EVENTS
Here are some highlights of what to expect over the four, inspiring days …
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thursday, aug 27
Naked Launch @ Café Molo at La Maison Earle
1 Ch. Vallée
7:30 PM
Nudes of Wakefield Calendar Launch – Slide show with Franziska Heinze
Performances by John Hardie and Elizabeth Logue
Port of Rotterdam, a film by Scott Duncan
DJ BeatScience – Trevor Greenway
Art Exhibits in every nook of the building
Poi and Fire Spinners from SURVIVAL ARTS CIRCUS to top off the evening
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friday, aug 28th
Films on the Covered Bridge!
5:30 PM
Silkscreening workshops in the festival tent outside Le MOO
Bring a T-Shirt / Skirt to be silkscreened with the Wakefest Watertower logo
7:30 PM
Bring a lawnchair or blanket and come watch:
Entrance by donation (suggested donation $10)
Buster Keaton in THE RAILRODDER, with live music performed by
Wakefield’s own HOODLUM.
Followed by the Feature Presentation:
F.W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922)
Music score composed and arranged by Mike Dubue and features compositions by Mike Essoudry, Kristy Nease, The Ventures and Balinese gamelan.
Performed by Mayfair Theatre Orchestra and Ottawa-based gamelan ensemble Semara Winangun
10 PM
festival bar @ Café Molo at La Maison Earle
Open Mic / Open Screen
Come out after the films for a drink and an evening of sharing music, words and video.
Featuring films by Chris Ross and Michael Bussiere
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saturday, aug 29th
10AM – 11AM
WAKEFEST BALL! Come down to the Farmer’s Market and bring your Exercise Ball for an open workshop in Exercise Ball Movement and Dance! Lead by Ottawa Movement Master and
Member of Guerilla Heart Juice Collective Peter Ryan!
* there will be a few exercise balls on hand and so come early and have a ball!
11AM – 12PM
Chaises Musicales at the Wakefield Farmer’s Market -
tag teaming musicians improvise an hour of uninterrupted sound
11AM -12PM
Young Adult Author Reading @ Solstice Lawn
Joan Fitzgerald McCurdy & Brian Doyle
12:30 – 2:30 PM
Young Adult Writing Workshop – $20
Joan Fitzgerald McCurdy & Brian Doyle @ Solstice Bookstore
Register in ADVANCE by calling Solstice Bookstore
1PM – 2:30PM
CLOWN WORKSHOP with !MI CASA!’s Nick DiGeatano
Upstairs at Molo’s
3 PM – 5PM
Adult Author Event Solstice Lawn
Brian Doyle, Nadine Doolittle, David Berman, Gerard Kennedy,
Phil Jenkins, Elizabeth Hay
5PM – 7PM
Vernissage Event – Meet the Artists @ Solstice Bookstore
8 PM
THE BLACKSHEEP INN – Wakefest Melding of Arts Event
CRUSH IMPROV – Internationally known Improvisation Company
MI CASA’S INCLEMENT WEATHER – One person theatrical performance
ALEXIS O’HARA (Montreal)
11 PM
festival bar @ Café Molo at La Maison Earle
Open Mic / Open Screen
More late night words, music and film.
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sunday, aug 30th
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Adult Poetry Workshop with Shane Rhodes at Solstice Bookstore
10:00 AM – 12 PM
Performance Workshop with Nadia Ross – Upstairs at Molo’s
12PM – 5PM
Support the Wakefield Grannies on the Covered Bridge
CD & jewelry sale, music and much more!
1 PM – 3PM
Alexis O’Hara Workshop: Unconventional Approaches to Songwriting $10
Interdisciplinary artist Alexis O’Hara will give you a bird’s eye view of her evolution as a stage performer and recording artist. She’ll reveal her secrets for creating a one-woman-band sound with just a microphone and a small array of electronics. Bring something that makes a sound that is not a musical instrument and together, the group will create a short musical piece.
2 PM – 3:30 PM
VERSE AND WORSE with Phil Jenkins and Friends @ Kaffé 1870
With Shane Rhodes, Una MacDonald, David O’Meara, Nadine McGinnis, Elizabeth Logue
5:30 Pm- 7Pm
THE WAKEFIELD REVIVAL MEETING: A TRIBUTE TO GILLIAN WELCH @ Kaffé 1870
Local Musicians Play Hommage to Gillian Welch
9 Pm
!MI CASA! presents “COUNTRIES SHAPED LIKE STARS!” @ Kaffe 1870
Winner of the 2009 Ottawa Fringe Festival’s
BEST PRODUCTION Award!