Original Hockey Hall of Fame.
Invista Centre,
1350 Gardiners Road, 2nd Floor.
613-583-1718.
http://www.originalhockeyhalloffame
.com.
Princess of Wales Own
Regiment Military Museum.
100 Montreal Street,
613-532-1027.
http://www.pwor.ca.
PumpHouse.
23 Ontario at West Street,
613-544-7867.
http://www.kingstonpumphouse.ca.
Queen’s University Archives.
11 Medical Quadrangle,
613-533-2378.
http://www.archives.queensu.ca.
Rideau Canal Visitor Centre.
34 Beckwith Street South,
Smiths Falls, 613-283-5170.
http://www.pc.gc.ca.
Rideau District Museum.
29 Bedford Street, Westport,
613-273-2502.
http://www.village.westport.on.ca.
Royal Military College
of Canada Museum
and Fort Frederick.
Royal Military College,
613-541-6000, ext. 3555.
http://www.rmc.ca.
JULY-SEPTEMBER: Musiikki
Café. The Musiikki Café, 73
Brock Street, has open mic night
every Tuesday evening starting at
8 p.m. Regular live entertainment
at the Café includes Khira
Wieting from 3 to 5 p.m., and
the Lotus Shaker band at 8 p.m.
on Sundays; Monday Jazz at
8 p.m.; and the Goodnight
Irenes, playing original and
traditional folk, bluegrass, blues,
classic country and more on
Wednesdays at 8 p.m. This little
art-filled café/whiskey bar has a
ton of character and charm.
http://www.musiikkicafe.com.
JULY-SEPTEMBER 5: Music in
the Park. Free lunchtime
concerts will be held on the
outdoor stage in Confederation
Park across from City Hall on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays from 12:30 to
1 :30 p.m. Downtown Country
concerts take place in
Confederation Park on Thursdays
from 7 to 8 p.m. Listen to a
free Big Band concert in the
Springer Market Square
courtyard on Fridays from 7 to
8 p.m. Be entertained by Silly
Sounds on Sydenham, with
special concerts for children,
from 10 to 11 a.m., and Sounds
on Sydenham at 1:30 to
2:30 p.m. on Saturdays on
Sydenham Street, near Balzac’s
Coffee Roasters. You are invited
to enjoy over 60 concerts this
summer, with many different
genres performed by Kingston’s
very talented musicians. For
performance schedules call
613-542-8677 or visit
http://www.downtownkingston.ca.JULY-SEPTEMBER: The Cove Inn.
Every Sunday on the patio
(12:30 to 3:30 p.m.), the Cove
Country Inn in Westport hosts
the vocal/guitar duo Head over
Heels. Based in Gananoque, the
veteran singer-songwriter-guitarist
Kevin Head and vocalist Vanessa
Head perform a diverse mix of
original music and interpreted
covers of well-loved folk, jazz,
classic rock and contemporary
tunes. Guitar player, singer,
alternative lyricist Shawn
McCullough breaks up your
week on Wednesday nights from
7 to 10 p.m. with Rack ’n Tunes
+ The Open Mic. Every Thursday
from 8 to 11 p.m. is Jazz Night
with the Spencer Evans Trio,
with Andy Love on drums and
vocals, Seamus Cowan on bass
and vocals, and Spencer Evans
on piano, clarinet and vocals.
Live entertainment, including
folk, rock, blues, country, jazz
and bluegrass, is available
throughout the year in the
lounge or patio, weather and
act permitting, on Fridays and
Saturdays. For reservations orinformation, call 613-273-3636.
http://www.coveinn.com.JULY-AUGUST: Barefoot Players.
The Barefoot Players, an exciting
and zany local theatre company
made up of talented Queen’s
students, will be shaking things
up with a production tailored
especially for young audiences.
Their upcoming show is entitled
“Stories of We,” which explores
what makes us human through
stories from around the world.
You will love this show!
Performances start in June and
continue until mid-August in
various schools, libraries, parks
and public forums and at special
summer events in Kingston and
surrounding areas. For details
follow the Barefoot Players on
Instagram and Facebook.
http://www.queensu.ca/drama/barefoot
players.JULY-AUGUST 27: Androcles &
the Lion.The popular revival of
dinner theatre lands in Perth; on
Tuesdays (dinner at 5 p.m. and
performance at 6 p.m.), the
Classic Theatre Festival’s Classic
Dinner Theatre and Michael’s
Table present George Bernard
Shaw’s hilarious satire on the
Roman Empire as seen through
the eyes of a Christian slave
and a very different “king of the
forest.” Enjoy a three-course meal
along with theatre performed
by some of the region’s most
talented up-and-coming
performers. New this year are
lunchtime performances, with
show at 11 a.m. and lunch at
12 noon. Michael’s Table is at
110 Gore Street East, Perth.
1-877-283-1283.
http://www.classictheatre.ca.JULY. Made in Italy.A teenager
struggling to find his place in
1970s Alberta discovers
inspiration in Italian cultural
icons Rocky Balboa and John
Travolta and decides to reinvent
himself as a crooner. Filled with
music, this lively show by Farren
Timotea performed at the
Firehall Theatre, Thousand
Islands Playhouse, until July 28,P E R F O R M A N C E S
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