The Museums of Lennox and Addington invites you to be their guest over the holidays and needs your help to celebrate Friday Night Lights!
Enter the Museum for free where you can listen to live music, explore the galleries, make festive creations with...
The Museums of Lennox and Addington invites you to be their guest over the holidays and needs your help to celebrate Friday Night Lights!
Enter the Museum for free where you can listen to live music, explore the galleries, make festive creations with local artists in our "Creation Corner," and enjoy the decorated courtyard. Plus, shop the Museum Gift Shop, which will include an exclusive "Museum Kids Holiday Shop" where youngsters can independently shop for gifts that are $2 or less, as well as get their gifts specially wrapped! Oh, and if you're looking for more holiday shopping, on the final Friday Night Lights on December 13th, catch a horse-drawn wagon to Napanee's Downtown Shopping Party (available only on December 13th from 5:30-7:30pm).
Before or after your Museum exploration, enjoy an exclusive and immersive candlelight play at Macpherson House for $10 (see details here)!
Dates:
Friday, November 29
Friday, December 6
Friday, December 13
Time: 5:00-8:00pm, with the Creation Corner open with drop-in local artists from 5:30-6:30pm and musicians starting at 7:00pm
Everyone welcome!
No registration required.
MUSICANS @ THE MUSEUM:
Friday, November 29th, 7:00pm: Midwinter in the Prairies - 19th Century songs and stories of the season (Ian Bell and Teilhard Frost)
In Upper Canada “the bleak midwinter” was often in fact, the party season. There was less to do on the farm, and frozen roads made it easier to get around to visit friends and neighbours. When they did, there was sure to be singing, and if there was fiddle handy - some dancing as well. Teilhard Frost and Ian Bell are a two-person folk festival, bringing this old music alive with singing, storytelling, and a baffling array of instruments including fiddle, concertina, banjo, harmonica, jaw harp, guitar, bones and button accordion.
Ian Bell has performed across Canada and in the United States since the late 1970s on his own and with a number of groups, he has appeared at numerous folk festivals across Canada and abroad, and for many years was a regular musical contributor on Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café, as well as on Fresh Air and other CBC radio programs. Accompanying himself on guitar, concertina, banjo and button accordion, Ian performs both Canadian traditional music and his own songs and instrumental compositions. He’s also well known as a great storyteller. Following the release of three CDs of original material, Ian has returned with two recordings of traditional songs and tunes - My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions and his latest, Forget Me Not When Far Away - a collection of songs of the Great Lakes.
Teilhard Frost is a multi-instrumentalist, specializing in traditional fiddle tunes, with a particular interest in the Appalachian Mountains. He has spent the last eighteen years touring with critically acclaimed band Sheesham, Lotus and ‘Son. This trio is currently working with Hezekiah Proctor and the Hash House Serenaders. In 2018, Teilhard joined forces with musician and engineer Jason Mercer. Together they have created award winning soundtracks for film and advertising. Teilhard’s latest album is ‘Four and Twenty Blackbirds Dancing on a Deer Skin’, an album of traditional fiddle and banjo tunes, harmonica bits and ballads.
Friday, December 6, 2024, 7:00pm: Andy Forgie
Andy Forgie will be performing favourites from The Beatles to Broadway!! And something for everyone, in-between. Andy's varied musical influences and inspirations, touch on several genres and eras...with his trusty guitar, in tow, Andy will lift your spirits on this chilly winter night.
Andy Forgie is one of our region's, most beloved and sought after entertainers, with a professional music career spanning over five decades! As the lead vocalist and songwriter for his bands "CREED" & "PHOTOGRAPH", Andy recorded for both Quality Records & Capitol Records in the 1970's & 80's. Working alongside the likes of Tom Cochrane & Daniel Lanois, and touring from The Rock to The Rockies!! Over the past 22 years Andy was the lead vocalist with the internationally acclaimed celebration of The Beatles: "All You Need Is Love"...performing in Liverpool-England, Mons-Belgium, and throughout the USA! Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, Andy's performances for both the young (children's shows), and the young at heart (music therapy for the elderly) continue to this day.
Friday, December 13, 2024, 7:00pm: The Sidewalk Crusaders
If you came out for our big winter event last December you will remember this high energy band who kept our indoor museum visitors dancing! “The Sidewalk Crusaders” are back again this year to close out our Friday Night Lights holiday programs. Peter, on saxophone, and his friends are back to entertain you once again with their upbeat tunes, impressive improvisation, and spirited choreography.
The Sidewalk Crusaders is a versatile band, providing an interactive and exciting musical performance filled with many styles of music, improvised solos, and choreography. They have played from Dubai, UAE, to Toronto with Cirque de Soleil.
