YMCA Breezy Point Camp - Opera House - Orillia, ON
Lightfoot raised $3000 to construct a boys camp near Orillia.
*1970*
Earth Day - Crisler Arena - Ann Arbor, MI
Lightfoot performed at the first Earth Day celebrations before 12,000 people in Ann Arbor.
He performed the very appropriate "Doomsday Song" for the occasion. The cast of Hair was also on the bill.
*1972*
Orillia Arena Fund - Opera House - Orillia, ON
Lightfoot raised $9200 to help construct a new arena in Orillia. I saw the old arena
when I was in Orillia - and man, they really needed that new one!
*1976*
Canadian Olympic Athletes Benefit - Maple Leaf Gardens - Toronto, ON
This concert was broadcast on CBC television and included guests Sylvia Tyson;
Liona Boyd and Murray McLauchlan.
Olympic Benefit - Olympic Village - Montreal, PQ
Unknown Cause - Hynes Auditorium - Boston, MA
*1977*
Harry Chapin World Hunger Project - Detroit Olympia - Detroit, MI
Appeared with James Taylor; Harry Chapin and John Denver. Each of them
were accompanied only by Terry Clements.
Cerebral Palsy Association - Avery Fisher Hall - New York, NY
This concert was later broadcast on WNEW radio in New York.
*1978*
Greenpeace Foundation - Opera House - San Francisco, CA (4 shows)
*1979*
Local Ballet and Symphony - Nassau Coliseum - Long Island, NY
Lightfoot shares the bill with Dave Mason and Harry Chapin.
*1980*
Canadian Olympic Athletes Benefit - CNE Grandstand - Toronto, ON
This show was broadcast on CTV television and included guests the Good Brothers;
Harry Chapin and Liona Boyd.
*1981*
Alan Thicke Juvenile Diabetes Bemefit - Los Angeles, CA
*1983*
Orpheum Restoration - Orpheum Theatre - Davenport, IA
*1987*
Rendezvous For Peace - Quebec City, PQ
Windsor Symphony Benefit - University Field House - Windsor, ON
Folk Fest WNEW Benefit - Folkworks - New York, NY
*1988*
Stein Valley Festival Benefit - Lytton, BC
This was the first of four Stein Valley benefits Lightfoot was to headline. The aim was to
halt the logging of a several hundred square mile sensitive watershed in British Columbia.
It appears to have worked!
World Wildlife Fund Benefit - Toronto, ON
World Wildlife Fund Benefit - Ottawa, ON
*1989*
Temagami Wilderness Benefit - Convocation Hall - Toronto, ON
Old Man River Benefit - High River, AB
Stein Valley Festival Benefit - Lytton, BC
Environment Summit - Ontario Science Centre - Toronto, ON
Opera House Benefit - Opera House - Orillia, ON (2 shows)
*1990*
Earth Day Benefit - Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
Gordie Tapp Anniversary - Centre In The Square - Kitchener, ON
Gordie Tapp is a long time Canadian entertainer who goes back to Lightfoot's
days on Country Hoedown.
Stein Valley Festival Benefit - Tsawwassen Indian Reserve, BC
*1991*
Stein Valley Festival Benefit - Chilliwack, BC
*1993*
United Way Children's Charities - Skydome - Toronto, ON
Lightfoot shared the bill with Simon & Garfunkel on this occasion.
Soldiers Memorial Hospital/Opera House Fund - Orillia, ON (3 shows)
*1994*
Massey Hall Centennial - Massey Hall - Toronto, ON
*1996*
David Suzuki Foundation - House Of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
Lightfoot performed Don Quixote and If You Could Read My Mind at the benefit which
aired on CBC under the title 'Global Dreams' and included as performers
David Foster, Celine Dion and the Blues Brothers.
*1997*
Huronia Symphony Orchestra - Gordon Lightfoot Auditorium - Orillia, ON
That's right, on October 18 in Lightfoot's hometown of Orillia, ON the
101 year old Opera House was renamed after Orillia's favorite musical son.
He performed a benefit for the local symphony that same night.
*1998*
Great Lakes Mariners Memorial Campaign - Vegas Kewadin Casino - Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Lightfoot donated proceeds from his concert that night to the Great Lakes Mariners Memorial Campaign.
*2000*
Farm Family Tribute - Air Canada Center - Toronto, ON
On January 16, Lightfoot joins Ronnie Hawkins (who organized the show); Randy
Bachman; Burton Cummings and many other Canadian performers in a 5 hour concert to
assist farm families in crisis. Hawkins praised Lightfoot as the only "big name"
Canadian to appear and went on to mention Celine Dion, Shania Twain and others who
were conspicuous by their absence. Lightfoot brought the house down with If You Could
Read My Mind and a spellbinding Canadian Railroad Trilogy to climax the event.
*2001*
Renascent Alcohol Rehab Charity - Royal York Hotel - Toronto, ON
Lightfoot stopped by to do a surprise nine song set in November to help out during the
gala evening.
*2002*
Soldier's Memorial Hospital Foundation & Sunshine Festival Theatre Company - Opera House - Orillia, ON
In what has been his final concert appearance to date, in September Lightfoot
performed the first of two concerts to raise money for the above mentioned charities.
When he was unable to do the second night's show due to the onset of his illness,
the decision was made for the two charities to split the proceeds of the one concert.
*2004*
