Coming to the SOLD OUT this weekend? Here’s what you need to know:
Doors open at 7 p.m. Jill and Lisa will be at the door to greet you.
This is a standing room only show with limited seating on the benches. If you require accommodations to ensure accessibility we want to help! Contact sara@creemore.com 705-888-5139 in advance if that makes you more comfortable.
The show starts around 8 p.m. There is not an opener.
Food is available – LEZ EATS will be with us serving Classic Poutine, Cheeseburgers, Hamburgers, Pulled Pork on a bun, Fries, Dill Pickles and Chicken Fingers
Remember to bring your beer mug. Avening Hall is working towards zero waste and we have eliminated plastic beer cups. Bring your Avening Hall mug or other favourite drinking vessel. We will have lots of our great enamel mugs for sale for only $5 each if you forget.
Gavin and the bar crew will be pouring 355 mls of Creemore Springs beer or Duntroon cider or 5 oz of wine for $8 per serving.
BRING CASH – there are no ATMS in Avening.
PARKING – Please ignore our parking lines. To fit the most cars possible we ask you to think city parking in the country and safely cozy up to the next vehicle. Once the lot is full we ask you to park on Avening’s side streets and cross under the sentinel light. Please do not park on the grass. We are trying to get it growing:)
Any questions contact sara@creemore.com
See you soon.
Rheostatics return to Avening with The Great Lakes Suite.
Saturday, May 9. Doors at 7 p.m. Show at 8 p.m.
Tickets $65 (including tax. Ticketing fees extra) on sale HERE starting Friday, Jan 23 at 10 a.m.
Standing room only – accommodation can be made in advance by contacting sara@creemore.com.
Released November 21, 2025 The Great Lakes Suite was originally inspired by a desire to create another conceptual project comparable to the band’s 1995 album Music Inspired by the Group of Seven, and began after Dave Bidini hit on the idea of a suite about the Great Lakes. Bidini also stated that given the current climate of political tensions between Canada and the United States around Donald Trump’s tariffs and annexation threats, he hoped that the album would resonate with American listeners as well, given that the Great Lakes are shared between both countries and stand as a symbol of unity, co-operation and friendship rather than division.*
The Great Lakes Suite:
1. The Moon Dreams (feat. Anne Carson)
2. Huron
3. Homes (feat. Laurie Anderson, Kendel Carson)
4. Lake Michigan Triangle (feat. Maiah Wynne)
5. Geology (feat. Uncle Neil O’Donnell)
6. The Drop Off (feat. Gord Downie)
7. Thunder Bay
8. She Walks Forever (feat. Chief Stacey Laforme)
9. Friday 4:20 AM Swimming (feat. Anne Carson, Hugh Marsh)
10. Mishipeshu (feat. Alex Lifeson)
11. Tasiq (feat. Tanya Tagaq)
12. Thursday 12 PM Swimming (feat. Anne Carson)
13. Erie (feat. Abøn)
14. Mammals (feat. Uncle Neil O’Donnell)
15. A Wake (feat. Liz Howard)
16. Water Wisdom (feat. Chief Stacey Laforme)
17. Ode to the Great Lakes (feat. Pat Hearn)
18. The Inland Sea (feat. Kevin Hearn)
- info from Wikipedia