Deck the halls with the Ontario Festival of Small Halls! We are expanding our hall-iday shows this year and bringing big names in holiday music to five special little places across Eastern Ontario to get into the spirit of the season. Starting Thursday, Nov. 30 at the Almonte Old Town Hall, Còig will entertain with […]
Thank you for the memories, folks! The Ontario Festival of Small Halls played its last note for 2017 this weekend, with brilliant performances by Birds of Chicago, Ashley MacIsaac, Ian Sherwood, The Abrams, Les Poules à Colin with Moonfruits, Change of Step, Mia Kelly, Jessica Wedden, Jillian Kerr, Dean Batstone, Paddy Kelly and Midnight Vesta. Those shows capped […]
Another incredible weekend of live music in the books as we cruise towards the last weekend of Small Halls 2017! It was a hot one for our small halls but we learned that Festival programs instantly turn into fans when coaxed. We added a few new names to the local openers list in the past […]
One week to go! We’re looking forward to Small-Halling with you and can’t wait to bring big names in music to small halls across Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Valley. The Ashley MacIsaac show in Maxville at St. James Church sold out this week, meaning that all three shows for the Cape Breton icon have […]
A household name in Cape Breton fiddling, a rising star from Quebec, folk darlings, and even fiery returning musicians join other quality names in the line-up announcement for the Ontario Festival of Small Halls this fall. The festival is now revealing the internationally-renowned musicians who will be raising the rafters with incredible sound in cherished […]
We still have a few surprises up our sleeves with less than a month to go until the 2016 Ontario Festival of Small Halls starts strumming! This week, we announced that The Abrams will be performing with Darlingside and Miss Emily at the Seeley’s Bay Community Hall on Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. As fourth-generation […]
There is a quiet, almost unassuming, section of our website that is thunderous in the weight it carries towards to the success of the Festival of Small Halls. Under the Supporters tab in the top menu, you’ll find logos for the many municipalities, businesses, tourism associations and halls, which pull together and help make the […]
What a week! With our line up announced we’re now concentrating on filling your cherished small halls with big music – and audience members to enjoy it! But what’s already in the small halls we’ve chosen for the 2016 Festival of Small Halls is a whole lot of heart and history. These are the places […]
We are so excited to share our 2016 line-up news! The Ontario Festival of Small Halls is promising to ignite local stages this fall with a flurry of big music – and today festival organizers announced the internationally-renowned musicians who will be filling beloved community spaces across eastern Ontario and the Upper Ottawa Valley with […]