Apple Crisp Hits The Road - Rueben deGroot and The Gertrudes Tour Dates Announced

Two Apple Crisp bands are about to embark on a couple of exciting tours. Rueben deGroot and his band are heading out at the end of this week to drive around Ontario with Sugarplum (Emily Fennell’s side project) and Cameron Latimer to the following locations:

July 17th - The Merchant - Kingston
July 18th - Wally’s - Guelph
July 19th - Bloomfield Hall - Prince Edward County (afternoon)
July 19th - The Mansion - Kingston (with Richard Laviolette - evening show)
July 20th - The Cove - Westport
July 22nd - The Spill - Peterborough
July 23rd - St Catherines (with Matt Sajn)
July 24th - Tranzac - Toronto (with Nick Rose)
July 25th - The Elmdale House Tavern - Ottawa
July 26th - The Mansion - Kingston (with The Jack Grace Band and Luther Wright)
Come to any/all shows you can! See myspace.com/ruebendegroot for last minute updates on locations and times, etc.

Also, Apple Crisp’s biggest band (yet…) The Gertrudes are heading out to Sappyfest! They play Saturday August 1st in the Mainstage Tent alongside Lonnie James and Jon Rae Fletcher.  While on the East Coast, they’ll also hit Gus’ Pub in Halifax for a show with Rueben deGroot on August 3rd and stop in at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield for another show with Rueben deGroot and Dan Kosub on August 6th…

Then they’re back in Kingston just in time to play Friday night (before Sarah Harmer) on Wolfe Island as part of the Wolfe Island Music Festival (which incidentally is featuring some awesome bands this year including Kingston faves The RAA as well as Woodhands and many others - see the festival website for more details).