The wait is over, save the weekend of July 26th and 27th for Northern Ontario’s fastest growing family friendly party – Rock On the River! Presented once again by Tahoe Resources. The Timmins Festival and Events Committee (TFEC) have been hard at work after another successful year of fundraising and are finally ready to present the line up.
Sheepdogs photo Dale Sinclair
The party taking over the Participark in Timmins this summer will be headlined by Juno winning rockers The Sheepdogs, fellow Canadian hit makers Theory, and rising country star Tim Hicks!
The festival is rounded out with Grammy winning rapper Everlast, the top selling Canadian Country act of all time The Road Hammers, US Mainstream Rock chart toppers Red Sun Rising, 5x Juno Nominees The Trews, star of CTV’s “The Launch, Maddie Storvold, platinum selling 90’s rockers I Mother Earth, and a Northern Roots Stage full of local and upcoming Canadian Talent where you might find the next big thing!
Tim Hicks at TD Place. Photo by Laura Collins.
“TFEC finds our success strictly because of community support. We’ve noticed an increase in awareness about our festival within Northern Ontario and want to make sure our festival can reflect as many of our residents as possible. If there’s no support, volunteers, or sponsors, there’s no Rock On The River. We’ve read every single piece of feedback we’ve received about our artist direction and are happy to finally try out a bit of Country for all you Cowboys and Cowgirls – Without losing touch of our roots. We hope to see you at the Participark this summer! At this rate year 5 is going to be insane!” – John Olavson, Chairman of TFEC
The Road Hammers perform at Sound of Music Festival in Burlington – photo Kayla Winkworth
Tickets will be on sale Friday May 31st at TimminsFestivals.com. A tiered pricing will be introduced to give a discount to our early supporters for weekend passes, and an early bird discount will be applied to single night tickets. Once again TFEC will be partnering with local non-profits (TBA) for a child’s discount. Children 10 and under will get in free with a monetary donation to the non-profit / charity of the night.
“Less than 5 years ago Rock On The River started as an idea between people frustrated with a lack of live music in Timmins. Taking it upon themselves to fundraise and volunteer to make it happen on their own. We never expected it get grow this quickly and the overwhelming
support from Timmins and the North. Let’s get ready to ROCK! “
Want to win your way into the festival? We’ve got a pair of GA weekend passes, sign in or register below to enter!
