It's Mother's Day weekend and that means lots to see and do in Niagara, including of course hitting up your local market for some home-grown goodness as I did this morning, and of course, flowers! Either bunches for sale or head out with Mom to the Niagara floral displays along the Niagara Parkway this weekend.
It's the traditional weekend for the Pelham Art Festival too, which draws fans - and Moms - from far and near and has been for years. If you are planning to head down to the Pelham Art Festival today there is another, musical, reason to go.
I received word the A Capella Niagara spring concert is happening this afternoon at 2 pm at Fonthill United Church at 42 Church Street in the heart of Fonthill, and it promises to be a great outing for you and Mom.
A Capella Niagara is a male chorus singing a wide range of repertoire, all unaccompanied, throughout the Niagara Region. The spring concert is called "It's a Good Day for Singing a Song!" and indeed it is. And joining the chorus this afternoon is renowned jazz singer and St. Catharines resident Juliet Dunn, who of course is also Executive Director of the TD Niagara Jazz Festival. That festival has come to define jazz music in Niagara pretty much year-round, with concerts in venues both large and small throughout the Region.
I have not met up with Juliet in person for some time now, but in spite of losing her beloved husband and business partner Peter not that long ago she keeps busy with music and of course the jazz festival she has fronted for several years now.
There is no program listed in advance of the concert but it promises to be varied and more than a little jazzy at times, I suspect.
Tickets are available at the door this afternoon for only $20 and children under 12 years of age are admitted free.
Take Mom, enjoy the drive and the Pelham Art Festival, and some great music this afternoon as well!
Have a great weekend!
May 13th, 2023.
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