July 1.  Canada Day Parade, Buckingham.  The forty units will include two floats with musical shows: on the Dan Farnand float Phil Casey, John Gorman and Roger Mercier, playing country and bluegrass - on the Findlay twins’ float Viateur Pagé, Madame Lorraine and La Volute, the young fiddlers from the Académie St-Laurent.  Starting from the Royal Canadian Legion in Buckingham at 10.00 am.  In the afternoon performances by  Ed Leclerc (fiddler from Wakefield), and country singers Gary and Stephanie Fairburn and others at Ed (“Junior”) Lemieux’s farm, starting after the horse pull at about 5.00 pm.  Admission: $5.00. 

The Lemieux farm is on the Doherty Road (from Buckingham take the road to Mayo, highway 315, and exit at the traffic circle about 2 km out of town).  Information from Mr. Lemieux at (819) 281-5487.

July 1. This is Fiftyday!  The Fiftymen do an Alt country hoedown, with instrumental rock & roll band Atomic 7.  At the Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield.  10:00 pm.  Advanced ticket purchases: $10.00 at Compact Music (Bank and Third or Bank and Slater, Ottawa).  Tel.: (613) 233 – 8922.  Or at Ottawa Folklore Centre, 1111 Bank Street, Ottawa.  Tel: (613)  730 – 2887.  Or drop by or call (819)  459 – 3228 and reserve $10.00 ticket (MasterCard only). 
Admission at the door: $10.00.  

July 4, 11, 18, 25.  The Hugh Scott Show – Hugh Scott is a country singer from Luskville.  At the Aylmer Marina Resto-Bar, 1 Principale, Aylmer.  3.00-7.00 pm.  Every Sunday until the end of August

July 8. Al Visser Trio (soft rock and country music). Al Visser comes originally from Aylmer..  At the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 59 Bancroft Street, Aylmer.  7:30 pm.  Admission free.  Full meal available at 6 pm at a cost of $6.00 per person.
For information call: (819) 684-7063.