Summer Evening was a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 music variety television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 in 1976.

Premise

This series was produced through CBC Ottawa

CBOT (TV)

CBOT-DT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Ottawa, Ontario. The station's studios are located in the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre.-History:...

 as a series of concert recordings from the CBC Summer Festival at Camp Fortune

Gatineau Park

Gatineau Park is a park located in the National Capital Region, in Quebec's Outaouais region, just north of Ottawa, Ontario. Administered by the National Capital Commission, the park is a 361 km² wedge of land to the west of the Gatineau River...

 in Quebec. Episodes featured performances from such artists as Liam Clancy

Liam Clancy

William "Liam" Clancy was an Irish folk singer and actor from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest and last surviving member of performing group The Clancy Brothers. The group were regarded as Ireland's first pop stars...

, Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Rose Eikhard is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her song, "Something to Talk About", was recorded by musician Bonnie Raitt to significant success in the 1990s. She sang the theme song to the movie The Passion of Ayn Rand, "Love is, Love is Not"...

, Kevin Gillis

Kevin Gillis

Kevin Gillis is Canadian Television producer, Writer, Singer-songwriter and former TV host mainly known for his work in animation. Gillis is famous for creating The Raccoons as well as other cartoons such as Atomic Betty and Producing Parker. He was also host of fitness show Yes You Can as well...

, Eric and Martha Nagler

Eric Nagler

Eric Nagler is an American-born musician and television personality known primarily for his work on Canadian children's television series such as The Elephant Show.- Biography :...

, Ron Nigrini, Sneezy Waters

Sneezy Waters

Sneezy Waters is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitar player who is best known for his portrayal of Hank Williams Sr. in the play and film The play portrays an 'imaginary concert' that the legendary US country singer might have given New Year's Eve 1952 in Canton, Ohio, had he not died en route...

and Robin Moir.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. from 12 August to 30 September 1976.