Artscene By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Sign up now for guitar, bass, drums, and piano OAKVILLE'S MUSIC STORE · WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009 23 Oakville Waterfront Festival on this weekend of the Canadian music greats in this exhibit. Another new addition is the Make Your Move Sports Zone, which will give people This weekend marks the 18th anniversary the chance to try out various sports. "This will encourage fitness, sports and of the Oakville Waterfront Festival and there promises to be something for everyone at the movement to help people get active and get fit," said Spalding. "There will be tennis pros popular summer event. The festival runs Friday through Sunday there, sports personalities doing autographs, you can learn how to paddle a canoe, and at Coronation Park, 1426 Lakeshore Rd. W. Gates are open Friday from 5 to 11 p.m., those sorts of things." Festival favourites are also back this year. Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday There will once again be a Children's Village, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Festival organizers are expecting large Pizza Pizza puppet parade and backyard circus, YTV tent, a craft show and sale, and a crowds this year. The event usually draws upwards of health and wellness village, as well as enter110,000 people over the course of the week- tainment for the young ones with such shows as Science North. end. A theme park will be running throughout "It is a little bit of a different lineup than we've had in previous years, but I think it is the weekend for those seeking a thrill. interesting and entertaining, and we're Tickets for the theme park will be available expecting a lot of people to come," said Linda on site only. The pay-one-price ride bracelet Spalding, executive director of the Oakville for $20 will be on sale Sunday only from 11 SOUNDS OF SUMMER: Among the festival's headliners this year are (top clockwise) Jesse Waterfront Festival. "There's a little some- a.m. to 5 p.m. The very popular dog show, called Purina Cook, Danny Fernandes, Murray McLauchlan, Shiloh and Karl Wolf. thing for everyone." ProPlan Dog Stars, is This year's big musical acts once again part of the playing the Waterfront Stage "It is a little bit of a different festivities. Shows will are: lineup than we've had in be held Saturday at 11 Friday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. previous years, but I think it is a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., · Danny Fernandes, whose and Sunday at 11 a.m. second single Fantasy has interesting and entertaining, and we're expecting a lot of and 1 p.m. gone gold in Canada. The fireworks show · Karl Wolf, who is gaining people to come." will be held Saturday international popularity for his immediately following first hit single Africa (a remake Linda Spalding the evening concert. of the `80s Toto classic). Festival executive director The estimated start · Shiloh, Canada's new pop-punk dynamo expected to take the time is 10:30 p.m. There will also be a variety of food vennation's music scene by storm. dors, as well as a mini rib fest. Saturday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. Oakville Transit will once again be provid· Jesse Cook, a Juno Award-winning flaing free transit from parking lots at Oakville menco guitarist. · Opening act is RyanDan, a contempo- and Bronte Go stations and Sheridan rary pop duo of 27-year-old identical twin College. Shuttle service will start on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and runs festival hours until vocalists Ryan and Dan Kowarsky. · Justin Hines, a singer/songwriter, will Sunday at 5 p.m. With the exception of working dogs, no also take the stage. animals are permitted on the festival site. Sunday, June 28, 2:45 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at Oakville-area · Murray McLauchlan, a legend in Canadian music. The folk star has 18 albums branches of BMO Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Royal Bank and TD Canada Trust, and at the and 11 Juno Awards to his name. A lineup of recording artists will also be Concierge Desk at Oakville Place Mall. You may also purchase them online at the featured on the newly-named Oakville Stage located on the Sleeman Patio. A featured act festival's web page. Tickets cost $11 each in on this stage is The Kings, who will play on advance if five or more are purchased at once, $13 each in advance if less than five are Friday. Also new this year is the Great Canadian purchased. Tickets at the gate cost $15 each. Music Exhibit, which will be an interactive Children aged three and under are free. Advance sales stop at the end of the busidisplay featuring the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Six String Nation Guitar, and ness day on Thursday. For information, visit the Oakville Metalworks Institute of Sound and Music Waterfront Festival website at www.oakvilleProduction. Participants can view and hear about some festival.com.