Terrace Bay launching new summer music series
A new event is bringing live music to Terrace Bay this summer.
Sunset Sounds will take place July 12 and 26 at the Terrace Bay Beach, and on August 9 and 23 at Lighthouse Park.
"We've been looking at having something for our community and adjacent communities for the past few years and trying to bring sort of like a music in the park type of thing event," said Michelle Malashewski, community development assistant with Terrace Bay.
Malashewski said the goal is to create something similar to Thunder Bay's Live on the Waterfront series.
"We would, of course, like to attract people to our community, we're always looking at ways," she said. "But it's also ways to keep our residents and locals in the area, something to do without ... travelling out of town."
"It's just a way to just sit back and relax and enjoy music."
The lineup for Sunset Sounds is:
July 12 — Mitch Tones and Cole Myronuk at Terrace Bay Waterfront
July 26 — Katherine Nemec and Pintail Bluegrass Band at Terrace Bay Waterfront
August 9 — Sara Kae and Cassidy Houston at Lighthouse Park
August 23 — The Gin Tonics at Lighthouse Park.
All performances run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
"The live music from the small town performer kind of adds a little pop to the community vibes that you have going on," said Tones, who will be playing solo but is also part of Thunder Bay band Small Town Bad.
"People in Canada, of course, are looking to maximize their time outdoors, and the sunny summer days, when we get them, so people are always looking for an excuse to get out, enjoy the sun, grab a cool drink, sit on a patio, go for a walk on the beach, see the scenery," he said. "You're walking around and seeing all this beautiful stuff, and there's just that touch of beautiful music in the air that helps make the day pop."
Malashewski said depending on how the summer goes, there is a chance that Sunset Sounds could expand in the future.
"We're hoping we can possibly maybe offer them more," she said. "We're looking possibly in the fall."
If we could offer early fall, maybe we could do one every weekend," Malashewski said. "Maybe people would prefer like a Sunday afternoon."
"We're just sort of trying a Saturday night to see how it works," she said. "But it's sort of nice if you're coming into Terrace Bay and the evening after dinner, go down and listen to some music."
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