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The Sound of Music Festival is held annually in Burlington, Ontario

Burlington, Ontario

Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...

, Canada

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. It is held in mid-June and usually falls on Father's Day Weekend. The Sound of Music is a cross-genre festival that spreads along the city's lakefront Spencer Smith Park

Spencer Smith Park

Spencer Smith Park is a park in downtown Burlington, Ontario right on the shore of Lake Ontario. It is home to the Sound of Music Festival as well as Canada's Largest Ribfest. It has a small beach and plenty of walking paths along Lake Ontario....

and into the downtown core. Attending the festival is completely free, which makes it even more attractive to music- lovers. Every year it attracts thousands of people eager to experience the lively, exciting atmosphere of the festival. Popular music

Popular music

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

bands which have played in recent years include Marianas Trench, Faber Drive

Faber Drive

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, Finger Eleven

Finger Eleven

Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...

, Sloan

Sloan (band)

Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...

, New York Dolls

New York Dolls

The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...

, David Usher

David Usher

David Usher is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. Formerly the frontman for the alternative rock band Moist, he embarked on a solo career beginning in the late 1990s.-Biography:...

, The Tea Party

The Tea Party

The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...

, The Trews

The Trews

The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton...

, Jacksoul

Jacksoul

jacksoul, sometimes stylized as jackSOUL, was a Canadian soul and R&B band. Based in Toronto, the band was fronted by singer Haydain Neale, and was best known for their hits "Can't Stop" and "Still Believe in Love"....

, Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber

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, Brian Byrne

Brian Byrne

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, Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto....

, Idle sons

Idle Sons

Idle Sons is a Burlington, Ontario based rock band that formed in 1994 under the name Slurpymundae.-Biography:Idle Sons was a Burlington, Ontario based rock band that has earned a devoted following in Canada and beyond. The group was formed in 1994 by childhood friends Mike Eastick, Sean Kelly,...

, Ashley MacIsaac

Ashley MacIsaac

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and David Wilcox

David Wilcox

David Wilcox may refer to:*David Wilcox , Canadian rock musician*David Wilcox , American folk musician*David Wilcox , member of band Triple 8...

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Joan Lougheed, a former Burlington city councillor, is a Founding Director of the Sound of Music Festival Inc.

Voted one of the Top 100 Festivals in Ontario, Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival is one of the summer’s most sought after shows. The festival features a unique blend of new and emerging artists, Canadian icons of the past, and fan favourites on several stages along Burlington's beautiful waterfront and downtown.
http://soundofmusic.on.ca/

The 2007 festival helped celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Burlington Teen Tour Band, Canada's oldest youth marching band. Celebrations, including a homecoming reunion, a concert and participation in the parade, were enacted to mark this anniversary. More information is available at the BTTB Alumni Web page.

The festival's mascot is Mr. Treble.

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