with EVEMARIE BRUNELLESunday, October 27 from 3:30 to 5:30 pmWestboro Masonic Hall, 430 Churchill Ave. N.$20 online by PayPal or credit card (via Spirit of Rasputins Arts Society PayPal account) or at Octopus Books, 118 Third Ave. Spaces are limited....
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10th Anniversary Video
Video Produced by Shawna Laing Gil’s Hootenanny: Voices for Change Gil’s Hootenanny brings folks together to celebrate, share and sing about the stories, struggles and victories of working women and men. When Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) legend Gil...
Continue reading...An Outstanding 10th Anniversary Gil’s Hootenanny
A capacity audience sang from start to finish at arguably the best organized and best attended 10th Anniversary Gil’s Hootenanny held May 1st, 2019 at the RA Centre. As people arrived, the Hootenanny Choir (a.k.a. Just Voices Activist Choir) was...
Continue reading...“The Marias” To Headline Gil’s Hootenanny’s 10th Anniversary Line-up
Maria Dunn and Maria Hawkins will be the 2019 headliners for the 10th Annual Gil’s Hootenanny, Wednesday, May 1st at 7:30pm at the RA Centre (Clark Hall), 2451 Riverside Drive. Affectionately dubbed “the Marias” by Hootenanny organizers, Dunn and Hawkins...
Continue reading...Gil’s Grassroots Hootenanny
A 10th Anniversary Celebration April 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm: The Parlour Gil’s Hootenanny is celebrating its 10th Anniversary milestone with a sing-along of traditional and original songs of hope and protest at the 2019 Ottawa Grassroots Festival.
Continue reading...The 2019 Hootenanny Band
Creating the Feeling of Togetherness A beloved element of Gil’s Hootenanny is the entrance march. The performers promenade into the hall singing, playing and encouraging the audience to join in the music. For the Hootenanny Band, leading the entrance march...
Continue reading...Maria Hawkins: Blues Lady Returns to Gil’s Hootenanny
Ten years after her first performance at 2010’s Gil’s Hootenanny, Maria Hawkins is returning as a headliner for the 10th Anniversary event. Long considered Ottawa’s Blues Lady, Maria has been a well known and much-beloved performer in Ottawa for decades,...
Continue reading...Maria Dunn: An Important and Vital Songwriter
A true preserver of the spirit of folk music, one of Gil’s Hootenanny 2019 featured artists, twice Juno-nominated Maria Dunn (www.mariadunn.com), is often compared to Woody Guthrie for her keen social awareness and her unvarnished songs about the lives of...
Continue reading...Bread and Roses
Celebrating Helen Levine at Gil’s Hootenanny “Bread and Roses” is a feature of the Gil’s Hootenanny repertoire. For 2019’s Hootenanny, this historic song will take on a special significance, as it was a favourite of Helen Levine, who died at...
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