‘Open Sky Live’ – Live at the Arts Centre – featuring The Vaudevillian

Join us for an engaging and interactive performance by The Vaudevillian — live on the MacDonald Pavilion Stage at the Arts Centre! This performance is presented in partnership with Long & McQuade.

Norah Spades and Jitterbug James make up The Vaudevillian, bringing their high-energy Prohibition-era tunes to our outdoor stage. These two will make you laugh, blush and dance about, drinking mason jars of the moonshine as they play 1930s jugband, ragtime numbers with washboard, musical spoons, resonator guitar, tenor banjo, mandolin, teapot trumpet and mouth harp!  Shine your shoes & get ready to do the Skoodle Um Skoo!  You may even get the chance to play the washboard, thimble or musical spoons during the performance!

The ‘Open Sky’ series is presented in partnership with our friends at Tribute Homes, Sorbara Group of Companies and Storybrook Homes.

About the Artist

An award-winning jugband-ragtime-blues duo, The Vaudevillian consists of the old fashioned gentleman Jitterbug James, and the sweet and sassy Norah Spades.

Washboard. Resonator Guitar. Banjo. Musical Spoons. This vaudeville act gets the audience dancing up a storm!  

In addition to performing at festivals and theatres all over Canada and Europe, they host audience-interactive Washboard Workshops and interactive Musical Spoon Workshops at festivals and, to date, have taught over 4,500 participants!  Find out more about the band on their website here.

✨ Bonus: Our camper bar will be open at each event, serving up refreshing drinks to keep the good vibes flowing! 🍺

See you under the open sky!

🎶 ‘Open Sky’ Concert Series Highlights:

• When: Every other Thursday from 6-9 PM, all summer long

• Where: MacDonald Pavilion Stage in the yard at the Elora Centre for the Arts

• Cost: FREE (donations appreciated!). Cash Bar (credit/debit also accepted on site)
  
  (Every dollar supports our exciting new expansion project!)

Join us for 8 Thursday evenings of live music under the open sky, right from our scenic pavilion stage. Bring your picnic blanket or lawn chair, relax as the sun sets behind the stage, and soak in performances by an incredible lineup of talented musicians, curated by Riverfest Elora! Connect with friends, neighbours and fellow music lovers — it’s the perfect summer tradition. Find out more

🎉 A huge thank you to our amazing volunteers and generous sponsors who make this concert series possible.