RCCO Members: Log into your RCCO account before you begin the Festival registration process. This will ensure that the appropriate registration options are available to you, and will auto-fill your information for you.

Festival highlights:

• World-class solo performers: Isabelle Demers, Jonathan Oldengarm, Sarah Svendsen, Martin Jones, Joshua Ehlebracht and Alexander Straus-Fausto. Additional concerts will feature Esprit Singers of Winnipeg, organist Angelique Po, Inuk throat singer Qattuu and CBC's Tom Allen with J.S. Bach's Long Walk in the Snow.
  
  
• The semi-finals and finals of the National Organ Competition will be held on the first and third days of the Festival.
  
  
• Venues include: St Matthews Lutheran Church, St Peter's Lutheran Church, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church and the Church of St John the Evangelist in Kitchener; First United Church and Trillium Lutheran Church in Waterloo; and The Basilica of Our Lady and St George's Anglican Church in Guelph.
  
  
• There will be 18 workshops and masterclasses on a variety of topics ranging from professional development, expanding skillsets and RCCO Centre development.
  
  
• The Kitchener venues and attractions are within a 10-minute walk from the hotel. Transportation to Waterloo and Guelph are part of your registration package. Registration fees include one lunch and our Festival Dinner at the beautiful Pavillion in the centre of Victoria Park, one of Ontario's most beautiful civic parks.
  
  
• All venues are fully accessible. For those with mobility issues, please indicate your needs at registration time and our mobility coordinator will work with you to ensure your stay is comfortable and problem-free.
  
  
• Join the Organ Crawl on Friday, July 11 and see and play some beautiful instruments that will not be featured during the Festival including instruments by Brunzema, Wolff, Casavant  and Guilbault-Thérien. (Additional cost. Lunch and transportation provided.)
  
  
• Friday, July 11 is also opening night for the leading summer choral festival in Ontario, The Elora Festival. Plan to stay in the area for Elora and also consider a visit to the world-famous Stratford Festival just a 30-minute drive from Kitchener.

   
We are pleased to offer convention attendees superior accommodation at a perfect location in Kitchener, one block from Festival headquarters at St Matthews Centre:

The Walper Hotel
20 Queen Street South
Kitchener, Ontario,
N2G 1V6 Canada

Upon registration, Festival attendees will receive the hotel booking link in their registration confirmation email. The special Festival rate of $216 per night is only available using this link.

Extra tickets to concerts will be available in the spring. Further information will be provided in pre-Festival communications.

Please note that there will be an official photographer taking pictures at the Festival.