Simon Proulx and Etienne Lafrance to open Kingston Road Village Concert Series with Nov. 3 performance

The Kingston Road Village Concert Series makes it return this weekend with a concert featuring two fabulous Quebec artists, Simon Proulx, guitar and Etienne Lafrance, double bass.

Proulx and Lafrance will perform a blend of folk, traditional, jazz and baroque music at the concert on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. at Kingston Road United Church.

The performance will be the first of six concerts – three in the fall and three in the spring – that make up the Kingston Road Village Concert Series.

These six concerts feature exciting professional musicians performing music that ranges from traditional classical music, to folk, jazz and avant-garde.

Other concerts in the series are:

• Strings Collide with Ryan Davis (viola) and Cris Derkson (cellist/composer) on Nov. 17 at 2 p.m.
• Quatuor Magenta (Magenta Quartet) from Paris on their first Canadian tour on Dec. 1 at 2 p.m.
• Schmaltz and Pepper featuring the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s principal clarinetist Eric Abramovitz along with an all-star cast on Feb. 9, 2025, at 2 p.m.
• Winter Bach featuring Toronto Symphony musicians who also teach at the University of Toronto’s faculty of music on March 8, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
• Walking Through Fire, The Sultans of String, on April 12 at 8 p.m.

All of the concerts take place in Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd., a central location in the Kingston Road Village and an amazing acoustic space.

The Kingston Road Village Concert Series is a community-based, volunteer-led group that has been presenting concerts in the Upper Beach since 2014. The series is the brainchild of Timothy Dawson, a (now-retired) bassist in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and member of Kingston Road United Church.
The series is non-religious and not directly connected to the church.

Dawson and his dedicated crew of volunteers see the concerts as a way to give back to the community and at the same time, raise some much-needed dollars for its beautiful venue, Kingston Road United Church.

In the last few years, any proceeds have gone to the Raise Our Roof Fund. Recently the church had to replace the 100-year-old slate roof to the tune of more than $1 million.

Everyone is invited take in the concerts or to help as a volunteer or a sponsor.

More information about all of the this season’s concerts, including ticket prices, can be found by going to https://www.kruc.ca/concert-series