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“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...
Continue reading...Gil & Helen Levines’ Legacy
Changing the World Through the Power of Song When Gil Levine died at 85 in 2009, three words in his obituary, “… plan a hootenanny”, were the beginning of Gil’s Hootenanny, an Ottawa tradition now into its 13th year and...
Continue reading...2018 Hootenanny Was Fantastic!
A sold out audience sang and clapped their way through a rollicking 2018 Gil’s Hootenanny at the Clarke Room of the RA Centre on May 1st. Everyone, audience, performers and volunteers had a great time. Here are some highlights: A...
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