Entertainment
2023 Entertainment
House of Chords Friday Night Musical Showcase
House of Chords Music Centre has been operating in Milton since 2010. From their Lil’ Rockers classes for infants and toddlers, to private music lessons, performance and band programs, and their in-house recording studio and full-service music store, House of Chords has it all! HOC’s Friday night musical showcase on the Market Stage will feature students, teachers and staff, including their student bands, Gabriella Verdugo, Maddy Little, and Gavin McLeod!
Friday Night – Market Stage 6:00 pm
Gavin McLeod
Gavin McLeod is a 23-year-old Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician from Toronto. He has performed at hundreds of venues and festivals across Canada, building a dedicated online following. Gavin’s YouTube channels have amassed over 116 thousand subscribers, and he has done multiple TV appearances and collaborations throughout his young career. Recently, Gavin received the FACTOR Juried Sound Recording Grant, providing full financial support to record, market, and tour internationally for his debut album, which hits shelves this fall!
Friday Night – Market Stage 6:00 pm
Urban Cowboy Line Dancing
Mario has always had an interest in leading a crowd and making sure everyone is involved and having fun. At a young age, Mario came to the hard realization that he couldn’t dance and that he had no rhythm. So he started spending endless hours on the dance floor; learning each dance and steps to various songs. He has been instructing for 12 plus years and throughout these years, he has acquired a unique style of teaching. In other words, he put in the hard work, now he’s making it easier for others to learn the moves!!
Friday Night – Beer Tent 5:00 pm
Saturday – Market Stage 10:30 am
COUNTRY KARAOKE & DJ
Friday night at the 2023 Fall Fair will see the beer tent transformed into a bonafide honky-tonk! With the help of the Urban Cowboy we’ll be two-stepping into the night with line dancing, country music supplied by DJ Down Yonder and karaoke. Be sure to bring the kids early for family-friendly line dancing between 5-7 pm because starting at 7 pm the beer tent will earn its name. So bring your cowboy boots, cowboy hat, bolo tie and dancing feet as we kick off the fair and tear up the dance floor!
Friday – Beer Tent 7:00 pm
Fay and Fluffy
Drag stars Fay Slift + Fluffy Soufflé have been doing drag story times since June 2016. Based in Toronto, they have been fortunate to do so many local events at some of Toronto’s biggest cultural institutions, as well as hit the road to adventures beyond the city. Their special events focus on books, songs and include lots of laughs to show that Reading is FUN-damental! They especially want to support families with LGBTQ2S parent(s) and gender variant children, and read culturally diverse books, by providing a supportive and inclusive environment focused on fun. Everyone is welcome!
Saturday – Exhibition Theatre 10:30 am
Cheer Sport Sharks
We are Cheer Sport Sharks, Milton’s premier cheerleading gym! During the fall fair, you will get a glimpse into what a cheerleading routine looks like. We jump, stunt, tumble, and dance. Don’t forget to stick around and watch!
Saturday – Market Stage 11:30 am
Change it up 360 Dance Fitness
Terri Naccarato has been spreading the love of Latin dance fusion for over 14 years in Milton/Halton Hills teaching children, adults, people living with disabilities and the older active adult. Join her and other amazing instructors Saturday, July 1st at 5:00pm
It’s time to Change it Up with Zumba!
Saturday – Market Stage 12:00 pm
CCAH Community Steel Band
Since 1977 the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton has a history of providing programming and services to seniors, youth, students of all ages, and families, Halton-wide.
These activities address the legacy of Black history in the community, the arts, youth leadership, education needs, and are achieved through partnerships with local organizations, individuals and institutions. Arising out of the CCAH music program is the CCAH Steel Band. Playing the steel pan is easy to learn and highly social. Described as ‘happy music’, everyone one – players and audience – gets involved. It has become an international art form for people of all ages, including schools. Due to its very nature, it is a proven and ideal means of achieving the CCAH objectives of being rooted in Education, Culture, Community, and Harmony.
Saturday – Market Stage 1:00 pm
Hayley Verrall
Hayley Verrall is a young and talented pop country artist from Burlington, Ontario, who is making waves in the music industry. Inspired by roots artists like Dolly Parton and Shania Twain and contemporary artists like Miranda Lambert and Gabby Barrett, Hayley’s clear and distinct voice delivers thought-provoking observations and encouragement through her music. With over 150,000 streams and a new single called “I Guess That’s Love,” Hayley is quickly becoming a household name in the country music scene. Hayley’s talent has not gone unrecognized, as she has received numerous awards and nominations for her work. In 2022 she won the Silver Award for International Female Emerging Artist from the International Singer Songwriters Association and an honorary mention for the Faith Nolan Award for Music.
Saturday – Market Stage 2:00 pm
Broadtree
With a heavy influence from their experience on the musical theatre stage, Broadtree, a duo from Toronto, Ontario, have created a unique blend of stylized storytelling over a bed of catchy pop country ready to blast in the summer sun. Their 4 singles released in 2022 all reached top 15 in Canada on the Indie Country Countdown, with their last release of the year, “Meet Me at the Table”, reaching #1! Their harmonies and performance chemistry over both original songs and covers will have you bopping and singing along all night. They have a strong, interactive presence on social media, conversing personally with fans and using their platform to speak out about mental health, racial equality, LGBTQ+ support and First Nations rights in Canada, recently receiving awards of recognition from both federal and provincial governments.
