The KITCHEN PARTY returns in 2021. Although we cannot gather at Caliper Lake Provincial Park in Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada – we can still enjoy the sights and sounds of “this cool little festival at the lake”!  A few summers ago… Roots Music Canada joined us at the Moose n’ Fiddle Music Festival on Saturday, August 19, 2019 and they had this to say in Dispatch #2:

“4:04 p.m. – The festival is kicking off today with a performance they call the Kitchen Party. Really, it’s a giant jam featuring some of the non-marquee acts – you might say. Namely, Siouxperboat, the Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir, and the Black River Drifters, who will play their own set later tonight. It’s the closest this festival gets to a workshop. And what a jam it is. Black River Drifters are currently leading the audience in a rockin’ cover of “Midnight Special,” and it’s a ton o’ fun.

4:30 p.m. – “How are we for time?” asks one of the members of the Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir.“You’re doing great!” yells a voice from the audience followed by several more voices from the audience concurring. Nobody wants this to end. With that they break into a cover of “Northwest Passage.” Covers aren’t Fu Fu Chi Chi’s strong suit, I’ve noticed, but does anyone really care if you’re singing a classic like this?

4:58 p.m. – Whew! That was fantastic. Really every festival mainstage should open with a sing-a-long jam like that. Black River Drifters were the stars of this one, I think. Not only did they choose some great material — “Ring of Fire,” “Up on Cripple Creek” — they also rocked out on everyone else’s numbers, including Siouxperboat’s cover of the White Stripes’ “Hotel Yorba.” The final number was a cover of “Log Driver’s Waltz” at the request of the audience. It was a crazy good time.” Heather Kitching – Roots Music Canada 

For 2021, we have curated a musical revue that is second to none.  We have included some of your favourite musical acts from past Moose n’ Fiddle Music Festivals and invited a couple new friends to the table as well. Hands up if you remember the big, green school bus and Woody Holler & His Orchestra?  This year, the Kitchen Party line-up also includes: Pharis & Jason Romero; Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres; Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir; and, Red Moon Road.  

Find us on YouTube on August 28th at 8pm, as 89.5 The Lake, our media hosts and sponsor broadcast the Kitchen Party far and wide.