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| "OLG Presents Music" across Ontario this summer OLG (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation) today announced its 2008 OLG music sponsorship program called "OLG Presents Music". This program supports music at festivals in events across Ontario this summer with 657, 300 thousand in sponsorship dollars. "OLG Presents Music" kicks off this weekend with the OLG Music Stage at the closing celebrations of the Luminato Festival in Toronto and Burlington's Sound of Music Festival. This will be followed with sponsorships of the Toronto PRIDE presentation of Melanie C formerly of the Spice Girls, and the TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival. "We are proud to be bringing back OLG Presents Music for a second year, " said CEO Kelly McDougald. "Our revenues directly benefit not only healthcare and learning, but also communities throughout Ontario. OLG is committed to be a great partner in the communities in which we operate, and supporting music events reflects this commitment." The OLG Music Stage at Luminato in the Historic Distillery District in downtown Toronto will present premiere classical ensemble Quartetto Gelato, Juno award-winner Cuban-Canadian Alex Cuba with the Alex (*)Cuba All Stars, R&B soul songstress and Canadian Urban Music Award winner Divine Brown, Edmonton's R&B queen Kreesha Turner, the inspirational Justin Hines and singer/songwriter Joshua Bartholomew. The following is a complete province-wide listing of "OLG Presents Music" events: << Luminato June 6-15 Burlington's Sound of Music Festival June 12-15 PRIDE Toronto June 20-29 TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival June 20-July 1 CHIN International Picnic June 28-July 1 Fort Erie Friendship Festival June 27-July 1 Brantford's Canada Day Festival July 1 Thunder Bay Blues Festival July 4-6 Northern Lights Festival Boréal (Sudbury) July 4-6 Windsor Bluesfest International July 10-13 ROTARYFEST (Sault Ste. Marie) July 17-19 Hanover Sights and Sounds Festival July 24-26 Beaches International Jazz Festival July 18-27 Kempenfest (Innisfil) August 1-4 Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights June 21-August 23 Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival August 4-10 Festival of the Islands (Thousand Islands) August 8-16 Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto) August 15- September 1 Western Fair (London/Woodstock) September 5-14 Thunder Bay Auditorium Concert Series June 2008-2009 >> write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |