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  • Harvest Announces Jimmy Swift Band Reunion, Following Withdrawal Of The Slip F. Joe Russo

    Harvest Announces Jimmy Swift Band Reunion, Following Withdrawal Of The Slip F. Joe Russo

    Fredericton’s Harvest Music Festival today announced that The Jimmy Swift Band (The JSB) will reunite at the Festival on Thursday September 15th, replacing The Slip F. Joe Russo, who’ve been forced to cancel their scheduled Harvest appearance due to unforeseen circumstances. Halifax’s The JSB stopped performing in 2011, leaving behind a legacy of 1,000+ live…

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  • CBC Free Harvest Schedule Announced

    CBC Free Harvest Schedule Announced

    Every September, Harvest fills the streets of downtown Fredericton with music, everywhere you go. In addition to our mainstage shows, there are six free stages and four busker stages scattered throughout downtown, and over a dozen pubs & clubs that program special shows just for the occasion.

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  • Harvest Insider: Sugaray Rayford

    Harvest Insider: Sugaray Rayford

    ‘It’s not a concert – it’s a party,’ says Sugaray Rayford By: Adam BowieSugaray Rayford would like to get one thing straight: his headlining show at this year’s Harvest Music Festival is not a concert – it’s a party.The 53-year-old Smith County, Texas native has been making music professionally for more than 20 years, mixing…

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  • Harvest Music Festival Announces New Date For William Prince

    Harvest Music Festival Announces New Date For William Prince

    Fredericton’s Harvest Music Festival today announced that Wiliam Prince’s performance would move from the evening of Friday September 16 to a matinee performance on Sunday September 18. The change comes as Prince was asked to pay tribute to Buffy Sainte-Marie at the National Arts Center on September 16.  “This may not be how we drew…

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  • Harvest Shares ‘Your Harvest Experience’ Survey

    Harvest Shares ‘Your Harvest Experience’ Survey

    We recognize that the Harvest experience is about connection – as much about connecting with friends and neighbors as it is about connecting with the music on stage. We’ve also heard from artists and patrons alike that there are issues with crowd noise in our venues over the years. We know how meaningful it is…

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  • Job Opportunity: Harvest Music Festival Store Staff

    Job Opportunity: Harvest Music Festival Store Staff

    We are looking to fill part-time and full-time retail assistant positions to work in the Harvest retail store. Please read below for more information.

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  • Harvest Insider: Hot Shows You Don’t Want To Miss!

    Harvest Insider: Hot Shows You Don’t Want To Miss!

    Hot Shows You Don’t Want To Miss… By: Adam Bowie Well, friends, I’m happy to be back writing about Fredericton’s Harvest Music Festival. As some of you may know, I covered the best festival on the East Coast of Canada for 14 years on behalf of the Daily Gleaner. It was a wonderful gig, and…

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  • Harvest Music Festival Welcomes Matt Mays, Following Withdrawal Of JJ Grey & Mofro

    Harvest Music Festival Welcomes Matt Mays, Following Withdrawal Of JJ Grey & Mofro

    Fredericton’s Harvest Music Festival today announced that Canadian indie rocker Matt Mays of Dartmouth has been added to the Saturday Blues Tent schedule on September 17. Mays and his band will join The Record Company, who move into the closing spot following the withdrawal of JJ Grey & Mofro from the festival this week. “Matt…

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  • Harvest Music Festival Moves Offices

    Harvest Music Festival Moves Offices

    We’ve moved! We’re excited to have relocated to a new office space on Queen Street. Moving forward, our business and mailing address is: Harvest Music Festival 346 Queen Street, Unit 105 Fredericton, NB E3B 1B2 Please update your records with our new address. Our email addresses and phone number remain the same. That said, as…

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