Annual AlgomaTrad Staff Concert Extravaganza, Wednesday, August 14 7:00pm
The 21st Annual Algoma Traditional Music, Dance, and Heritage Arts Family Camp is getting tuned up for its renowned annual Staff Concert, featuring nationally- and internationally-recognized performers from across Canada, scheduled for Wednesday, August 14, 7:00pm at the AlgomaTrad Centre, 1249 F&G Line, St. Joseph Island. Admission is a pay-what-you-can sliding scale of $20-$30, children 12&under free; pay by cash at the door or purchase by credit card online HERE. Please bring a chair or blanket!
The AlgomaTrad Family Camp is an inspiring week of inclusive and all-ages/levels of workshops, concerts, and heritage arts, taking place at the AlgomaTrad Centre, 1249 F&G Line on St. Joseph Island. The Camp runs from Monday evening, August 12 to Sunday morning, August 18. There is still room for daycampers – check out complete information about AlgomaTrad 2024 at algomatrad.ca/camp/.
Over 20 workshop instructors from across Canada will lead workshops in a wide array of options including fiddle, bagpipes, piano, guitar, tin whistle, singing, mandolin, banjo, square and Irish set dancing, and stepdancing, to name a few.
Immersive heritage craft and arts workshops will include a Mummers Play with John Mayberry, blacksmithing with Denis Frechette, printmaking with artist Ian Bell and Elizabeth Creith, willow basketry with Johnny Suderman, and artscapes, storytelling, and theatre for children with Martha Cooper.
The Annual AlgomaTrad Staff Concert Extravaganza will feature an incredible evening of music by all the award-winning and renowned staff members who are attending the Camp. Bios and pictures of the performers can be seen at algomatrad.ca/camp/team/