Get your dancing shoes ready for this big staff concert

Get ready to sing and dance during the 21st Annual Algoma Traditional Music, Dance, and Heritage Arts Family Camp's Staff concert. 

This concert — featuring nationally and internationally recognized performers from across Canada and beyond — scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the AlgomaTrad Centre, 1249 F&G Line on St. Joseph Island.

Admission is a pay-what-you-can sliding scale of $20 to $30, with children 12 under admitted for free. You can pay by cash at the door or purchase by credit card online at algomatrad.ca. Be sure to bring a chair or blanket!

For more information, see the press release below:

The 21st Annual Algoma Traditional Music, Dance, and Heritage Arts Family Camp is getting tuned up for its renowned annual Staff Concert, featuring nationally- and internationally-recognized performers from across Canada and beyond, scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. at the AlgomaTrad Centre, 1249 F&G Line on St. Joseph Island. Admission is a pay-what-you-can sliding scale of $20-$30, children 12&under free; pay by cash at the door or purchase by credit card online at algomatrad.ca. Please bring a chair or blanket! Parking is off of 5th Side Rd.

The Annual AlgomaTrad Staff Concert Extravaganza will feature an incredible evening of music by all the award-winning and renowned staff members who are attending the Camp. Bios and pictures of the performers can be seen at algomatrad.ca/camp/.

The AlgomaTrad Family Camp is an inspiring week of inclusive and all-ages/levels of workshops, concerts, and heritage arts, taking place at the AlgomaTrad Centre, 1249 F&G Line on St. Joseph Island. The Camp runs from Monday evening, Aug. 12 to Sunday morning, Aug. 18.  While Camp registration is now closed for residential campers, there is still room for day campers - check out complete information about AlgomaTrad 2024 at algomatrad.ca/camp/.

Over 20 workshop instructors from across Canada will lead workshops in a wide array of options including fiddle, bagpipes, piano, guitar, tin whistle, singing, mandolin, banjo, square and Irish set dancing, and stepdancing, to name a few.

Immersive heritage craft and arts workshops will include a Mummers Play with John Mayberry,  blacksmithing with Denis Frechette, printmaking with artist Ian Bell and Elizabeth Creith, willow basketry with Johnny Suderman, and artscapes, storytelling, and theatre for children with Martha Cooper.

Other evening events include Community Dances and the Online Auction, open all week, which raises funds for the Nicholas Missere Bursary, a fund that helps families and individuals take part in AlgomaTrad events and workshops. This year’s ever-amazing AlgomaTrad Online Auction has 22 fabulous offerings including tune commissions, vacation cabin stays, family trips, theatre event, artwork, and one-of-a-kind handmade items! See all the offerings and register at algomatrad.ca.