Saturday – Market Stage 3:00 pm
Neon Rain
Rob Kirkham and Neon Rain (RKNR) have been performing since March 9th 2002 dominating the live music scene in Ontario. RKNR have performed over 2000 live shows (Clubs, Wedding, Festivals, Private and corporate shows) and have created a large following across Canada. RKNR have been featured three times on CH morning live, two HMA nominations, one CMAO nomination, several local Best Band awards (Print) Country music radio airplay on over 140 radio stations across Canada. RKNR have opened in support of Jason Aldean, Lady A, Pam Tillis, Jason Macoy, Jamie Warren, and Adam Gregory.
RKNR Have supported many causes such as The Canadian Diabetes association, The Canadian Cancer foundation, Autism Canada and The Good Shepherd food bank (Hamilton, Ontario)
RKNR have three album releases.
Saturday – Market Stage 5:00 pm
Greg Williams
Greg Williams’ music occupies a space between genres. His Roots-Rock sound nods to his influences of Southern Rock, Electrified Americana, Heartland Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Country & Western while creating something uniquely and unequivocally his own. His energy, stage presence, and signature fiddle playing contributes to the band’s distinctive sound and extraordinary live show! His debut single with his new band The Dirty Magnoliad, “Falling Apart at the Seams” is being played at radio stations across Europe, Australia and North America!
Instagram Handle: @GregWilliamsMusic
Saturday Night – Beer Tent 9:00 pm
The Mighty Ship
An experienced composer and arranger, accomplished multi-instrumentalist, and award-winning musician, The Mighty Ship is Fredericton, New Brunswick’s own Rick Morgan. He has had an extensive and varied musical career whose highlights include performing for both the current and former Sovereign, sharing the stage with the likes of Bonnie Tyler, Melanie Doane, Jim Cuddy, Lennie Gallant, and Séan McCann, as well as both writing and performing some of the original music heard on The Music of Dundurn – A Musical Anthology of the Life and Times of Sir Allan Napier MacNab. The show is pure dichotomy – a one-man band with a full-band sound delivering an authentic Celtic and East Coast Folk musical experience to fellow saltwater souls from home and away.
Sunday – Beer Tent 11:00 am
Milton Show Band
The Milton Show Band is group of musicians consisting of 17 instrumentalists, a vocalist, and a MC. We are a subgroup within the Milton Concert Band and perform at events where the concert band is too large or our style of music is preferred. Our music is mainly Swing and Ballads from the Swing Era but also present Show Tunes, Rock, Dixieland, and Latin America styles as well as Novelty numbers. This ensemble has performed at the First Ontario Arts Centre Milton, Milton Street Festival, Burlington Concerts In The Park, Victoria Park in Milton as well as Seniors Residences and other events such as dances. We are looking forward to doing our first performance at the Milton Fair this year.
Sunday – Market Stage 12:00 pm
Tianna Woods
Tianna Woods has been nominated 7 times in the top 5 for the CMA Ontario Country Female Artist. She has won Modern Country Vocalist twice from the Josie Awards in Nashville and was selected from 22,000 artists as one of the performers for Dollywood TN. She also won the Best Country Award for the Toronto Independent Music Award. Tianna sings, plays multiple instruments, step dances and has entertain audiences of all ages in Canada, the U.S and Japan.
You can take a look at Tianna’s social media sites at the following links:
https://www.youtube.com/tiannawoodsmusic
https://www.facebook.com/tiannawoodsmusic
https://www.instagram.com/tiannawoodsmusic
https://twitter.com/tiannawoods1
Sunday – Market Stage 3:00 pm
Hands on Exotics – EXHIBIT and SHOWS!
Seth’s Amazing Pets – Seth’s Amazing Pets is filled with exciting magic tricks, special props and comedy! This hour-long experience features a group performance followed by an animal and trainer meet and greet. Seth’s Amazing Pets is filled with exciting magic tricks, special props and comedy! This hour long experience features a performance and an animal and trainer meet and greet.
https://handsonexotics.com/seths-amazing-pets
Exhibit in Exhibition Theatre: open Friday 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm, Saturday 10:00 am -8:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday – Market Stage 10:00 am, 1:00 pm
Marvellous Moments Face Painting
Making your event a success by creating a Marvellous Moment for everyone! So many services to choose from, it will be the event everyone raves about.
Exhibition Theatre – Saturday 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Sunday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Agricultural Education Tent
The Agricultural Education Tent features information and interactive exhibits and resources from across Ontario, helping our visitors to learn more about farming practices’, farm safety, and where their food comes from! This year, the Agricultural Education Tent will also feature Aubrey from Little Musicians, who will be performing an original show about farming every hour, and will have instruments and music for children to explore. Tinkerlabs Inc. is new to the tent this year, and will be creating free take-home art pieces with our guests. Bunny hopping demonstrations and a Virtual Reality 360 kiosk will also be featured.
Located at the south end of the grounds between the Display Barns
Open Friday 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am – 7:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Diamonds In The Ruff – Agility Club for Dogs
Agility, flyball, frisbee catching, weaves, scenting demo, tricks, musical mats/chairs, and kids games!
Located at the south end of the grounds
Saturday 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, Sunday 11:00 am, 1:00 pm
