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Celebrate the Winter Solstice– the return of light after the longest night of the year– at Hamilton Winter Solstice Festival on Dec.21st at Corktown Park. There will be performances by dancers and musicians, installations by video artists, and a parade featuring everyone in attendance – including you!There will be fire!
Light up your clothes, shoes, walking poles, bikes, strollers, mobility devices.
Wear glowing crowns, tiaras, bracelets, necklaces.
Create lanterns, lamps, lances, and any other portable artworks made with lights that you can come up with!
Refreshments will be available, bathrooms will be open.
Cookie vendor: McLardy's Confectionary
Hot chocolate: High Society Supper Club
In addition to engaging professional artists and cultural workers, the festival is organized by volunteers.
Performances & interactive activities include:
Performance by Hamilton Aerial Group
Interactive dance performance by Sound Effect Crew
Play Cosmic Basketball, created by Surprise!Hamilton
Cesar C Cordoba’s AnimalKinetic, intricate kinetic sculpture
Video installation by Ingrid Mayrhofer
Pivot Centre for Collective Action and E4CS leading a participatory writing activity
Light show by Todd Murray and Darryl Gold
Video installation by Edgardo Moreno
Hamilton Fire Circle performance by Billy Bones
Fire finale sculpture created by Melanie Skene
For more information, to sign up to volunteer, or sponsor the festival, please contact RedTreeArtistsCollective@gmail.
Supported by the City of Hamilton Enrichment Fund.
Free Tickets to the festival at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hamilton-winter-solstice-festival-tickets-1971462739123
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Corktown Park, 220 Forest Ave, Hamilton, ON L8N 1Y1, Canada
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