SidneyB次元官网网址檚 Beacon Park will be the site of a mini-music festival Saturday (June 11) to help support the Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank.
RockinB次元官网网址� the Wharf starts at noon with an-hour long set by CURL, an all-female band playing classic and contemporary blues, from the stage of the parkB次元官网网址檚 amphitheater. Twelve OB次元官网网址機lock Rock, playing classics from the 1950s and 1960s, will then follow at 1:30 to 2:30 p.m,. Caught in the Act, playing high energy rock, pop and R&B, will play from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Organizer Clive Scott, who plays guitar with Caught in the Act, said the origin of the upcoming music show was a fundraiser called ShredFest featuring the same trio of bands in October 2021 at St. StephenB次元官网网址檚 Anglican Church in Central Saanich off Mount Newton Cross Road.
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While admission is free to RockinB次元官网网址� the Wharf, cash or food donations to the Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank are welcome. The event is raising money for the food bank because of the effects of COVID-19 and the current bout of inflation.
B次元官网网址楾hings were tight (coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic) and even now, with inflation and gas and food and everything rising, from what I am hearing is the food banks are busier than ever, and anything we can do to help people are economically disadvantaged right now, is a good thing,B次元官网网址� he said.
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The show site will include a drop-off station for non-perishable food items and cash as well as a food truck run by the Sidney Lions Club.
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On June 25, St. StephenB次元官网网址檚 Anglican Church will host the three bands again for another fundraiser for the foodbank, under the banner of RockinB次元官网网址� the Valley.
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