A Celebration of Music and Community On August 24th at 2 pm, the Middle River Music Festival will return to Common Grounds Farm, located at 6986 Middle River Rd, St. Thomas. This year marks the festival’s fourth anniversary. Gabe Fontana, Co-Creative Director at Middle River Music Fest, shares that the idea for the festival originated from attending other music festivals. “We thought, ‘We could do this in St. Thomas on the farm,’” he recalls. Living with Amanda’s family and working on her husband Chris’s organic vegetable farm, Common Grounds Farm, Gabe proposed the idea of hosting a music festival there. “They were both immediately open to the idea, unsure and cautious about how much work it involved, but receptive and ready to host this type of event for their community. We all recognized the potential.” The festival has continued to thrive thanks to its clear and compelling vision. “It’s creating a stage for musicians to perform their art in our little corner of southwestern Ontario, welcoming our fellow community members of Elgin, Middlesex, and beyond, inviting food vendors, and collaborating with local charity partners,” Gabe explains. Above all else, the vision we share is of happy people, smiling people, dancing in our field, enjoying music and spending a day on an organic vegetable farm that has provided year-round food to over 400 families in this region for over a decade.” While the core essence of the festival remains unchanged, there have been significant enhancements since its inception. “The first year of the festival went smoothly,” Gabe recounts. “We covered our expenses and donated the proceeds to Grace Cafe in St. Thomas.” Over the years, the festival has upgraded
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