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Holiday Events 2019

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Tis the season! and MusiCamp’s artistic director and founder, Andrea Kuzmich, will be performing in numerous events around town.

 

November 29 2019 3-6 PM – solo guitar and voice
Festive Fridays at The Candy Bar
849 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M6H 1A1

Join us for an afternoon of Festive tunes! Starting at 3pm and going till 6pm, this week we feature Andrea Kuzmich. Jazzing up the Holidays with an acoustic set of songs in our intimate space, Andrea kicks off the season for us. Stop by, shop, listen and enjoy in store savings and prizes! Bring a friend. The event is free but tips are always welcome for the musicians entertaining us. facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/593921004677673/

 

Sunday December 8 11 AM -2 PM – solo guitar and voice
The Holiday Pop Up Market at the Barns
Artscape Wychwood Barns 601 Christie Street, Toronto, Ontario M6G 4C7

Join us for a fun, family oriented, community Holiday Market on Sunday December 8 at Artscape Wychwood Barns! We’ll have a wonderful line up of terrific local artisans to shop from, a kids craft & hot chocolate area, live musical performances, and a holiday bar too!!  Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/431336750903862/

 

Monday December 9 5-8 PM
Andrea Kuzmich in a Festive Mode featuring Ernie Tollar and Travis Knights
at Drom Taberna 458 Queen Street West

Enjoy an early evening of cool tunes and festive groove. Andrea Kuzmich (voice and guitar) will be performing hip arrangements of jazz, pop and HoLiDAy tunes(with a sprinkling of originals). Joining her will be the musical feet of Travis Knights (tap dancing!!) and the brilliant horn of Ernie Tollar.  The facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/507351313186901/

 

December 15 5-8ish PM – FEATURED EVENT!!
HOLIDAY SPIRIT CABARET with singer Lieke van der Voort, Jackson Welchner, Shalva Makharashvili and others!
at Hirut Cafe 2050 Danforth Ave

Get your fix of classic, traditional, obscure and wacked-up Christmas carols, winter tunes, and seasonal blessings. Hirut Cafe is a great place for fresh fresh coffee and tibs…. and other amazingly savoury Ethiopian cuisine.  A PWYC event! (suggested $15). Visit our FB event https://www.facebook.com/events/2391600377618138/

 

DANCING IN ALL DIRECTIONS Workshops and Community Performance

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MusiCamp, The Dundas West Festival and Lula Lounge present:

A FREE FAMILY DANCE WORKSHOP SERIES,

culminating into a community performance piece facilitated by “THE GRACES”, a mother & daughter interdisciplinary performance team

PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES WILL LEARN A DANCE ROUTINE BLENDING BASIC POW WOW STEPS, BREAK DANCE, CAPOEIRA, AND METIS JIGGING.

 

WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY MAY 25TH 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St W
THURSDAY MAY 30TH 5 – 6 PM Dufferin Grove Park
SUNDAY JUNE 2ND 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St W
WEDNESDAY JUNE 5TH 6:30 – 7:30 PM Dufferin Grove Park
(Suggested donation $5 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.)

 

PERFORMANCE-WORKSHOP
SATURDAY JUNE 8TH 12-12:30 PM Dundas West Fest 2019
at the MUSICAMP YOUTH STAGE in the KIDS ZONE 1496 Dundas St W.

 

THE GRACES are Rosalind and Otayo Grace: a Mother Daughter Interdisciplinary performance team, who use poetry, dance and vocables (sound) to tell real life stories.

Reminiscing the Dundas West Fest…

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It’s time to start thinking of summer and I’m remembering the great time we had at the Dundas West Fest last couple of years!
(If interested you can view the 2018 line up or 2017 line up. The 2019 lineup will be updated soon!)

LOOKING FOR PERFORMERS:  know of any talented youth in the Dundas West neighbourhood? Have them fill out our CALL TO PERFORM!

And mark the date for this year’s festival SATURDAY JUN 8 2019

We’re super excited with MusiCamp’s stage, the talented youth that will perform, the FREE West African Drumming Workshop 1:25-2:30 and the FREE Community Dance workshops series culminating in a workshop-performance demonstration at 12pm!

 

The stunning Rebekah Wise
“Forgiveness” by the Eclective Collective
Song writer ahead of her years, Rebekah Wise
The Graces make their own music with dance!

 

The Graces – hip hop fusion duo
Sofia Kay is next level and so young!
So talented & young http://www.SofiaKay.net/
Doom, Tah, Tek
Gabo got the crowd smiling singing “Cheap Thrills”
MusiCampers ready to perform at the Dundas West Fest 2018
Mariami performing traditional Georgian Song
Emma
Will Smythe
MusiCampers
Tangled Chords
West African Drumming workshop with AnnA Melnikof
Songstress Rebekah Wise is joined by friend Ruby to perform original tunes at the MusiCamp stage 2017
Director of MusiCamp Andrea Kuzmich
Get Ready and Drum!
Eclective collective contemporary dance

 

We covered everything – here traditional Georgian polyphony!
Songstress and award winning singer Sophia Hong wowed the audience!
Crowds gathered to see and hear the talented youth of our Dundas West community

 

A real bass or a bucket bass? MusiCamp had diddley bows and buckets basses for kids to try out! Instrument making is part of the programming at our summer camps.
Rockers 321 Sleep at the DuWest Fest MusiCamp Stage