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continued from p.57 of the musicians," said Plewman. "We pride ourselves on bringing in musicians, some very well-known... but also looking at who's the next big thing; who is up-and-coming that you'll be able to say `I saw them first and saw them at the Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival'." It's also a close-access and intimate experience with the artists, she noted, "seeing them wink, sweat and every little move and nuance because you're so close." In fact, Plewman guarantees a good time for festival-goers. Free GO bus shuttle service to festival 59 | Friday, July 31, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "And it's absolutely free. To get six stages of Grammy- and Juno-level performers that you're able to attend and enjoy for free. You're able to bring your kids there to have this cultural experience," she added. There will be free festival shuttle service from the Oakville GO station to Church and Dunn streets with buses leaving the station every 15 minutes -- the last bus leaves the festival on both days at midnight. There are also parking lots at Church and Robinson streets within walking distance to the festival, as well as a free bike corral for those who want to cycle down. F U N W I T H C L A Y The TD Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival & The Oakville Centre present EMILIE-CLAIRE BARLOW Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 8 p.m. Box Office: 905-815-2021 or OakvilleCentre.ca A Pre-Festival Ticketed Event at The Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts STREETdog ARTstudio recently held its fifth annual art exhibition showcasing the works of its students. Above, student Victoria Rodriguez, 7, shows mom Maria a pair of clay-fired glasses she made in her class. The youngster also made a head band and boot all out of clay. Below, Alison Vlasics, 11, holds a mirror she made with clay in her sculpture class. | photo above by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_ photog or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog); photo below courtesy STREETdog ARTstudio TD Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival Lily Frost | Lee Harvey Osmond | Mike Field | Coldjack Quinn Sullivan | Mitch Frohman | Bria Skonberg | Brothers Landreth For the complete lineup go to OakvilleJazz.com Don't miss these great headlining acts at the FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 SATURDAY, AUGUST 8