Acoustic Harvest’s Healing Garden’s Benefit Concert slated for May 24

Acoustic Harvest hosts its annual Healing Garden’s Benefit Concert on Saturday, May 24.

The concert raises funds for The Healing Garden of Solace for Cancer Patients at the Mackenzie Health Foundation in Richmond Hill.

This year’s concert will feature performances by The Laws, James Gordon and Katherine Wheatley.

The concert begins at 8 p.m. and will take place at St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St., in southwest Scarborough.

“We hope that you will consider supporting this very worthy cause and having the opportunity to hear some incredible music from renowned artists. Music enriches, educates and enthralls us; it gives us a life, it engenders hope and beckons us towards a more positive future. Live music is integral to our well being, our visions and dreams, filling our souls with much needed nourishment and sustenance,” said Acoustic Harvest in a news release about the Healing Garden’s Benefit Concert.

The Laws, are the Canadian husband-and wife duo of John and Michele Law. They have been crafting “distinctive Americana and bluegrass music” since 2000.

They have produced six albums and performed across Canada, the United States and Australia.

James Gordon has toured throughout the world, and is known for a number of his songs including Mining for Gold and Frobisher Bay. For more than 10 years he was songwriter-in-residence on CBC Radio’s Basic Black and Ontario Morning. He also served as a Guelph City Councillor.

Katherine Wheatley has toured Canada, the United States and Europe in her long musical career as solo artist and also as a member of Betty and The Bobs and in the trio Boreal.

Tickets for the Acoustic Harvest Healing Garden’s Benefit Concert are $35.

For more information on how to purchase tickets, and about Acoustic Harvest, please go to https://www.acousticharvest.ca/concerts.html