Today Tourism Timmins unveiled a new logo/brand that will be used to promote the annual Summer Concert Series. The logo was designed and donated by Brooke Ballantyne of Defined by Design. According to Brooke Ballantyne, “The Summer Concert Series Logo needed to be clean, friendly, open, and colourful. The logo needed to be able to represent a variety of music genres and audiences. It needed to create an ambiance of summer family friendly fun. It also needed to be professional and timeless ” continued Ms. Ballantyne. The icon is made up of elements that represent Timmins, as well as the Summer Concert Series. The top of the icon is a guitar head as well as an iconic head frame representing both music and our rich mining history. The guitar/headframe transitions into a music note (a clef). Worked into the clef, there is an iconic northern blueberry , vibrant leaves that represent blooming flowers, and a tree to represent the park setting. The word mark has been designed to be clean open and friendly. It is easy to read and has the option for multiple colours. The guitar pick, can be customized with the year of the Summer Concert Series.
This year, Tourism Timmins, in partnership with Midnight Express and title sponsors, Northern Tel, Royal Tire / Sailun Tires, James Toyota, and newcomer College Boreal will be launching the 4th annual Summer Concert Series on June 26th from the TH&VS Pavilion, Hollinger Park. This musical event will feature local talent every Wednesday starting June 26th to Aug 28th 2013 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. This year the Summer Concert Series will feature 23 performing artists of different genres including classical, big band, symphony, country, rock, pop, progressive rock, adult contemporary, alternative, blues and blue grass.
A voluntary admission of non perishable goods will encouraged again this year in support of both the Timmins and South Porcupine food banks.
“Based on the success of last year’s event, I’m not surprised to see so many musicians apply to be considered in this year’s lineup. said Luc Chalifoux of Midnight Express and co-host of the Summer Concert Series. “To this end, music will flow from Hollinger Park from 6:30 pm to approximately 9:30 pm each week.”
“There is a huge appetite from the community, and obviously from the musicians for this event. The generous corporate support from Northern Tel, Royal Tire/Sailun Tires, James Toyota, College Boreal, co-hosts Midnight Express & Tourism Timmins and our media partners has allowed us to hire a minimum of 2 bands per week with some weeks seeing three performances. Last year the Summer Concert Series attracted thousands of people to Hollinger Park and we expect much of the same this year,” added Mayor Laughren.
According to Anne Vincent, volunteer with the Timmins Local Immigration Partnership “the Summer Concert Series provides another opportunity for newcomers to the City to engage the community in all its culture.”
“The public call to action inviting musicians to submit an application resonated with artist from the greater Timmins area and with many others with connections to Timmins. This year, we have musicians from Toronto, Kapuskasing and an all girls blue grass band from Elliott Lake. I expect that the visiting band will attract residents from their respective communities and elsewhere to the Summer Concert Series and this will generate incremental business for the hospitality and retail sectors. I’m also hoping to see our accommodation partners develop and promote a shopping/concert getaway to Timmins from neighboring communities.” said Guy Lamarche, Manager Tourism, Events & Communications.
This year’s lineup is as follows:
June 26th
1. Estelle and John
2. Timmins All Star Big Band
3. The Shaftmen
July 3rd
1. The Authentics
2. Ernie Moulton and the Highgraders
July 10th
1. Wyatt Young
2. The Stormalongs
July 17th
1. Joanne Marie
The Algoma Wild Flowers
2. Tilted Hills
July 24th
1. Dopamine
2. Owls of Jupiter
July 31st
1. Yvan & the Banditos
2. Mike Alarie
Aug 7th
1. Attaboys
2. Leslie-Anne Dupuis & First Line
Aug 14th
1. LOA
2. Good Time Band
Aug 21st
1. Northern Harmony Singers
2. Setting the Sky
Aug 28th
1. Steve Kessler Quintet
2. Timmins Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
3. Sledgehammer
The schedule is subject to change. We encourage residents to visit the Event Calendar posted at www.tourismtimmins.com for regular updates.
Media Contact:
Guy Lamarche
Manager Tourism, Events & Communications
City of Timmins 705-360-2600 ext. 2404
guy.lamarche@timmins.ca
www.timmins.ca
