Success! Online Art Auction in support of the Blyth Festival Blyth Festival partnered with volunteers and artists from around the province and created a fun and creative way to support the Blyth Festival while adding original works of art to enthusiastic bidders’ collections. Each work of art was created by local and regional artists and donated to help the Blyth …
Blyth Festival Taking 2021 Season Outdoors
BLYTH, ONT. — It’s been a year to forget for the Blyth Festival. “Last year we had about $800,000 in ticket sales. This year, we will have $0 in ticket sales, so that’s a significant change to the bottom line,” says Gil Garratt, the Blyth Festival’s Artistic Director. For the first time in it’s 46 year history, Blyth had pull …
New! Blyth Festival Supporters Can Now Double Donation Power!
Fans and supporters of the Blyth Festival can double the power of any new gifts they make to the Festival, thanks to a $100,000 pledge from two generous local families. Longtime Blyth supporters Dave Southen and Susan Carlyle, along with another anonymous donor, will match any new gifts received before December 31st , to a maximum of $100,000. This matching-gift …
Thank You Blyth Festival Community
There are few words to express how grateful we are for your continued support. Thank you for believing in us.
A message to the Blyth Community
The Blyth Festival, Home of New Canadian Plays, Suspends 2020 Season
Effective immediately, The Blyth Festival is suspending its 2020 season until further notice. This the first time in its 46 year history, that the Blyth Festival has had to take such a step. In a statement, Blyth’s Artistic Director, Gil Garratt, said “As a community leader, the Festival owes a responsibility to help support and amplify the life-saving message of our Public …
World Theatre Day
For all of you Blyth Spirits climbing the isolation walls, spinning around the kitchen table again trying to remember the thrill of the proverbial curtain rising; We’ve put out a call to Blyth Festival artists you know and love, and will be filling these digital streams with authentic, 100% original, downhome Canadian Plays. The Pigeon King Company obliged. So here …
Canadian hockey icon Theo Fleury will join the Blyth Festival as part of their Deeper Roots series of events.
Blyth Festival announces 5th show in 2020
Stage Door Review – A Huron County Christmas Carol
written and directed by Gil Garratt Blyth Festival, Memorial Hall, Blyth November 29-December 22, 2019 Marley’s Ghost: ”We should build the community, not business” You would think Southern Ontario would have had its fill of Christmas Carols. In December Toronto alone will see three staged versions while the Shaw Festival presents the second revival of its own version. Now the …