Home Brew Festival will feature lots of talent, brewed locally!

By Casandra Turnbull

Entertainers of all ages are coming together next Saturday to perform at an all-day community festival - and this is just one of more than 30 county-wide events taking place in the next few weeks in celebration of Culture Days

If you love music and are looking for a some home brewed talent, look no further than Home Brew, a dynamic and interactive day of music, presented by the talented Joan Minnery Enterprises in conjunction with Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead.

The festival was approved by the County of Brant as one of many submissions to participate in the Culture Days Celebration. Musical talent of all ages, ranging from 8 years old to 70 years young, will hit the stage at noon on September 23rd and will entertain until the sun goes down,

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around 8 pm. If you’re the type who not only loves to listen to music but likes to groove to the beat, rest assured there will be opportunities to get involved The event will offer Highland Dance Lessons as well as Line Dance Lessons and you’re likely to find yourself participating in a few sing-a-longs too. However, the best way to get involved, says event organizer Joan Minnery, is to simply attend and bring some friends to enjoy the day.

“The fact that it’s 100% local is exciting,” said Minnery And she would know! She’s well known in the local entertainment industry. You might recognize her name for many reasons She’s the face behind the Brantford Elvis Festival that ran for 8 years, as well as Rock of Ages Festival and a myriad of community events and functions over the last couple decades. “As a performer, this was (local talent) paramount to me. Every person involved lives in our community. It was also a mandate that we include cultural performances and diversity within our entertainment and we’re very happy about our roster,” she added.

Hungarian and Ukrainian Dancers and Angus Highland Dancers will infuse a bit of culture into the line-up Guests will also enjoy the likes of more than a dozen performers – Taya/Kyra Humpartzoomian, Delilah Minshall, Greg Zaluski, Ruby Williams, Shelby Lapinski, Carl Mulligan, SIVLE, Morgan Whitcroft, STOMPtastic Line Dance Troupe, Iris Mottershead, Ryleigh Fitzpatrick, Hilary Cowell, Steve Duran, and most recently confirmed the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band

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SIVLE bandmates, Bob, Joan, Bill and Dan. They will be part of the Home Brew entertainment line-up, taking place at Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead on Saturday, September 23rd. Home Brew is one of more than 30 events being held county-wide between September 22 and October 15 as the county celebrates Culture Days.

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Minnery is the organizer behind-thescenes, along with a small group of volunteers, including her partner Keith Curley who’s helped with advertising, but she’s not the behindthe-scenes kind of gal. She’ll also appear on stage as a performer Alongside Dan Taylor, her son Bill and brother Bob, her family band SIVLE is part of the line up. Minnery, a professional entertainer and busy motivational speaker, loves being front centre as the front person for the Rock Band SIVLE Music and entertaining is deeply immersed in her life so it’s no surprise that she’s also a community music facilitator teaching her adult Musicking Classes. Although Home Brew is a new event, Minnery hopes if all goes well it will morph into an annual festival that grows.

Minnery wants to thank Nancy Carubba from Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead for stepping up to offer a venue for the upcoming Culture Days events. “She’s stepped up in a huge way to assist folks in creating community content within the month-long awareness event. Nancy offered the pavilion and space at the Homestead to run our event and for that we are eternally grateful,” said Minnery. If you’d like to learn more about the Home Brew event, or to follow its entertainment line-up leading up to the event, follow them online or on Social Media

Otherwise, bring your lawn chair and be ready to take in some local talent while celebrating the diversity rooted in our community