"If you make positive associations with nature early, then you can draw from that well, wherever you are.  You can summon that scene and calm yourself down.  And because you spent so much time there you can vividly evoke it, right down to the scent of the trees and the sound of the wind.

"It's not a bad thing to have at your disposal.  No matter how old you are."

~ Bruce Grierson, contributing editor to explore magazine.  July/August 2009.

Mumford & Sons Gentlemen of the Road Stopover 2013

 





"Music alone with sudden charms can bind
The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind."

~ William Congreve (167- - 1729)  Elizabethan dramatist, playwright, poet.

Gates Open Simcoe Gentlemen of the Road Stopover

"Last year's Stopovers were a dream come true for us.  We collaborated with small, quirky towns around the world to put on a stone-cold wonderful day of music (excuse the immodesty).

"Every town has something unique to share."  ~ Mumford & Sons

~ Simcoe, August 24 & 25, 2013

Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen of the Road Stopover Simcoe

"We encourage everyone to explore.  Soak it up.  Enjoy the town.  There will be events happening into the night (and in the mornings for early risers).  If it's a town you've never been to, you've got no excuses; if it's the town you are from, thank you for having us.  We cannot wait."

~ Mumford & Sons

Gentlemen of the Road ~

The buried man ~ FESTIVAL GROUNDS SIMCOE The Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen of the Road Stopover, August 24 & 25, 2013.

The Heart of Simcoe, Norfolk ~ Downtown

Gentlemen of The Road

"EACH GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD STOPOVER celebrates the local food, culture, and music of an interesting small city or town.  We've handpicked these unique communities and have collaborated with our local partners to build a fun and intimate live music experience from the ground up..." ~ Mumford & Sons

Congratulations, Simcoe, Norfolk, on a job well done.  Shuttle buses carried visitors from off-site parking and camping to the heart of Simcoe ~ downtown.   Street fairs and business promotions attracted residents as well as people from British Columbia, New Brunswick, the U.S. and Europe to mention a few.

Main streets were closed to vehicles to accommodate the flow of an estimated thirty-five thousand visitors.

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