All Posts Tagged With: "Reuben de Groot"


The Skeleton Park Community Songbook: Rueben deGroot with the Grad Club

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Last year, we proudly featured a majority of the songs released as a part of the Skeleton Park Community Songbook, a collaborative project paring 12 Kingston community groups and local professional musicians. The songbook not only reflects the rich diversity of the local community but it also encourages Kingstonians to share music together and learn [...]


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Apple Crisp Compilation Number 5

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Just over a month ago, I was reminiscing about TV Desserts, a fantastic series produced for the Apple Crisp Musical Video Club featuring local talent including P.S. I Love You, The Gertrudes, and Sheesham and Lotus, just to name a few.  As the folks behind the popular video series have been busy with other projects, [...]


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Skeleton Park Music Festival

The Skeleton Park Music Festival is a non-profit music festival in Kingston, Ontario. This year, the festival celebrates it’s 5th anniversary, and it will take place from June 16th to the 19th. The SPMF provides venues for showcasing local musicians, in addition to family activities, artisans, and education on the history of Skeleton Park, also [...]


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Six Questions for Reuben deGroot

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In our third episode of Six Questions, we sit down (via Email) with Reuben de Groot and one of his band members, ivory tickler, Josh Lyon.  Over the past few years, I’ve enjoyed many of Reuben’s live performances at both the Grad Club and the Mansion, while you might also remember him from a recent [...]


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Rueben de Groot CD Release Party

Reuben de Groot and his band will be performing twice at the Mansion, as a part of their CD release party for their latest album titled Hey. The festivities begin with a family-friendly show at 3pm, while a later show starting at 9pm is also planned. Special musical guests include Joey Wright, and Christina Foster.


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Six Questions for Entire Cities

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If you’ve taken the time to read about Kingstonist, you’ll know that we strive to cover a wide range of topics from a variety of perspectives.  We are always looking for new contributors, as well as better ways to provide useful and unique content.  In order to help us get there, I’m pleased to announce [...]


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Friday Foto

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From one marathon to another.  I haven’t had an entire weekend off since early September, so I am truly looking forward to the next few days as I will be far away from the shackles of my office. That said, this long weekend comes at a price, as we’ll likely be running the roads between [...]


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Rueben deGroot with Share, Bruce Peninsula, Entire Cities

Rueben deGroot will take over the stage along with Share, Bruce Peninsula, and Entire Cities at The Mansion in what promises to be a fantastic evening filled with fantastic music. In addition to performances by the respective bands and artists, you can expect to see lots of interesting combinations as various musicians join forces to [...]


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Friday Foto

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Thanks to a mid-week holiday, my system is completely out of whack. We checked out Ianspotting at The Toucan on Tuesday, and judging by the crowd downtown, it was your typical Friday night. When Canada Day festivities were all said and done on Wednesday, my body expected Sunday morning to follow. Instead, I was met [...]


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Guide to the Skeleton Park Music Festival

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The Skeleton Park Music Festival officially kicks off this evening, with a few nights of entertainment prior to the main event this Saturday in McBurney (aka Skeleton) Park. While my attention is primarily focused on this Saturday’s outdoor festival, I thought it would be beneficial to produce a helpful festival guide, linking maps to the [...]


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