The 18th Annual Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic

Taking Applications Now

We are still working on the line up for The 18th Annual Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic. Would your band like to play? Is there a band that you would like to see at the Picnic? If so please contact sara@creemore.com

We start the selection process in January and will have the line up selected by March. Tickets for the Picnic will go on sale May 1.

All done for 2011!

Another great picnic complete with great music, great people and a great big storm! We are now starting to plan for 2012. If you would like to apply to play at the picnic please send your info to

sara@creemore.com

or mail a cd to 

Sara Hershoff

3 Caroline St. W

Creemore, ON

L0M 1G0

We also happily take suggestions from everyone!

We are looking forward to seeing you all again in August 2012. 

Picnic Food

For all of you who are thinking about what to pack for your picnic we just got this list of items that the folks from Ecologic Nursery will be selling out of the back of their truck on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Kick-off Concert at St. Thomas’ Historic Railway Station

All aboard the Picnic Weekend!!! We hope you can join us for the Special Kick-off Concert at the Canadian Southern Railway Station in St. Thomas on Thursday, August 18 at 8pm. Add it on to your picnic pass or just $15 in advance here! Tickets are $20 at the door.

Picnic Weather Watch

One of the best things about the picnic is the weather. Beautiful sunny days or not we have a great time - watch the long-range forecast here:

The 17th Annual Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic Lineup

Friday, August 19, 2011    

6:20pm                           Dustin Jones  

7:10pm                           Judi Rideout

8:00pm                           The Rizdales  

8:50pm                           Lynn Miles     

9:40pm                           Fred Eaglesmith

10:50pm                           Roger Marin   

Saturday, August 20, 2011

10:45am                          The Wakeup Parade

11:35am                          Stephen Hogg

12:20pm                          Traveler

1:20pm                            Ben Somer

2:10pm                            Sarah MacDougall

3:00pm                           Jerry Leger

3:50pm                           Owen Steel

4:40pm                           Brock Zeman

5:30pm                           Dinner Break

7:00pm                           The Gertrudes

7:55pm                           The Warped 45s

8:55pm                            Fred Eaglesmith

10:15pm                          The Woody Allens

 Sunday, August 21, 2011 

12pm           House Milner                  

12:50pm      The Avenues                 

1:40pm        Manitoba Hal                 

2:30pm        Catfish Willie                 

3:20pm        Nudie and the Turks        

4:05pm        Bill Poss and the Useful Tools

4:25pm        The Fabulous Ginn Sisters

4:55pm        Fred Eaglesmith

This schedule may be subject to change without notice.                   

The 2011 Performers

We are now done receiving Picnic application. We have listened to heaps of CDs, followed the links to all kinds of websites and listened to all of your suggestions and with all of that info we have come up with this year’s line up.

Thanks so much to everyone who contacted us. We sure do wish we had space to include all of the great talent out there but with only one weekend a year all we can do is pick a few. 

Be sure to check out the performers page to see who’s coming. 

A full schedule should be firmed up some time in May.

We’re Planning the 2011 Picnic - August 19 to 21

We are entering into the deep dark winter and what better way to deal with that than to plan a summer picnic!

If you would like to apply to play at the picnic please send a short note and a link to your website to sara@creemore.com

or mail a cd and bio to

Sara Hershoff

3 Caroline St. E

Creemore, ON

L0M 1G0

The line up will be announced at the end of March and tickets will go on sale in May. 

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Thanks for another great year!

That will go down as a memorable picnic. The great performances have something to do with it but the most notable part of the picnic was the audience and what great troopers they were. As the rain poured down hundreds of folks took shelter under tarps and jackets, umbrellas and tents to hear the music of Fred, Carolyn Mark, Dale Jett and the Spades. Thanks guys!

We are already planning for next year - thinking about creating the FREDDOME - a retractable roof that could protect us all from torrential downpours in the future - what do you think?

Mark the third weekend of August off on your calendar, send your suggestions for performers or information on your band to sara@creemore.com.