Those lucky enough to have been at Gil’s Hootenanny last year (2023) will remember Ulyn Georgette and her show-stopping tribute to Odetta. Here’s a sample! Ulyn will be leading a few songs at Gil’s Hootenanny 2024, accompanied by her musical...
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Odetta’s “Freedom Trilogy”
Gil’s Hootenanny’s 2023 program included a tribute to Odetta by Ulyn Georgette. In this video clip, Ulyn sings Odetta’s “Freedom Trilogy” accompanied by musician and Gil’s organizing team member Patricia Reynolds. Enjoy!
Continue reading...Ulyn Georgette leading “This Little Light of Mine”
Ulyn Georgette leading “This Little Light of Mine” at Gil’s Grassroots Song Circle on April 22. Ulyn will be performing a tribute to Odetta tonight at Gil’s Hootenanny.
Continue reading...Gil’s Hootenanny: From the Archives
Gil’s Hootenanny was a feature story on the WPBS current affairs program, ‘WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories’ in April 2021. The 5-minute segment featured Tamara Levine sharing the history of Gil’s Hootenanny and plans for last year’s event. Tamara also...
Continue reading...Happy Holidays from Gil’s Hootenanny
We invite you to join Maria Dunn in singing “God Bless Us Everyone”, a song that she sang with us at the Gil’s Hootenanny 10th Anniversary sing-along in 2019. Written from the perspective of Tiny Tim Cratchit in Charles Dickens’...
Continue reading...Labour Day 2021
September 6th marks Labour Day in Canada – a holiday to celebrate the importance of unions and workers’ rights. This year, Canadians have a deep understanding of the value and importance of the work of front line workers in services...
Continue reading...Be Sure to Catch ‘WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories’ tonight at 7:30 pm
Gil’s Hootenanny will be a feature story on the new WPBS current affairs program, ‘WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories’, tonight (Tuesday, April 27th) at 7:30 pm. A 5-minute segment features Tamara Levine sharing the history of Gil’s Hootenanny and plans...
Continue reading...Gil’s Hootenanny to Release Retrospective “Sing-Along” Video on May 1st
For immediate release(Ottawa, April 8, 2021) The video “Gil’s Hootenanny 2021: Singing Together Apart”, a retrospective of highlights of past Hootenannies along with some exciting new songs, will be released on May 1st at 4pm at https://gilshootenanny.ca/. Since the first...
Continue reading...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...
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