In case you missed it, Up the Arts and The Fringe Festival are back for their second weekend of festivities.
The Arts Council has a stage full of talent coming on Thursday, with their all star jam on the stage. Friday brings some local performances and Saturday, they have a jam packed music extravaganza with Mustang Heart and Crystal Shawanda gracing the stage at the Roberta Bondar Pavilion.
All of these events are completely free and everyone is welcome to come and enjoy.
There’s also a Youth Graffiti contest on Saturday 11a.m. until 5 p.m.
They also have performers on the Norgoma for Kids Fringe (pirate and mermaid) with Digital Creator on board.
We the Arts council is providing a tent for events all week in to assist with Fringe.
There’s also an Art Crawl through out the city throughout the week (locations available here.)
For the #UpTheArts contest, the Arts Council is offering a large prize for the best photo of events at the Arts Councils and Fringes events. One person with the best photo will receive the prize.
The Fringe Festival schedule looks like this:
THURSDAY AUGUST 16
Arts Crawl . . . . . . . various downtown venues
5:00     Algoma All Star Jam ( all night long !)    On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
5:30       Moments In Algoma Ermatinger•Clergue Heritage Discovery Centre
7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.  Refreshment Tent & Food  Roberta Bondar Pavilion
7:00     Katie (Digital Creator) Jam Session        Norgoma
7:00       Building The Wall                              Windsor Park Ballroom
9:00     Street  ♥                                         Windsor Park Ballroom
FRIDAY AUGUST 17
Arts Crawl . . . . . . . various downtown venues
10am    Story Corner With Grup!                     Centennial Library
12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.  Refreshment Tent & Food  Roberta Bondar Pavilion
5:00    Madi Schomogyi Lime                       On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
6:30       Street  ♥                                        Windsor Park Ballroom
7:00     Karl & The Prodigy                           On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
7:45       Building The Wall                           Windsor Park Ballroom
8:00       Writer’s Den                                   Windsor Park Lobby
9:00    The Elements                                    On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
9:45       Placebo Effect                               Windsor Park Ballroom
SATURDAY AUGUST 18
Arts Crawl . . . . . . . various downtown venues
11am    Stories And Creation With Author Joanne Robertson Sault Ste. Marie Museum
12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.  Refreshment Tent & Food  Roberta Bondar Pavilion
1 pm   Collective author reading                     Windsor Park Lobby
3:00    Placebo Effect                   Windsor Park Ballroom
3:00      Jeff Hinich                                          On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
4:00      Britta Wolfert                                     On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
5:00     Mister Tahti                                       On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
6:00      Writer’s Den                                   Windsor Park Lobby
6:30      Crystal Shawanda                             On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
7:30      Life Is Not A Drag                            Windsor Park Ballroom
9:00      Mustang Heart                                  On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
SUNDAY AUGUST 19
Arts Crawl . . . . . . . various downtown venues
2:00       Wakey Wakey                                 Windsor Park Ballroom
5:00       Jackson Reed                                   On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
6:00     Corey Marques Poetry                      On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
7:00       All Star Finale                                   On Stage – Roberta Bondar Pavilion
7:00       Writer’s Den                                     Windsor Park Lobby
8:30       Placebo Effect                               Windsor Park Ballroom
For more information on the Arts Council, visit www.ssmarts.org
For more information on Fringe, visit www.fringenorth.ca
