The story of a city is really the stories of its people, one by one.

The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre has been collecting and celebrating those stories, and they're inviting you to a fundraising concert to help them do more in this, the 100th anniversary of Owen Sound becoming a city.

On Saturday, January 25th, Patrick Mullin will bring special guests in a licenced, coffee house style concert at the Owen Sound Legion to help the centre do just that.

Here's a bit of Patrick's own musical story.

Of Irish decent, Patrick was born and raised in Maidstone, a town near Windsor Ontario. At 14, he was taken to a Gordon Lightfoot concert and was immediately hooked on folk music. It was the blending of the stories and the melodies which captured him. Lightfoot as well as the late Harry Chapin are his inspiration.

He has been performing all his life. He has lived and traveled the width and breath of Canada and in portions of the US playing his acoustic D-35 Martin guitar and telling his stories. He produced and recorded an original CD “Lament for the North” in Ottawa.

 Here's a sample.

Lately, there has been a resurgence of interest – especially from older Canadians – in the old classic acoustic folk music from the 50’s to 70’s. Presently, Patrick focuses on telling stories and performing songs that audiences readily know and sing along with: “Those were the days my friend we thought they’d never end”. 

Most recently, Patrick organized “Folk for the Foundation” and concert at the Royal Canadian Legion here in Owen Sound – where all proceeds – $2600 - went to the MRI campaign of the Owen Sound Hospital.

Tickets for the Folk for Heritage concert are $25, at the door, with all proceeds to the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre's 2020 projects.