McGregor Music Festival returns to Co-An Park this Sunday

Crowds enjoy the 33rd annual McGregor Festival in 2024.

The plans are finalized and the 34th annual McGregor Music Festival is ready to be held.

The festival returns this Sunday – June 8 – at Co-An Park in McGregor with eight area bands scheduled along with a car show, pig auction, raffle, a rib dinner and more. It is a fundraiser for the Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation.

“Everything is set,” said organizing committee chair Sue LeClair. “The bands are set. Everything is ready to go.”

Gates open at 10 a.m. and the music starts at 11 a.m. with C2C Entertainment.

Other bands scheduled include Crowbar Hotel at 12 noon, Jammin’ for Wellness at 1 p.m., Looking Back at 2 p.m., Bad Moustache at 3 p.m., Krazy Kenny & the Cruisers at 5 p.m., Exit 31 at 6 p.m. and The All Nighters at 7 p.m.

One of the festival’s more popular features is the pig auction, and that is scheduled to get underway at 4 p.m.

A rib dinner will be served from 4:30-6:30 p.m. with $20 tickets available by calling LeClair at 519-996-5406.

LeClair said there is a wide range of raffle prizes, including $1,000 in free groceries, a 62-inch television, Windsor Spitfires tickets, tickets to a Toronto Maple Leafs home game, a wagon full of wine and more.

“It’s just amazing,” she said of the prizes.

Proceeds benefit the patient assistance fund at the Windsor Regional Cancer Centre.

“We’re hoping to raise as much as last year,” said LeClair. 

LeClair said $95,000 was raised last year and about 1,000 people attended.

“We’re hoping everyone had a great time and comes back,” she said.

The car show is open to all owners of classic vehicles, with the cost being the entry fee to get into the park.

Admission is $5 per person. The festival is held rain or shine, with LeClair pointing out the bands and a lot of seating is held in a covered area.

Co-An Park is located at 11071 Concession 11 in McGregor.

McGregor Music Festival returns to Co-An Park this Sunday

By Ron Giofu