Music of Canadian rock legends featured in Burlington performance

Several artists will gather in Burlington this month to honour a Canadian music icon and a cause he supported.

Presented at Burlington Performing Arts Centre (BPAC), Legacy: A concert in support of the Downie-Wenjack Fund, will not only raise money but also be used to heighten the profile of the charity that aims to improve the lives of Indigenous people by building awareness, education, and connections between all peoples in Canada.

The late Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip had been an active supporter of the rights of Indigenous people and urged Canadians to take steps to improve the relations between all cultures and support efforts of reconciliation.

Chanie Wenjack was an Ojibwe First Nations boy who ran away from a Residential School in Kenora, Ontario in 1954 and died of hunger and exposure. His story has since been used to demonstrate the plight of colonized native Canadians.

The concert will feature The Poets, a Tragically Hip tribute band, and Walking Through The Fire, a musical collaboration of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists and the Juno-nominated Sultans Of String.

The show will be presented Oct. 17 at the BPAC main stage starting at 8 p.m.

Ticket information can be found here.