Editing Saint John, New Brunswick (section)

===Music===
Early settlers influenced music in Saint John from the time the area had been a series of forts for the English and French colonists. Working class fishers, labourers and shipbuilders carried Maritime traditions and folk songs with kitchen parties and outdoor gatherings. But musical high culture was captured by the wealthy. New Brunswick's solicitor-general 1784–1808, Ward Chipman Sr was known to have fancy soirées at his home with all the latest songs from London. A notable Loyalist musician, Stephen Humbert, moved in 1783 from New Jersey to Saint John and opened a Sacred Vocal Music School. In 1801 Humbert published Union Harmony, the first Canadian music book in English. The Mechanics' Institute, built in 1840, was the first large-scale platform for comic opera and concerts. In 1950 The Saint John Symphony was founded by Kelsey Jones; by 1983 the organization became [[Symphony New Brunswick]].<ref name="MusicSJ">{{cite web|title=Music in Saint John|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/saint-john-nb-emc/|access-date=July 30, 2017}}</ref> Some musicians from Saint John include Berkley Chadwick,<ref>{{cite web |title=Berkley E. Chadwick |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/berkley-e-chadwick-emc |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |publisher=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> [[Stompin' Tom Connors]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian Singer, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/arts/stompin-tom-connors-canadian-singer-dies-at-77.html |access-date=27 March 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=7 March 2013}}</ref> [[Ken Tobias]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Tobias |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ken-tobias-emc |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |publisher=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> [[Blank Banshee]], Stevedore Steve,<ref>{{cite news|title=Stevedore Steve, writer of Lester the Lobster, dead at 80|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/stevedore-steve-obit-1.3806926|access-date=July 30, 2017}}</ref> [[Jane Coop]], [[Bruce Holder]], [[Frances James (soprano)|Frances James]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Frances James |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frances-james-emc |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |publisher=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> songwriter Michael F. Kelly,<ref name="MusicSJ"/> Ned Landry,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ned Landry |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ned-landry-emc |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |publisher=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> composer and teacher Edward Betts Manning,<ref name="MusicSJ"/> organist Paul Murray,<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Murray |url=https://www.renforthmusic.com/composers/paulmurray.php |website=renforthmusic.com |publisher=Renforth Music |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> [[Catherine McKinnon]], Patricia Rideout, [[Frances C. Robinson]], Philip Thomson, and tenor and choir conductor [[Gordon Wry]].

Music festivals have long been a part of the city's cultural scene. New Brunswick's Music Festival was held in Saint John every Spring in the early- to mid-20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uptownsj.com/blog/2013/06/07/salty-jam-july-56-headliners-announced/ |publisher=Maclean's |access-date=13 November 2019 |title=Salty Jam . July 5&6 . Headliners Announced – Uptown Saint John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113005252/https://uptownsj.com/blog/2013/06/07/salty-jam-july-56-headliners-announced/ |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As the city's music changed with the times, so did its festivals. Other popular festivals include the now defunct Festival By The Sea<ref>{{cite web |url=http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/festivals.html |title=Annual Festivals |access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> and Salty Jam<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uptownsj.com/blog/2013/06/07/salty-jam-july-56-headliners-announced/ |publisher=Uptown Saint John |access-date=13 November 2019 |title=Salty Jam . July 5&6 . Headliners Announced – Uptown Saint John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113005252/https://uptownsj.com/blog/2013/06/07/salty-jam-july-56-headliners-announced/ |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> catering to various genres of pop music.

The Area 506 music festival is held every New Brunswick Day long-weekend at Long Wharf on [[Saint John Harbour]]. The festival is set up with shipping containers from the port with vendors from New Brunswick companies to promote local business. A main stage area is also set up for night time shows with local acts as well as major groups. Major bands to have played Area 506 include [[Tegan and Sara]], Stars, Bahamas, Interpol, and Arkells. Each year the festival also includes a bevy of bands coming out of the Saint John music scene.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saint John waterfront transformed into shipping container village for Area 506 festival|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/area-506-festival-saint-john-1.4208215|access-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref> Quality Block Party music festival hosts independent New Brunswick musicians in smaller venues throughout uptown Saint John. The festival gets its name from the old quality block on Germain Street.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quality Block Party vies for status as 'destination festival'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/quality-block-party-saint-john-1.4191385|publisher=CBC|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>