The Bookends Concert with a BBQ!

Join us at the Player's Backstage for an eventful evening full of food and music, featuring the dynamic musical talents of The Bookends! We'll also have a BBQ on site serving up delicious eats. 

RAIN OR SHINE! If those drops start to fall we will move inside. 

Please note: BBQ IS NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE OF CONCERT!

The music will begin at 5pm, shortly after Rod Beattie's reading of Marsh Marigolds. For add-on ticket pricing for those attending Rod's show please see that event on our calendar.

From foot-stomping reels to soaring airs, The Bookends take audiences on a vibrant Celtic musical journey. Since forming in 2016, these multi-instrumentalists have blended traditional favourites with original compositions to create a distinctive, genre-bending sound. Their debut album Chapter One (2020) was followed by A Celtic Celebration (2023), a live recording with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra that earned a 2024 Canadian Folk Music Award nomination. That same year, The Bookends joined Loreena McKennitt for select performances, some featured on her 2024 album The Road Back Home. They’ve appeared at top festivals including the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, IRL Festival, and Stratford Summer Music.

Children 12 and under can enjoy the concert for free.

This is a licensed event and fundraiser for your museum.

The Bookends Barbecue is generously sponsored by Sherrie Roulston & Barb Hiller Thibeault of Royal Lepage Hiller Realty and Destination Stratford's Fall/Winter Music pop-up program

To learn more about The Bookends visit https://www.thebookends.ca/index