SONG: Sounds of the Next Generation

🎤 DROP-IN CHOIR: TAKE TWO! 🎶

The rain won round one… so we’re trying again!

Join SONG this Thursday, August 13 at the Memorial Park Bandshell as we continue our summer collaboration with Road to Cultivate.

🎶 SONG Drop-In Choir: 6:00–6:45 PM
🌿 Road to Cultivate: 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Memorial Park, Port Hope

This week we’re singing “All You Need Is Love” — and absolutely everyone is welcome. No choir experience. No preparation. Just show up and sing.

We’ll provide the music and lyrics. You bring your voice. ❤️

Come sing with us, then stick around for an evening of live local music in the park!

This week on the Road to Cultivate stage: B💣mbive!

SONG is excited to feature another incredible Student Artist as part of this summer’s Road to Cultivate series.

B💣mbive brings the energy, the creativity, and the kind of young local talent that makes us believe even more strongly in building bigger stages for Northumberland performers.

Come cheer them on this week in Memorial Park!

🛣Road to Cultivate
📅Thursday at 6:00 PM
📍Memorial Park, Port Hope

Let’s show up loud for B💣mbive.

Friends of SONG is heading to the pub!

We’re excited to launch a new partnership with Ganaraska Brewing Company for a special Drop-In Choir: Pub Edition.

Join us as we warm up the karaoke crowd with a relaxed, joy-filled community singalong. No auditions, no experience, no pressure — just good music and friendly voices.

Friends of SONG Drop-In Choir: Pub Edition
🔵Friday, August 7
🟣5:30–7:00 PM
🟢Ganaraska Brewing Company
🟠38 Mill Street, Port Hope

Come sing with us, then stick around for karaoke!

🎻 Julia takes the Road to Cultivate stage this Thursday!

SONG is thrilled to feature an outstanding young artist, Julia, as part of this week’s Road to Cultivate summer series.

For her age, Julia is already surprisingly experienced at entertaining Northumberland audiences, having performed with SONG at several SoundStages — and every time, she reminds us why young artists deserve bigger stages.

Her confidence, musicality, and virtuosity on the violin are one more reason to come out, cheer loudly, and celebrate the next generation of local talent.

🛣Road to Cultivate
📅Thursday, July 30, 6:00 - 8:00PM
📍Memorial Park, Port Hope

Come support Julia, SONG, and the incredible young musicians growing right here in Northumberland. Stay for the incredible Road To Cultivate and Thursday market! Last week over 500 people attended, will you be one of them this week?

We’re back on the Road to Cultivate!

After two weeks of rain and smoke cancellations, SONG is excited to return to Memorial Park this Thursday with a special feature on the Road to Cultivate stage.

This week, we’re proud to highlight one of our SoundStage stalwarts: Addy Tymec.

Addy will be performing a full opening set from 6:00–6:30 PM, sharing the kind of young local talent that keeps reminding us why bigger stages matter.

Join us in Memorial Park this Thursday and help cheer on one of Northumberland’s rising young performers.

🛣Road to Cultivate
📍Thursday in Memorial Park, Port Hope
🌟Addy Tymec performs 6:00–6:30 PM

Young performers, this is your chance to take the stage.

Our next SONG SoundStage happens August 8, and thanks to the Municipality of Port Hope, we have a longer stage time for this special summer edition — which means artists can submit more than one song!

This is a great opportunity to:

Build a longer set
Try out new material
Practice performing multiple songs
Get ready for bigger opportunities like Growing Stages
Share your music with a supportive community audience

Whether you sing, play, write your own songs, perform covers, or are building toward your next stage, we want to hear from you.

🎶 Artists are encouraged to submit multiple songs and think about how they might shape a short set.

📅 August 8 -- (on the stage starting at 11:00)
📍 Port Hope Bandshell
🎤 Youth performers welcome

Submit here: [https://forms.gle/BtgtgAqh22eEYK9x9]

Let’s keep growing local talent — one stage at a time.

🎶 A quick reminder!

Tomorrow, the Friends of SONG Drop-In Choir returns as part of the Road to Cultivate summer series!

This week's song? ❤️ All You Need Is Love ❤️

No auditions. No experience. No commitment.

We'll provide the lyrics, the teaching, and the music—you just show up ready to sing!

Bring a friend, bring your family, or come on your own. We'd love to make music with you.

📍 Memorial Park Bandshell
🗓️ Thursday, July 9
🕖 6:00pm (but stay until 8:00pm because Road to Cultivate has so much more to offer!

See you tomorrow!

🎛️ The SONG Amplifiers: Helping Every Voice Be Heard.
🎸 Introducing the Port Hope Rotary SCHOOL OF ROCK! 🎸

This summer, Thursday afternoons are about to get a whole lot louder.
Thanks to the incredible support of Port Hope Rotary, SONG is launching a brand-new youth drop-in music program where teens can pick up an instrument, join a band, learn from experienced musicians, and simply have fun making music together.

No experience? No problem.
We've got the instruments.
We've got the instructors.
We've got the space.
You just bring your voice.

🎶 Port Hope Rotary School of Rock
📅 Thursdays all summer
🕓 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Knights of Columbus Hall, Port Hope
👥 Ages 13–18

Whether you've always wanted to try guitar, bass, drums, keys, or just wanted a place to jam with other young musicians, this is for you.

Registration is OPEN!
👉 [https://app.jackrabbitclass.com/qreg.asp]

A huge thank you to Port Hope Rotary for amplifying opportunities for young people and helping even more youth across Northumberland find their place, tell their story, and connect with their community through music.

🎶 Summer's sounding pretty good already!

Big News for Northumberland Artists!

SONG and Cultivate Festival are launching Growing Stages — a new pathway helping local youth musicians move from community performance opportunities to a professional festival stage.🎶🎸🔊

This year, one artist or group will be selected as the Growing Stages Featured Artist 2026 and will perform a 30-minute set at Cultivate Festival this September.🤩

The selected artist will also receive professional photo and video content from the Cultivate Festival media team, inclusion in SONG and Cultivate promotional materials, and support preparing for the festival-stage experience.

Applications are open to Northumberland youth artists ages 13–18 who are ready to perform a 30-minute family-friendly set and can share a short artist profile, promotional photo, and performance video.

Original music is encouraged, but not required.

📝Applications are open now: [https://tinyurl.com/GrowingStages2026]

📣Help us spread the word to young musicians, bands, singer-songwriters, and performers across Northumberland.

🌱Growing Stages — helping young artists find their next stage.

🎬✨ NEW SOUNDESTAGE VIDEOS ARE LIVE! ✨🎬

The next round of performances from SONG’s February SoundStage at the Capitol Theatre is now up on YouTube — and WOW… what a night.

🔥 23 young performers
🎭 Sold-out crowd
🎶 Local talent on full display

From first-time performers to seasoned young artists, this playlist captures what happens when young people are given the stage and the support to shine. And thanks to Northumberland Sunrise Rotary our young artists receive mentorship from working professionals!

👉 Watch the latest playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOGsRldAIHUKW6-TC_iHLfuhVgMuwJDZc

⚠️ Quick note!
We heard from a few of you that our channel link didn’t work last time — thank you for flagging!

✅ It does work… you just need the @ when typing it in:
👉 YouTube.com/

🚨 And the momentum keeps building…
Our next SoundStage (April 17) is already FULLY BOOKED 🤯

This is shaping up to be an absolute monster night of talent, connection, and community.

🎟️ Want to be in the room where it happens?
Tickets available through the Capitol Theatre Box Office

This is what it looks like when a community shows up for its young people.
This is SONG. 💛