August 23-31, 2024
Prince Edward County, Various Locations
Biglake Festival announces its summer festival scene with its 2024 series: Roots, celebrating all the things that ground us, nourish us, and make us who we are. This year’s lineup, curated by Biglake’s co-founders Johannes Debus and Elissa Lee, features an array of interdisciplinary musicians presenting programmes inspired by nature, history, and ethnic roots, exploring traditional and folk music from various cultures. Biglake Festival takes place on August 23-31, 2024 across Prince Edward County. Tickets are on sale now, with bundle options available.
Known as a playground for interdisciplinary performance, Biglake offers exceptional musical experiences while showcasing the breadth and beauty of Prince Edward County’s many venues. With a network of world-class musicians all leaders in their craft, Biglake’s concerts showcase genre-bending collaborations in unexpected locations. It’s the only festival to offer Yiddish ballads, opera, traditional Korean drums, a string sextet and folk fiddling all on the same bill.
In its fourth year, the Biglake Festival offers nine days of exploratory and collaborative concerts. Some of this year’s highlights include:
- Folk & Fiddle explored and experimented together to collectively create a new work for the 5-string fiddle and piano quartet based on original tunes.
- Musical & Edible Promenade is an immersive experience showcasing local architecture and fare alongside the performance. Listen to the sounds while touring Picton’s historical buildings and partaking in inventive food creations inspired by the instruments and musical selections of the cross-cultural chamber group.
- Candlelight Concert, an homage to Mother Nature, celebrates her beauty and nurturing spirit. The intimate evening will take place at sunset, to the sounds of a string sextet, featuring Musicus artists. Biglake is proud to once again welcome three young artists from Musicus Society, Hong Kong – rising stars at the start of their promising professional careers.
- Fiddle Extravaganza musician group will dazzle audiences with traditional Métis tunes and original compositions. The concert will take place in Tyendinaga Territory at the historic Christ Church, promoting communication and unity through music to inspire positive change and reconciliation.
ABOUT BIGLAKE ARTS
Biglake Arts is an organization with a dream of building a playground for interdisciplinary performance and collaboration. Perched on the shores of Lake Ontario in Wellington, Prince Edward County – with its flourishing wineries and vibrant artistic community – Biglake’s inspiring home location stands to be a creative nexus in the heart of Canada’s largest economic and cultural corridor: the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal region. Biglake was founded by Johannes Debus, Music Director of The Canadian Opera Company, and Elissa Lee, Violinist and founder of JUNO-nominated piano quartet Ensemble Made in Canada.
