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Save the Date!
After much anticipation, we are finally able to announce that Harvest is being held this fall between September 14th-19th, 2021 in downtown Fredericton! We have all felt the gap that the absence of live music has left in our community and around the world. We’re filled with joy as we watch New Brunswick hit its
Harvest Helps: You can’t keep a good volunteer down!
As you know, Harvest had to make some major adjustments to our annual music festival in 2020. Like many of our North American peers, we pivoted to a mostly virtual event, appropriately named Harvest 29.5. With the festival going digital, there was little to no chance to volunteer for the folks who work so hard
Harvest Judges FHS Music Project
Fredericton High School’s Music 112 Guitar class wrote a series of articles on local music and invited Harvest to provide feedback and pick our favourite. The students impressed our panel of judges with the quality and originality of the written articles; we especially appreciated their focus and on local musicians. After a painstaking review process,
Harvest 2021 Update
We hope 2021 is off to a happy and healthy start for you and that this update finds you managing the ups and downs of pandemic life in the best way possible. Last year was an exceedingly challenging year for our organization but even more so for our larger family of musicians, crew members, and
Harvest 2020 Lifetime and Honorary Award Inductees
At this year’s Annual General Meeting, Harvest has unveiled its list of inductees for the Lifetime and Honorary awards. Honorary Members are in recognition of outstanding service to Harvest. Their contribution to the organization and the cultural community of the City of Fredericton is acknowledged and appreciated. This year’s Honorary Members are: Susana Rojas –
Harvest Annual General Meeting
This year’s Harvest Annual General Meeting will take place Tuesday November 24th at 7pm. Instead of meeting in person, this year’s meeting will be held virtually. All attendees will receive participation details no later than November 23rd. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Josh Steeves at josh@harvestjazzandblues.com no later than November 19th.
Harvest Helps Volunteer Initiative
Each year over 1000 volunteers from Fredericton and beyond come together to make the beloved Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival a success. In lieu of our 30th anniversary in 2020, we are inviting our dedicated volunteers to ‘pass on’ their Harvest volunteer hours to another organization, business, community member or neighbour in need. If you
Harvest Announces Virtual Celebration
Festival to celebrate “29½” years, support local artists, and celebrate downtown Fredericton With COVID-19 forcing the cancellation of Harvest’s 30th anniversary, organizers are pushing ahead with a virtual celebration at 7:00pm ADT on Saturday, September 19th, and encouraging the community to show their love for the downtown business community that has been so important to
A Message From Harvest
We must confirm what we had sincerely hoped would not be the case: Harvest will not take place this September. Our staff and volunteers had been evaluating various scenarios under which we might proceed, but with today’s announcement from the Province of New Brunswick – and out of an abundance of caution for the health