Leith Summer Festival to Celebrate 2026 Season Opening with June 27 Gala
Jazz singer Jessica Lalonde and her pianist fiancée Adrean Farrugia to play the Gala Opening of Leith Summer Festival 2026 on June 27, 2026, at 7:30 pm.
Announcing the new 2026 Leith Summer Music Festival season is very thrilling for me as I continue in my third year as artistic director. This summer, we bring a rich palette of internationally acclaimed artists in full bloom, performing music that I know you will cherish, in our idyllic 1865 Leith Historic Church.
Our opening gala concert on June 27th features the incomparable jazz singer Jessica Lalonde and her pianist fiancée Adrean Farrugia.
I first heard them at the Waterloo Jazz Room last September and couldn’t stop smiling throughout their performance – I knew instantly that Leith had to hear this dynamic team.
Adrean is a multiple JUNO award nominee and winner, and his jazz piano playing is remarkably dimensional and fluid. You will also delight in the many vocal shades of Jessica Lalonde, named “One of Canada’s top women in Jazz” by JAZZ.FM91. Trained in jazz and classical, Jessica channels music through an unaffected purity of tone that is both grounded and boundless.
This gala event also includes the Penderecki String Quartet, Ethan Ardelli on drums, and Roberto Occhipinti on bass. It promises to be a glamourous evening blending classical and jazz with new arrangements for the entire cast. Can’t wait!
Submitted by Jeremy Bell – Artistic Director of LSF
For tickets and more information go to: www.roxytheatre.ca or www.leithchurch.ca