
It seems Live music will be returning to Hollinger Park this summer, a park Concert that have been held since 2007, that for 12 years now.
It was only 11 times out of the 12 years as it was closed last year because of the Pandemic but they have been talk between Peter Lawyrniw and Julie Cyr about bringing back the series in 2022.
After a two-year hiatus from having music in the park and with the completion of the work in Hollinger, it would be great to see this series returning to the place where it all began.
said Lawryniw.
Lawryniw is asking for $12,000 from the city to put on back the Concert series while Organizers are also asking the city for access to Hollinger Park, continued maintenance of garbage and bathrooms, promotion in city publications, electricity and alternate indoor accommodation if weather conditions are a factor.
Tourism Timmins is also being asked to have a presence at the series and gather community feedback, to help promote the series as it has in the past, to provide sample applications and other documents from previous series, and to cover accommodations for out-of-town artists. Lawryniw said there are usually two to three hotel rooms needed through the series.
During remediation work at Hollinger Park, the main series was moved to the Lions Club Park in Schumacher. Concerts were also held at Bannerman Park in Porcupine.
We absolutely do plan to have even more avenues for locations next year. The reason why Bannerman Park wasn’t included in the presentation is because … normally that whole series is funded by the Bannerman Park committee.
said Lawryniw,
Council was supportive of the request and the $12,000 has been added to the 2022 budget. Council has not approved the document yet.