AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoCommunity Music Rescue: Victoria’s Hermann’s Jazz Club is set to reopen this fall after a community-backed effort raised $450,000 to save the long-running venue and its sister space, View Street Social, from closure. Local Festivals & Culture: The Stratford Filipino Festival returns this weekend with music, dancing and food at Upper Queens Park, while North Bay’s Compagnons des francs loisirs kicks off its new cultural season with performances and community awards. Canadian Music Scene: SALT New Music Festival in Victoria (Sept.) spotlights “proximity,” with concerts connecting music to nature and place, including a Birdsong series with guided listening in Uplands Park. New Releases & Artists: Alexander First Nation hip-hop artist Lawrence Paul is compiling a decade of unreleased material into a new album. International Classical Spotlight: Canadian guitarist Eric Wang ’26 won the Guitar Foundation of America’s 2026 International Concert Artist Competition, earning a major U.S./Canada tour and a Naxos recording deal. Music in the News: Canadian voice actor Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) has died at 85.
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