City Hall Art Crawl

August 18, 2009

Have you been to The Art Crawl yet this summer? Time’s running short with only 3 Saturday mornings left to go. Whether you’re an artisan or simply want to shop and take in the creative expertise of local artists, this is a great spot to visit on Saturday mornings.

Owen Sound’s open air art market. Every Saturday morning in the Percy England Parkette … right beside City Hall.

The Art Crawl is running for the next 3 Saturdays until Labour Day. It runs from 8am to generally noon. Weather permitting. Some people do have tents and are more all weather vendors.

Want to be a vendor? All work must be original, handcrafted work by you.

This year there is no advanced registration or cost. You just come, and set up on the day.

You must supply your own stands/tables/display.

For more information please contact Cheryl Sims 519-370-2080 or email cheryl_sims@hotmail.com

Written by Deb · Filed Under Business, Downtown, Events, The City, fun

Streets Alive! Owen Sound’s Busker Extravaganza

August 13, 2009

Calling all Buskers! Streets Alive! is coming to Downtown Owen Sound on August 21st and 22nd, 2009. It is a busking festival showcasing a wide variety of local and non local grassroots performers, seasoned veterans, in the age old tradition of crowd involvement and pure unadulterated exciting entertainment!

Friday, August 21, 2009 to Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday Night 8-10 pm; Saturday 10 am – 4 pm
Free Downtown & the Inner Harbour
For more information, please contact Doug Cleverley 519-376-4440 ext. 251

Friday night will be a preview that will showcase select buskers on the natural stage at Owen Sound City Hall. There will be a mix of acoustic, and electric, artisans and performance pieces. It’s bound to be an exciting evening!

Saturday will have a variety of buskers in a various key locations throughout the downtown area, as well as around the Sydenham river and spilling into the harbour area. There will be a lots of sights, sounds, and moving performances for all!

Busker categories include:
* Children’s entertainers
* Musicians of all sorts
* “Street shtick” i.e. jugglers, magicians, fire twirlers
* Physical performers i.e. acrobats, mimes, dancers
* Visual artists, i.e. caricature artists, face painters

Written by Deb · Filed Under Downtown, Events, Features, Get Out, Music, The Arts

Owen Sound: Economic Development Action Plan

July 14, 2009

Owen Sound has a plan to keep our Scenic City vibrant and healthy.

In a nutshell the plan is to:
1. Prioritize the Downtown and Harbourfront Area
2. Retain, Expand and Attract Local Businesses
3. Strengthen the City’s Physical Infrastructure/Social Networks
4. Distringuish our Sense of Place
5. Market the City
6. Innovating City Hall
7. Regional Development and
8. Skill Enhancement

You can read and/or download the official plan here.

You can submit comments to:
Economic Development & Tourism Department
City of Owen Sound
808 2nd Avenue East
Owen Sound, ON N4K 2H4

Telephone 519-376-4440 Ext. 236
www.owensound.caa>

Written by Deb · Filed Under Business, Downtown, Owen Sound, The City

Back to Back Windsor Weekends…

June 30, 2009

Windsor Quartet, What Seas What Shores return to Owen Sound on this weekend, Saturday, July 4th to play their moody, evocative vision of post-modern music at the Downtown Bookstore. Tel Quel (aka Josh Richardson and friends) will be providing visuals for the visiting ensemble, along with performing an opening set of electronic music.
Admission is $10. Tickets are available from Fromager’s Music, the Bean Cellar, and the Downtown Bookstore.Need more info? Contact Joshua Richardson 519-372-0234.

Then… Friday, July 10, 2009 marks the Pat Robitaille House Concert at 925 2nd Ave. West, Owen Sound. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Concert starts at 8:00 p.m. For more info call 519-371-7611 and ask for Jade or Ryan or email concerts@theowen.comPat was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, the city of roses and the automotive capitol of Canada. His brand of music doesn’t quite showcase the sound of Motown Detroit, but it’s got the soul and spirit to measure up. He doesn’t tour with a band or record with one. He prefers to keep the decisions and performances up to himself, and he’s still able to paint a landscape with a song as if a hundred people had given their advice.

Windor seems to be pumping out some major talent… We’re very lucky to have such great performers two weekends in a row… right here in Downtown Owen Sound.