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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "News"
date = "2017-09-08T11:24:00-04:00"
lastmod = "2017-09-08T14:35:00-04:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1504885654136/Cross%20Canada.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2017-09-08T12:21:00-04:00"
related_people = ["scene/people/tracy-dahl.md","scene/people/jacqueline-woodley.md","scene/people/kimberly-barber.md","scene/people/russell-braun.md","scene/people/benjamin-butterfield.md"]
short_description = "With a mission &quot;to raise awareness surrounding the mysterious barricades between mental illness and health, between the darkness of depression and a flicker of hope, between life and death,&quot; Mysterious Barricades brings free concerts to 15 Canadian cities, starting in St. John&#039;s, NL, and ending in Victoria, BC. The organization is led by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Turnbull, whose late husband took his own life two years ago."
slug = "mysterious-barricades-a-flicker-of-hope"
title = "Mysterious Barricades: &quot;A flicker of hope.&quot;"
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This Sunday, **September 10** is World Suicide Prevention Day, and for the second year in a row [Mysterious Barricades](http://www.mysteriousbarricades.org/concerts/) is presenting its extraordinary musical event, [*A Cross-Canada Concert for Suicide Awareness, Prevention and Hope*](http://www.mysteriousbarricades.org/concerts/). 

With a mission "to raise awareness surrounding the mysterious barricades between mental illness and health, between the darkness of depression and a flicker of hope, between life and death," Mysterious Barricades brings **free concerts** to 15 Canadian cities, starting in St. John's, NL, and ending in Victoria, BC. The organization is led by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Turnbull, whose late husband died by suicide two years ago. 

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The impressive collective of performers includes [Tracy Dahl](/scene/people/tracy-dahl/) (Winnipeg), [Jacqueline Woodley](/scene/people/jacqueline-woodley/) (Montréal), [Benjamin Butterfield] (Victoria), [Kimberly Barber](/whos-afraid-of-the-aging-singer_2/) (Kitchener-Waterloo), and [Russell Braun](/scene/people/russell-braun/) (Toronto).

All concerts are **free to attend**, and you can tune in to the cross-Canadian events via [livestream, beginning September 10 at 4:40am EDT](The concerts are [livestreamed starting September 10 at 4:40am EDT](https://livestream.com/ualberta/mysterious-barricades-2017).

To donate to Mysterious Barricades, [click right here.](http://www.mysteriousbarricades.org/donate/)


