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Harvest Music Festival Announces New Site Layout

Harvest Music Festival will be making some changes heading into their 35th anniversary next year.

In a Facebook post the festival announced that they will be combining two of their main tents, the Blues and Mojo, into a new site for the festival that will make use of the new outdoor stage in Officers Square.     

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The MRTI Agency celebrates successful first year of music facilitation

Since 2012, Emma Chevarie has operated Music Runs Through It, a website that provided Frederictonians with weekly listings of all the music events happening in the city and a brand she would eventually promote her own shows under. After 13 years on her own, local radio DJ Rob Pinnock and his partner Krista Touesnard, a

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The Fredericton Frequency – November 12th – 15th, 2024

This weeks episode features stories on the swearing on a locally made Tik Tok series making waves at Silverwave, a new non-motorized boat launch and preventative measures to radon exposure.

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CHSR News – November 12th, 2024 – Yesterday’s Weather Goes From Tik Tok To Silverwave

Yesterday’s Weather is an internet sketch series by longtime friends and collaborators Jason McIntyre and Brennan Garnett. They made over 150 videos and the response to the series from both friends and strangers was enough to convince them to develop the series into a short film.

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CHSR News – November 7th, 2024 – Pallmer Brings Chamber Pop To The Forefront Of New Brunswick’s Music Scene

Mark Kleyn (viola), Emily Kennedy (cello/vocals) and Charles Harding (synthesizer/percussion), also known as Pallmer, took home some hardware at the 2024 Music New Brunswick Awards on October 24th. The trio won Song of the Year for the title track of their album Swimming, which was also nominated for Recording of the Year, a track Kennedy

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CHSR News – October 11th, 2024 – Craft NB Celebrates 60 Years of Championing Niche

Craft NB, the longest standing provincial craft council in Canada, opened their permanent collection to the public at Fredericton’s George Fry Art Gallery last night. Celebrating their 60th anniversary, the collection is an array of works by the masters of craft in New Brunswick, with some pieces dating all the way back to the 1970s.

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CHSR News – October 7th, 2024 – New Brunswick Provincial Candidates Discuss Arts Sector

Provincial candidates gathered this weekend at Fredericton’s Charlotte Street Arts Centre for a forum to discuss how their parties will help improve issues in the provinces arts sector, hosted by the Fredericton Arts Alliance. Fredericton Grand Lake NDP candidate Arthur Taylor, Fredericton North Green Party candidate Anthea Plummer and Fredericton North Liberal Candidate Luke Randall

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CHSR News – September 11th, 2024 – Harvest Opens With Kulasihkulpa!

Fredericton’s Harvest Music Festival opened last night with a celebration of indigenous music called Kulasihkulpa! which featured Judie Acquin, The Muskrat Singers, Dee Dee Austin and local grass dancers. The opening ceremonies was the festival’s second opening ceremony featuring a heavy spotlight on indigenous artists. Johnny James was at the event and spoke to Wolastoq Grand

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Wake Up! – January 18th, 2019

On today’s show, we sat down with Jason McIntyre and Brennan Garnett from JustWrite Productions to talk about their event Hilarity For The Homeless at the Capital Complex tomorrow! Check out the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1227572800727107/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Andrew Gbongbor of MCAF for Battle of the Arts

I had the pleasure of speaking to Andrew Mbongbor, youth outreach coordinator for the MultiCultural Association of Fredericton. He dropped by to talk about the upcoming semi-finals of the festival of arts that he created just a few years ago: the Battle of the Arts! Don’t miss the finals when they come up in November.

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