Blogs

Festival Line-up Release

May 13, 2013

Thank you to everyone who came out on Friday, May 10 for our Line-up Release.  The Soiree fundraiser was a huge success and it was great to see so many Festival supporters out! June 7, 13-16, 2013 will mark Sound of Music Festival's 34th year, Canada's Largest Free Music Festival. Over 200,...

Sneak Peek

May 01, 2013

We're pleased to announce April Wine (aprilwine.ca) will be playing June 16 on the the OLG stage and Honeymoon Suite (honeymoonsuite.com) during the June 7th kickoff on the Burlington Hyundai stage. April Wine has been a band for over 42 years! They have 15 studio albums, 3 live releases an...

Can't Wait for Summer

March 05, 2013

Congrats to all the great events that won awards at last weekend's Festivals & Events Ontario conference. Sound of Music Festival was proud to bring home Best Greening of a Festival (tied with Hillside Festival) and Best Promotional Campaign.  We are also in the Top 100 Fe...

Soirée & Line-up Release Party!

January 18, 2013

Happy New Year Sound of Music Festival Followers! It is 2013 and this year’s Festival planning is already in full swing, we are getting ready for an even bigger and better Festival and we need your help. Our annual Soirée & Line-up Release party fundraiser will take place May 1...

Musical Event of the Year!

November 20, 2012

The Hamilton Music Awards took place this past weekend at Mohawk College and honoured Hamilton’s best in the Music industry. Burlington's Sound of Music Festival is proud to be voted People’s Choice for Musical Event. A huge thank you to everyone who voted and helped support our festi...

Men Without Hats at the Casbah

November 11, 2012

Men Without Hats will be at the Casbah this Monday, November 12th starting at 8pm. The group performed at the Sound of Music Festival in 2011and we are excited to see them back in the area. Tickets can be purchased at the Casbah, through their website at www.casbahlounge.ca or at DrDisc Hamilton.

Big Win for the Festival at the IFEA convention

September 26, 2012

This past weekend the International Festival and Events Association convention was held in Denver, CO. The Sound of Music Festival walked away with several awards including 4 Gold wins for “Grand Pinnacle” (best overall Festival in the world in our budget category), “Best Enviro...

A Huge Congratulations to Hamilton's Of Gentlemen and Cowards

September 18, 2012

Congratulations to Of Gentlemen and Cowards for their amazing performance on David Letterman Monday evening. The group performed their single "Save Me" to a crowd of cheering fans. The lead singer of the group was seen representing the Hamilton/Burlington area by wearing a McMaster T-shirt o...

Board Positions Available

August 20, 2012

The Sound of Music Festival is looking for New Team Members! Following a very successful festival season filled with music, food, entertainment and more; festival organizers topped it off with a first-time ticketed event featuring Three Dog Night’s performance at the Burlington Performing ...

Three Dog Night

July 17, 2012

Three Dog Night tickets are now on sale! This ticketed event will take place on August 16, 2012 at The Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Originally founded in 1968, these legendary music icons celebrate their 4th decade bringing with them some of the most astonishing statistics in popular music...