to-nite magazine's "SpringRise " at Renaissance Café - Thurs., May 17

This year's "Springrise" festival offers a highly diverse lineup. Acoustic Folk, Roots and Folk Rock acts will be prominent among the performers at my upcoming SpringRise XXVIII Celebration concert at Renaissance Café in Toronto, Ontario, on Thursday, May 17, starting at 8 p.m.

The concert, for which cover is just $5, will offer an extraordinary variety of acts that includes singer-songwriters, duos and bands playing everything from Blues to Punk and what’s in between!

I’ll be hosting and spinning tracks between live sets and there’s also an open-stage component for unexpected special guests!

The lineup will include:

Kim Doolittle (Country/Blues);
The Nationals (double-slide Blues);
Fidget (fem-Punk);
Pop/Folk Rock songwriters Frank Wilks, Gord Wilks, Liana, Damon Hines, Linda Saslove, MOesch, Paul Richards, Brian Pickard and Nichola Vaughan; Rock/Blues combos and solos such as David Wildsmith Band, Monster Beach, Country/Rock tyros Box Full Of Cash, Booster and Max Brand; Reggae songwriter Trevor Jones; Rootsy picker Terry Hart; and the poet Richard Wlodarski.

Other acts are still being confirmed. I’ll send an update later this week or check my to-nite website (http://to-nite.bigsmokemusic.com) for lineup updates.

Renaissance is located at 1938 Danforth Ave., a block-and-a-half west of Woodbine subway station in Toronto, and offers a great variety of imported and local microbrews on tap and in bottles, plus a full selection of spirits and excellent, nourishing food and desserts. Kids are welcome 'til 11 p.m.

Gary 17
Publisher & Editor, to-nite magazine

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