JUNE 1&2, 2019
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MAIN STAGE
(Provided by Edmonton Folk Fest)
(Spoken Word / Poetry - With Technical Assistance from E4C)
(Presented by CreART Free School of Art)
MAIN STAGE LINEUP
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
11:00-11:25 AM Angelitos
11:30-11:40 AM Steven Johnson
11:45-12:10 AM Brother Octopus
12:15-12:30 PM Wendy Gregson & Renee McLachlan
12:35-12:45 PM Vice Verser
12:50-1:10 PM Escape Goat
1:15-1:35 PM Nebular Wave
1:40-1:50 PM Chubby Cree
1:55-2:15 PM Misery Mountain Boys
2:20-2:35 PM Lost Furs
2:40-3:00 PM Magnet and The Magnettes
3:05-3:20 PM Jayden Paz
3:25-3:55 PM Hewson Grey
4:00-4:30 PM RELLIK
4:35-4:55 PM Fontaine Lewis
5:00-5:25 PM Baby Boy Blue
5:30-6:00 PM Jenesia
6:05-6:25 PM Leo Martinez Project
6:30-7:00 PM Lia Cole
7:05-7:35 PM Josh Sahunta
7:40-8:10 PM Jacquie Daniels and the Jokers
8:15-8:35 PM Jet Power
8:40-9:05 PM Lutra Lutra
9:10-9:30 PM TrapCity
9:35-10:20 PM Deadly Nedly
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
11:00-11:20 AM Karella and The Elevation Band
11:25-11:35 AM Brendon Greene
11:40-12:00 PM Form 10
12:05-12:15 PM Nolan Smits
12:20-12:40 PM Samara Von Rad
12:45-1:00 PM A Sin & A Lie
1:05-1:25 PM SHAG
1:30-1:40 PM Naeem Gabriel
1:45-2:00 PM Keylation
2:05-2:20 PM Whyte Ave Womprats
2:25-2:55 PM El Niven and The Alibi
3:05-3:30 PM The Give 'Em Hell Boys
3:40-3:55 PM Caleb Sorenson
4:05-4:25 PM FKB
4:35-4:50 PM Danielle Dayton
5:00-5:20 PM No Such Thing As Ghost
5:30-5:55 PM The Spanish Flies
6:05-6:35 PM Kane Incognito
THE BEAT
SPOKEN WORD STAGE
Supported by: e4c
Saturday, June 1
1:00 PM The Beat’s Afternoon Poetry Session
With host Nisha Patel
Featuring Donna Durand and patti sinclair as She SEZ
Also reading: Omar, Adam Snider, Jack Delong and Vice Verser
Time permitting we will host a short open stage at the end of this session.
3:00 PM Fearless Poets Workshop
Your words. Your way.
In this 90 minute playshop, take your poem up a notch and convey more of who you are as an artist, using movement, music, breath, rhythm and sound to enhance and support your message.
Bring an original short poem you are prepared to transform and perform. Come with an open
mind and heart.
Your facilitators are Donna Durand and patti sinclair
7:00 PM Sacred Speech: Being Mindful of Indigenous Laws & Teachings In Writing and Sharing
This workshop’s aim is to educate around and reaffirm the importance of practicing the laws of the land on which we reside. Of being mindful, sensitive and inclusionary of the ways of knowing of the First Peoples. Practising indigenous allyship in spoken word poetry.
With Sissy Thiessen
5:00 PM An Evening of Poetry
With host Brandon Case
Featuring Omar Farah and K’alii
Also reading: Diamond Zilx, Ash Catcher, Ben Freeland and Araya Howard
8:00 PM Comedy in the Park
With host Dan Taylor
Featuring Jim Kerr
Also Performing: Kyle Canniff, Fay Fey Dunaway, Cian Beatty, Sausha Supernault, Meagan Massini and Brad Semotiuk.
Sunday, June 2
1:00 PM Sunday Story Slam
Competing for a $100 prize are local storytellers Mathew O’Bertos, Nadine Hunt, Leif Gregersen, Liam Leroux, Nick Zon, Andrea Cheung, Matthew James Weigel and Kaz Mega.
Each story teller gets five minutes to tell a family-friendly, original, unpublished story.
Do you think you have a great story to tell? Want to compete? We have two spots open for storytellers who haven’t pre-registered. Show up at The Beat Spoken Word stage by 12:15 pm to grab your spot.
Also check out our friends at edmontonstoryslam.com to find out about monthly Story Slams here in Edmonton.
We are hosting three, free, writing workshops. All you need to bring is an open mind and a willingness to try your hand at writing. We provide the pen and notebook!
3:00 PM Sensorial Writing
This workshop will focus on engaging our senses through our writing practice. Through collective brainstorming around emotion based themes, participants will put words to emotion that will leave readers with a vivid sense of feeling.
With Liam Coady
YOUTH STAGE
Presented by: CreART Free School of Art
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
11:00-12:00 PM CREART
12:00-12:25 PM Candace Gladue
12:30-12:55 PM Cyra
1:00-1:25 PM Darrien Byers
1:30-1:55 PM George Zhang and Isaac Friesen
2:00-2:25 PM mikayla bortscher
2:30-2:55 PM Stella Johnson
3:00-3:25 PM Emmet Michael
3:30-3:55 PM Bleed Passion
4:00-5:00 PM JAM SESSION OPEN MIC
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
12:00-12:25 PM Sebastian Boulessa Sound Journey
12:30-12:55 PM Sebastian Boulessa Sound Journey
1:00-1:25 PM Baby Boy and the Earthly Delights
1:30-1:55 PM DreamWakers
2:00-2:25 PM Katelyn Gariepy
2:30-2:55 PM Robin Cisek
3:00-3:25 PM Deadly Nedly
3:30-3:55 PM Deadly Nedly
4:00-5:00 PM OPEN MIC JAM SESSION
