The Trail & District Arts Council is very excited to get the community back together this Summer at Gyro Park for Kootenay Savings Music in The Park. With eleven shows and two acts per night, from June 22 to August 31, it’s the perfect opportunity for all the family to get together outside and listen to great live music.
This season we have a great mix of music from local favourites to touring talent!
On June 29 The Twin Rivers Community Choir perform classical, pop, Broadway, jazz, world music and more. Followed by the return of My Son the Hurricane, the 11-piece multi-horn, multi-drummer, multi-singer brass funk beast!
The Twin Rivers Community Choir was created in 2010 in Castlegar, B.C., formed from a group of enthusiastic singers from all backgrounds and abilities. Their repertoire ranges widely from classical to pop to Broadway, jazz, world music and more.
My Son the Hurricane has toured over multiple countries and played some of Canada, USA and Europe’s biggest festivals with over 45 sold out shows in 2022. In 2023, the band will take on an over 70 date Canada, United States and Europe-wide tour and share the stage with acts like Foo Fighters, Jason Isbell and Colin James. The band features trumpets, saxophones, trombones, drums, guitar, keys, percussion, and a wild front woman…we dare you not to dance! Watch them live at https://youtu.be/cztm8r1PRjU.
Bring a lawn chair. Admission is by donation - $3 minimum suggested. Or support the Trail Arts Council's programming by buying a Season Pass for the whole summer for $50! Passes will be available soon.
As part of Music in the Park 2023 we will once again be collaborating with Trail's Incredible Farmers Market. Our two Night Markets on July 20 and August 17 are awesome events that bring the community together with Music, Food, Beer Garden and Farmers Market. So much fun in Gyro Park.
This show is made possible thanks to support from Kootenay Savings Credit Union, Teck Trail Operations, Columbia Basin Trust, BC Arts Council, BC Touring Council, the Government of Canada, Tourism South Kootenay, Pharmasave Trail and the support of our media partner Bounce Radio. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
Upcoming shows
July 6: Empire of Nothing turns up sound with alt and indie rock and blues. Then AV and The Inner City, a soul/roots group made up of award-winning female singers.
July 13: The Oot n' Oots, a JUNO nominated family that makes rock n’ roll music for families and Selkirk College fiddle camp instructors play East Coast Old Time Fiddling tunes.
July 20: Night Market: Doggone Brothers mixing bluegrass, old country and old-time music before Diyet and The Love Soldiers play their alternative country, folk, roots originals.
July 27: Elise Boulanger brings her Indie-Folk 3 piece to play a unique chamber music/indie folk mix, followed by Tanika Charles and her band playing a contemporary twist on classic soul and R & B sounds.
August 3: Vibetown is a 5-piece horn band playing uplifting covers. Followed by Coco Jaffro, a global 7-piece that plays Afro-Funk-Latin-Soul fusion that you can't resist dancing to.
August 10: Penny Shades is a five-piece alt-soul group with modern grooves and psychedelic flair. Plus, Paula Neder is an Argentinian solo artist mixing Latin American folk music with pop and rock roots
August 17: Night Market: Dinosaur Fight's danceable keys and acoustic guitar with looping and vocals, and Baker Street Blues Band's electric blues, and Andrew Allen Duo, a beachy blend of pop and R&B.
August 24: UCRA Mountain String Band fine, homegrown Kootenay greygrass and Petunia and The Vipers and their fun mix of hillbilly-flavoured-swing inflected-ragtime.
August 31: White Lightning get you dancing with their blues, rock and Boogie Band vibes before before the 2 Bit Jug Band's old-time jazz and blues from the 1920’s and ‘40s.