Madeline Merlo, Sonshine and Broccoli, Kyle Wauchope taking stage Dec. 31 exterior Barrie Metropolis Corridor; festivities begin at 6 p.m.
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CITY OF BARRIE
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Downtown Barrie is as soon as once more the place to be to ring within the new 12 months.
This 12 months’s free, family-friendly Downtown Countdown celebration on Dec. 31 will embrace an incredible lineup with a rustic twist that includes Madeline Merlo, Sonshine and Broccoli as the youngsters’s performer, and native artist Kyle Wauchope.
“The Downtown Countdown is such a fantastic way to ring in the new year — it really brings our city’s downtown to life with fun for the whole family,” mentioned Mayor Alex Nuttall. “This memorable event has something for everyone including an exciting lineup of entertainment, a variety of family activities, and the grand finale, a spectacular fireworks display. It’s the perfect way to come together to welcome 2025.”
Since 1998, the Downtown Countdown has introduced hundreds from close to and much collectively to rejoice the arrival of the brand new 12 months at Barrie Metropolis Corridor. The festivities begin at 6 p.m.
Along with the musical performances, the Downtown Countdown celebration will embrace skating, household actions, roaming buskers, and two fireworks reveals — the primary following the youngsters’s present and the second at midnight.
Yearly, the Metropolis of Barrie invitations native bands to submit for the chance to carry out on the Downtown Countdown stage. From over 35 submissions, Kyle Wauchope was chosen to carry out together with his band at this 12 months’s occasion.
Barrie Transit bus service can be free on New Yr’s Eve beginning at 5 p.m. with hourly service prolonged to three a.m. Prolonged schedules could be discovered on myridebarrie.ca.
The Downtown Countdown is sponsored by Pure Nation 106, Bounce Radio 104.1, CTV Barrie, Mattamy Houses, and South Barrie Group constructed by Aspenridge, Countrywide, Regal Crest, and Remington Houses.
For extra data and bulletins to come back, go to barrie.ca/DowntownCountdown.
Concerning the performers:
Madeline Merlo is a rising nation star with an outdated soul and a brand new college model. After signing a document deal at 18, Merlo earned the CCMA Rising Star award in 2015, competed on Season 2 of songwriting actuality sequence Songland with Champagne Evening turning into a platinum-certified No. 1 for Woman A, she was named to CMT Subsequent Girls of Nation class of 2024, and her nation/funk and soul single, It Didn’t, has greater than 10 million Spotify streams. Merlo’s new undertaking, ONE HOUSE DOWN (from the lady subsequent door), together with single Damaged Coronary heart Factor (that includes Dustin Lynch), is her most emotionally insightful undertaking but and finds her providing a message of encouragement to her youthful self — and all those that really feel somewhat completely different. madelinemerlo.com
For 20 years, households throughout Canada have been singing and dancing together with Sonshine and Broccoli, the Juno-nominated duo from Toronto who know the way vital it’s for kids to have music they’ll name their very own. With infectious power and interactive performances, Lisa Sonshine and Brock Burford have at all times made their followers really feel like a part of the household. Having met within the musical theatre program at Sheridan School, the 2 have turn out to be leaders on Canada’s music scene for kids, releasing a number of albums, acting at occasions throughout the nation, showing on each native and nationwide tv and radio, and opening for the likes of Fred Penner. With six albums, Sonshine and Broccoli proceed to share music that builds confidence, celebrates variations, and encourages youngsters to permit their very own distinctive star to shine. sonshineandbroccoli.com
It’s been simply over two years since Kyle Wauchope launched his first single, Not Even, and he has proven no indicators of slowing down. Having began his solo profession in 2022, Kyle has had over 200 gigs whereas retaining his day job. Having been an viewers member for quite a few Downtown Countdowns, he can’t wait to have his shot at rocking Barrie into the brand new 12 months. It’s not usually Kyle performs his music with a full band, however audiences are in for a deal with as he works in the direction of greater alternatives in 2025. kylewauchope.com
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