bowers, Justin Bird, with Hugh Christopher Brown at the Piano.
Tickets can be purchased at the General Wolfe Inn or online at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wolfe-island-garden-party-wednesday-night-dinner-tickets-61440539307
>> THURSDAY, June 13th
Wolfe Island Community Garden
6:30pm Strawberry Social and talk on Celebrating Indigeneity led by Kelly Maracle Wolfe Island Grill
8pm Live Music Songwriter’s Circle with Jenny Whiteley, Tom Savage, Suzanne Jarvie and Luther Wright
>> FRIDAY, June 14th
General Wolfe Waterfront 5pm Live Music Luther Wright & The Wrongs
8pm Live Music Luther Wright & The Wrongs Wolfe Island Gallery
7pm Seasonal Art Gallery Opening with Live Music by Teilhard Frost and Jason Mercer Wolfe Island Grill
9pm Live Music with Joey Wright & Friends General Wolfe Inn
10pm Live Music ~ Strange Happenings host Oscillitariam Mini-Fest
>> SATURDAY, June 15th
United Church Parking Lot
10am Wildcrafted Movement by Martha Hillhouse ~ daily dance / movement open to all!
Wolfe Island Grill
11am-8pm Barbeque featuring locally-sourced foods Wolfe Island Township Hall
12pm Live Music ~ Family Music with Butterfingers General Wolfe Inn Waterfront Live Music from 1 – 8pm
1pm Laura Taubman and Friend
2pm Honky Tonk Heroes
3pm Mermaids
4pm Mike Ferrio
5pm Transstar
6pm One River
7pm Suzanne Jarvie
Wolfe Island Township Hall Parking Lot
2pm – 5pm Farmers Market ~ Afternoon Showcase of Local Agriculture ~ indoors if it’s raining.
Wolfe Island Grill
8pm Live Music with Hadley McCall Thackston and The Stephen Stanley Band
General Wolfe Inn
10pm Live Music with Rocky Roberts and China Cat Riders
>> SUNDAY, June 16th
United Church Parking Lot
10am Wildcrafted Movement by Martha Hillhouse ~ daily dance / movement open to all!
Location TBA
1pm Live Music ~ Square Dance hosted by Teilhard Frost ~ open to all!
Marysville Public School
2pm Live Music ~ Kings Don Taiko Japanese Drumming ~ participants are welcome!
Wolfe Island United Church
3pm Live Music ~ Sonic Harvest ~ in support of Wolfe Island Medical Clinic ~ featuring a crop of musicians who work and travel together, supporting each other’s music throughout the year. Hosted by Chris Brown and Kate Fenner with Wolfe Island Records artists and friends
General Wolfe Inn
4:30pm Live Music with The Wolfe Gang Wolfe Island Grill
8pm Live Music ~ Festival Closing Party ~ Wolfe Island Records Revue
Price of Admission: This event is Pay-What-You-Can and children are free. We recommend $20 for a Weekend Pass which visitors can donate on site.
Find our Schedule of Events online at www.WolfeIslandRecords.com For more information or to arrange for an interview with Hugh Christopher Brown, please text or call Jody Stockfish at 416-659-7387 or email CanadianMusicPromoter@gmail.com
