Congratulations and sincere thanks from the Board of Directors of Joe’s M.I.L.L. to the organizers of the 2013 HomeGrown Live Music Festival which raised $7,792 and collected over 300 food donations.

This is the fifth musical festival organized by the Kingston Downtown Business Improvement Area, Kingston Sound Works, CFRC 101.9, HC Concepts, Rogers Radio Group-Kingston, Kingston Whig-Standard, Kingstonist, Tom Stewart and his legions of volunteers. While it’s almost impossible to name each volunteer and supporting venue, we thank you very much for your generous donations of time and talent. http://homegrownlive.ca/

We also think Kaela Simpson for volunteering to be our roaming reporter and photographer for the event. Thanks Kaela for bringing us a your story and pictures. Check out her story here http://joesmill.wordpress.com/events/event-stories-read-all-about-it/

Terry Snider, President,

Board of Directors,

The Joe Chithalen Musical Instrument Lending Library.

Big day today  for
http://homegrownlive.ca/
. Have you decided upon your schedule, yet? A $10 bracelet (or just $5 with a donation to the Food Bank) gets you into all the venues, all day long! Most places start at 2pm, some go until 2am. Come out and support Joe’s MILL and the Partners in Mission Food Bank, and hear some fantastic local music in the process! 85 bands & 10 venues worth of AWESOME await you.

The library will be closed from 4pm Saturday May 25 until 3pm Tuesday June 4th  for Roger’s well deserved vacation break.

Read all about HEATWAVE’S Saturday  April 20th benefit  at Zorba’s on our  Event Stories page subpage under Events and Tickets on the menu

http://joesmill.wordpress.com/events/event-stories-read-all-about-it/

Buy Online until 6:30 p.m. April 20th, tickets will be at the door bring PayPal print or ID showing  address.

Click here for HEATWAVE tickets

About the band

HEATWAVE is an 8 piece rhythm and blues powerhouse specializing in the music of Motown, the American hit factory that produced The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Jackson Five, Marvin Gay, Mary Wells, the Miracles and Martha and the Vandallas. Every tune is a dance-floor filler and a sing-along thriller.

HEATWAVE  is comprised of Gord McDiarmid on keyboards and vocals, Brant Peppley on guitar and vocals, Brian Howell on percussion and vocals, Craig Jones on bass and vocals, Val Hamilton on sax and vocals, Barb Wilson on keyboards and vocals, Henny Harmsen on drums and Jay Janz on saxophone. Their repertoire is right out of the chart-topping hits of the 1960s and 1970s when Motown was in its heyday. HEATWAVE lovingly re-creates these enduring classics and sends everyone home with a smile on their face and a spring in their step.

The Mahones came though with  flying colours when they put on 3 high energy shows at the Toucan this weekend. The room was packed and the mosh pit { A clearing full of body-slamming, pogo-jumping, circle dancing, aggression releasing people that forms when a particularly good bands (the Mahones)  whip the crowd into a frenzy} was full.

Many thanks to Finny McConnell, Katie “Kaboom” McConnell, Dom “The Bomb” Whelan,
Sean Winter , Paul “Cuzo” Mancuso, and Chris “skid” Scahill for taking the time out of their busy schedule  and giving up your paycheque to support the library. We love you!

Thank you to The Rotted Roots Ramblers (Friday) and the Besides (Saturday)  who donated their time and talent to help make the weekend a rousing success.

Many thanks to Andrew Brown at the Toucan who not only played tin whistle on every song, but also organized and promoted the whole weekend, the show  wouldn’t have happened without you.

http://www.themahones.ca/home.php

Read all about their Friday April 5th benefit  at Inverary United Church on our new Event Stories page subpage under Events and Tickets on the menu

http://joesmill.wordpress.com/events/event-stories-read-all-about-it/

The Mahones are once again playing a double benefit for Joe’s M.I.L.L.  Two  19+ shows, 9 pm on Friday, April 5th, and Saturday April 6th and an ALL AGES show, 3 pm on Saturday, April 6th at the Toucan  76 Princess Street, Kingston.  Tickets for each event are $10.00, available at the door.  Hope to see you there!

http://www.themahones.ca/tour.php