09/06/2026
When it became clear there wasn’t enough support to bring back Arts, Beats & Eats for a third year, I wasn’t ready to let live music OR art disappear from Bridgeburg.
So I decided to create Arts & Beats with a little help from some likeminded folks.
A smaller, scrappier celebration spread throughout the district, with local businesses opening their doors and hosting live performances. No big festival footprint. Just music spilling out along Jarvis Street and plenty of reasons to wander.
Here’s where you’ll find everyone:
🎶 The Fox Shop
Massiel La Girasol C.d. Onofrio and special guest beatboxer C**t
🎶 Koko&Jinx - Bridgeburg
tidefall
🎶 Found (In Bridgeburg) Art • Makers • Ideas
Zach Bury • Musician & Photographer
🎶 McCooey’s Cycle and Sport
Nick
McCooey’s will also be licensed and serving up b**rs from Blackburn B**r Company
And keep your ears open for bonus musical pop-ups at Bridgeburg Books and Games and The Retro Shop with Rene WJ Huard
There’s art, too. Tracy Hatcher Art and I have worked hard to organize an Art Battle at the former Waffle Bandits location, with at least ten artists creating and competing. The winner will be chosen by blind ballot and awarded a featured front-window exhibition at Found in Bridgeburg for one month.
A huge thank you to Blackburn B**r Company and Kendale Products for helping make Arts & Beats happen.
It may be smaller than the festival that came before it, but the idea behind it is exactly the same: bring people to Historic Bridgeburg Fort Erie , fill the street with music and art, and give you a reason to explore the businesses that keep this district alive.
The arts are alive and well in Bridgeburg. Come see for yourself.