Woodstock @ 55
When
Occurs on
Thursday August 1 2024
Approximate running time: 2 hours
Venue
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Thu, Aug 1st @ 7:30 - $40 Reg or $30 with a Summer Season Flex Pass
Juno award winning producer, musician and creator of such shows as The Last Waltz-A Musical Celebration of The Band, Everyday People, Oscar Peterson-Jazz Legend and the Man I knew, Lance Anderson joins Meaford Hall’s summer season with, ‘WOODSTOCK - @ 55 - An Anniversary Celebration!’
With an assembled cast of Canadian Blues and Roots all-stars such as Juno and Maples Blues Award winning Harrison Kennedy (Chairman of the Board - Motown), Toney Spring (Wild T. and the Spirit), Matt Weidinger (Matchedash Parish), Quisha Wint (The LAST WALTZ) and Cheryl Lescom (Soulsville) will join an ensemble of some of Canada’s finest musicians. They will play the musical highlights from that historic 3 day long weekend festival, in Bethel, NY in 1969. Celebrating the iconic performances by such legendary artists as Jimmy Hendrix, The WHO, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, The BAND, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Richie Havens and more!! Who could forget songs like Purple Haze, Summertime Blues, Soul Sacrifice, With a Little Help From My Friends, Dance to the Music, The Weight, Born on the Bayou, Fixin’ to Die Rag and FREEDOM.
So dig out your tie dyes, and prepare to celebrate the music that inspired the world, and showed the world that 500,000 young people could assemble in support of the simple idea of Peace and Love.
“And you got to get yourself back to the Garden ….”
Proudly presented by Meaford Hall as part of the 2024 Summer Season.
Buy a Summer Season Flex Pass & SAVE!meafordhall.ca/memberships
Juno award winning producer, musician and creator of such shows as The Last Waltz-A Musical Celebration of The Band, Everyday People, Oscar Peterson-Jazz Legend and the Man I knew, Lance Anderson joins Meaford Hall’s summer season with, ‘WOODSTOCK - @ 55 - An Anniversary Celebration!’
With an assembled cast of Canadian Blues and Roots all-stars such as Juno and Maples Blues Award winning Harrison Kennedy (Chairman of the Board - Motown), Toney Spring (Wild T. and the Spirit), Matt Weidinger (Matchedash Parish), Quisha Wint (The LAST WALTZ) and Cheryl Lescom (Soulsville) will join an ensemble of some of Canada’s finest musicians. They will play the musical highlights from that historic 3 day long weekend festival, in Bethel, NY in 1969. Celebrating the iconic performances by such legendary artists as Jimmy Hendrix, The WHO, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, The BAND, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Richie Havens and more!! Who could forget songs like Purple Haze, Summertime Blues, Soul Sacrifice, With a Little Help From My Friends, Dance to the Music, The Weight, Born on the Bayou, Fixin’ to Die Rag and FREEDOM.
So dig out your tie dyes, and prepare to celebrate the music that inspired the world, and showed the world that 500,000 young people could assemble in support of the simple idea of Peace and Love.
“And you got to get yourself back to the Garden ….”
Proudly presented by Meaford Hall as part of the 2024 Summer Season.
Buy a Summer Season Flex Pass & SAVE!meafordhall.ca/memberships