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Musicians from Southern Ontario gather in honour of local musician, singer and friend, John Licari, who died in June 2022 after a three year battle with cancer.
John was a staple of the Southern Ontario music scene as well as the longtime organist and music director for Sacred Heart Church in Guelph, since 1988.
Original band members and high school friends, Johnny Cusinato and Jason Damaren will perform as well as Southern Ontario musicians Dave Huber, D’eve Archer, Attila Toth and the Jazz/Funk group Forza, (Jason Raso, Enio Diretto and Daniel Steduto); joining them will be world renowned virtuoso guitarist, Adrian Raso.
The band will be joined by actor, director, television host and musician, Frank Licari (John’s brother) who will MC the event and perform lead vocals on a number of songs… including performing an original song that he wrote for his brother last year. Frank is currently guest starring opposite Jeremy Renner on the Paramount+ show, Mayor of Kingstown and was recently seen as Dean McFarlane on the hit series, Hardy Boys and as Machir on Season 3 of the worldwide hit, The Chosen.
The evening will include a 90 minute concert filled with a diverse genre of music including, Jazz, Funk, Blues, Rock, Folk, Gypsy Rockabilly and more as well as stories and multimedia memories celebrating a man’s life that meant so much to so many.
The event is presented by Quite Frankly Entertainment in partnership with and officially sanctioned by SickKids Foundation and SickKids Hospital.
VENUE / TICKETS: RiverRun Centre, 35 Woolwich Street Guelph | 519-763-3000 | www.RiverRun.ca
Ticket link: https://riverrun.ca/whats-on/the-john-licari-2nd-annual-charity-event-in-support-of-sickkids/
DATE/TIME: Saturday April 6th, 2024 @ 7:00pm
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