Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Who knew a baton could be so damn entertaining. In the right hands it was magic as the Old Crow Medicine Show stole the show the final night of the three-day Mariposa Folk Festival. With the mixed wizardry of an Olympic gymnast and showman, his whirling and twirling bedazzled […]
Story and photos Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Bruce Cockburn fans are still lovers of the folk legend in these dangerous times. At 79 he remains relevant to generations of followers through collective political, environmental and indigenous activism, singing and song-writing and still protesting. But it’s his association with the weekend’s Mariposa Folk Festival […]
MUSKOKA — Mark Wednesdays on your musical calendar starting tomorrow to beat the heat and cool off in the lake after. At noon enjoy exceptional pipe organ playing as Trinity United Church in Gravenhust returns to its summer recitals. Their first concert features Kate Ward, who has been playing piano since age 3 and organ since […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Call it a mini Mariposa. As Orillia’s folk festival wrapped up Sunday, north Gull Lake Rotary Park was just starting it’s summer season of Music on the Barge. With the Bifocals Band kicking things off in the afternoon, they were followed that evening by Motown in Motion. Gathered round […]
HUNTSVILLE — A small fire last night was caused by an un-supervised candle in a bedroom. Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Fighters from Station One in Huntsville and Station Five in Port Sydney responded to a report of a structure fire on Ravensglen Crescent at 6:40 p.m. That’s at the north end of Huntsville off of […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Many folk fans still come to Mariposa for the intimate small stages, but the it’s the bigger acts on the Gordon Lightfoot Mainstage that draw the larger crowds. That’s why the former shut down at 5 p.m. to make way for the evening headliners who are less […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: The Save South Muskoka Hospital Committee has been fervently advocating for months, pressing Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare to honour its commitment to build two acute care hospitals in Huntsville and Bracebridge, equipped with shared amenities and adequate beds. Regrettably, MAHC has disregarded both established protocols and common sense necessary for access to equitable […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — The Bruce Cockburn isn’t the same nervous kid who was thrust on to the Mariposa main stage in 1968. “I was supposed to do an afternoon set – which I did. And Neil Young was on the bill and Neil had to cancel because he had an ear issue […]