FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY JULY 4 , 2013
NORTHERN LIGHTS FESTIVAL BORÉAL OFFERS NEW PERSPECTIVE WITH INTERACTIVE
WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL
SUDBURY, ON – Northern Lights Festival Boréal is right around the corner! Being held in its
traditional home of Bell Park July 5-7, 2013 the fest is ready to kick off the summer for the
42nd year! At NLFB it’s not just about the headliners (although we love them); it’s all about
offering unique experiences to music lovers. Interactive workshops offering music lovers a
chance to interact with artist are scheduled throughout the weekend.
Each summer, NLFB workshops gather so many diverse artists together to delve into the
creative process and demonstrate the many styles of music featured in the lineup. You
will get an intimate look at the artists and grow to understand them. Using different
themes to guide the discussion take a seat and watch as artist from all principals teach
and entertain in this collaborative experience like no other. A few highlights of this year’s
workshop line up:
Saturday 6th, 1pm Is that a Fiddle or a Violin?: Watch the masters of the bow cross
styles and exchange secrets. Sheesham Crowe, Rachel Shenin (Horables), Christian
Robinson and Geoff McCausland (Silver Birch String Quartet) (Acoustic Stage /
Scène acoustique)
Saturday 6th, 2pm The Crooked Beat: Several of our artists have one foot in the hip-
hop world and a whole world of diverse and strange inspirations on the other side...
get to know these amazing artists. Buck 65, Socalled, Mike O’Brian (Kill the Autocrat)
(Workshop Stage / Scène des ateliers)
Saturday 6th, 4pm That’s the way they did it back in ’29: Olde Timey, Bluegrass and
Ragtime. Sheesham and Lotus and Son, The Horables, Rosie and the Riveters
(Acoustic Stage / Scène acoustique)
Sunday 7th, 1pm Solidarity Forever: Songs of organized labour... from Chicago’s
Haymarket affair in 1886 to Wisconsin, the labour movement has always written
songs of solidarity to tell the tales of Brothers and Sisters who fight like hell for the
living. Anne Feeney, Kill The Autocrat, Paul Loewenberg, Charlie Angus (Workshop
Stage / Scène des ateliers)
Sunday 7th, 3pm Cupid, Draw back your Bow: Sam Cooke captured it as many
songwriters have... love is a tricky, messy affair. Lynn Miles, Maia Davies, Caracol,
Kate Maki (Acoustic Stage / Scène acoustique)
Sunday 7th, 4pm Quiet Time with Sheesham and Lotus and Son... last year we had
the basics of Olde Timey music in the intro workshop... join us in the intermediate
course as our professors cover more in depth history of the style (Workshop Stage /
Scène des ateliers)
Advance tickets are available online at www.nlfbsudbury.com, Records on Wheels,
Walden Home Hardware, A&J Home Hardware, Gloria’s Convenience, Hanmer
Homehardware, Jett Landry Music Ltd., and Second Ave Home Hardware. For more
information contact the office at 705-674-5512 or nlfbmarketing@gmail.com.
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Jessica Lovelace
Marketing and Communications
Coordinator
Email: nlfbmarketing@gmail.com
Phone: 705-674-5512
Fax: 705-222-9574
For interviews etc. please contact:
Paul Loewenberg
Artistic Director
Phone: 705-929-1013
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