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Author: Rebecca Fryer

Enjoy music, art, and nature on Cloud 9 in Lyndhurst

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

A new outdoor music festival combining the beauty of nature, art, and music will have you dancing on Cloud 9 less than an hour north of Kingston — and we’d like to send one lucky Kingstonist subscriber and a guest! The very first Cloud 9 Electronic Music and Eco-Art Festival

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Orphaned bobcat perishes following valiant effort by Sandy Pines

September 2, 2022September 3, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

It was an exciting but ultimately hard day at Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre as staff cared for their first ever orphaned bobcat, which unfortunately ended up succumbing to its injuries.  Sandy Pines says they received the orphaned female bobcat on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, after a resident of Odessa discovered

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Pair of tickets up for grabs to SOLD OUT Back to the Farm Festival

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

We’re heading ‘Back to the Farm’ this weekend for one of southeastern Ontario’s biggest parties of the summer; complete with adult beverages in a hay field, gourmet food trucks and, of course, live music.  MacKinnon Brothers’ annual Back to the Farm Beer & Music Festival is happening this Sunday, Aug.

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Win your way to Overnight Sensation in Gananoque

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

For those of you reeling from the pandemic and craving a night of high-caliber comedy, local funny lady and nationally-renowned comedian Deborah Kimmett is taking to the stage in Gananoque for a limited engagement, and we want to send you!  Kimmett says her latest show, “Overnight Sensation,” centers around a

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Mooove to the Midsummer Music at the Barn in Lyndhurst

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

Get out of the city for a Saturday night and enjoy an evening of food, folk, rock, and roots music under the stars at the Barn.  Midsummer Music at the Barn is a one night, 19+, licensed event happening at Furnace Falls Farm, located in Lyndhurst, Ontario — just a

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Heron rescued thanks to volunteers, Utilities Kingston employees, Sandy Pines

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

One lucky birdy is flying free today thanks to the quick work of some of the staff from Utilities Kingston and a Good Samaritan who happened to be boating in the right place at the right time.  On Friday, July 8, 2022, Utilities Kingston employees noticed a heron In trouble, tangled

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Kasador to play The Ale House

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

Hometown boys Kasador are coming home, and they’re bringing friends.  The rock trio from here in Kingston are playing The Ale House Thursday, Jun. 30, 2022, with guests Brother Elsey and Boston Levi.  Formed in 2015, Kasador has been through some serious evolutions over the years and got their start

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Punk’s not dead 2: NOBRO and The OBGMs at The Mansion

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

This Friday’s iconic punk show will just be the beginning of an incredible weekend for punk and live music fans. Saturday, Jun. 18, 2022 will see two more epic acts taking the stage at The Mansion in Kingston, when Kingston Punk Productions presents NOBRO and The OBGMs, with guests JIMBO.

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Punks not dead: D.O.A. and Pkew Pkew Pkew to rock the Limestone City

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

Punk and live music fans rejoice as Kingston Punk Productions (KPP) are back for the 2022 summer concert season with the Limestone city’s hook up for all things live music. Coming up on the docket this weekend in Kingston are a pair of back-to-back punk shows featuring Canadian punk icons

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Long Range Hustle play Ale House with The Wilderness June 4

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

Canadian indie rockers Long Range Hustle are coming to Kingston on Saturday, Jun. 4, 2022, as part of their Canada and US tour for their latest album, I am alive, but only if you say I am. The five-piece band from Toronto has 10 new tracks soaked with melodic earworms

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Highway 401 on-ramp reopens following fertilizer spill

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

All lanes of the 401 eastbound on-ramp at Gardiners Road have reopened following a tractor trailer rollover in Kingston on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.  Police said the truck hit the ditch and lost its load around 9:15 a.m., and it took crews a number of hours to clean up the

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Wright Crescent residents pen petition to City of Kingston to ‘right planning wrongs’

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Rebecca Fryer

The residents of Wright Crescent in Kingston’s Calvin Park neighbourhood are disappointed with the City of Kingston’s planning process when it comes to a couple of buildings proposed for the plot of land at the south-east corner of Sir John A Macdonald Boulevard and Bath Road.  After six years of

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