The fifth annual Arts Carleton Place fundraiser "Sounds of Downtown" co-presented with the Carleton Place BIA, is on Saturday, September 11 on Bridge Street. The featured headliners at the Town Hall are Sheesham & Lotus. For old ragtime mountain high steppin' music, don't miss these two musicians and singers. You step back in time watching them perform traditional minstrel tunes, the flatfoot buck-dance, hambone hand-jive, playing jaw-harp, fretless and gourd banjos, harmonica, fiddle and banjo.

These guys will get you clapping at the town hall auditorium.

Before the 9 p.m. concert, check out the other performers and venues. Performances starting at 6 p.m. are: Next in Line jazz duo at The Good Food Co., the always popular Carleton Place & District Community Band at the Post Office, a busker at the Granary. A new location this year is St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church where the Mississippi Mudds Youth Choir will be performing Broadway tunes, 6-8 p.m. Stop in at Surrounding Memories to check out our talented local artists in the Gallery. The SRC Rock Camp students will be rockin' at The Barge, 6-8 p.m. Listen and snap your fingers to LiPS Slam Poetry and the Capital Poetry Collective performing the spoken word at Brush Strokes. A new restaurant, Saigon's Delight, will be offering Vietnamese music and delicious samplings. At St. James Gate at 7 p.m. and at 10.30 p.m., don't miss the ever popular Kirk Armstrong. The Thirsty Moose has acoustic blues with the Night Crawlers at 7 p.m. and Still Dangerous at 9.30 p.m. Buskers, presented by SRC Music, will be playing along Bridge Street. The Barge has Brock Zeman at 9.30 p.m. and Ballygiblin's is presenting the talented Brea Lawrenson starting at 7 p.m. and at 10.00 p.m.

The Moore House will be open with artistic and historical displays along with a barbershop quartet performance by Wellington Street from 6-8 p.m.

This year the main concert featuring Sheesham & Lotus starts at 9 p.m. There is a cash bar, 8.30-10.30 p.m. It’s going to be a great show!

For all of you late night folk, The Barge, Ballygiblin's, St. James Gate Pub and The Thirsty Moose will be offering entertainment.

Buy your passports early. The $15 passport: all venues except the Sheesham & Lotus concert. The $25 passport: all venues plus the 9 p.m. Sheesham & Lotus concert. All passports allow for sampling and munching appetizers. What a deal!

Passport location: Drop in and visit the Train Station Information Centre and Gallery, 132 Coleman Street. Cash and cheques only please. Telephone 613 257-2031

Please support the arts in our community! See you on September 11!