The sākihiwē festival's workshops will continue into August with more free performances and fun activities for families and fans of live music. The series will stream on the festival's YouTube channel and Facebook page every Wednesday, beginning on August 5.
The sākihiwē festival is taking everything online this year and Elisapie, Adrian Sutherland, PIQSIQ, Desiree Dorion, The Northwest Kid, Eastern Owl, Melody McKiver, Jade Turner, Sebastian Gaskin, Drezus, Alexis Lynn, and Spence Tradition are among the 24 artists who are set to perform. The broadcast will run August 28, 29, and 30 and audiences will be able to tune in for free on Facebook and YouTube.
The sākihiwē festival is launching a new conference with Studio 393, entitled sākihiwē music mentors, to help Indigenous artists and managers connect with knowledgeable colleagues who can help them strengthen their release plans for Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Canada and build relationships with the pow wow community.
Sandra Sutter, William Prince, Samantha Crain, PIQSIQ, and Fawn Wood among the artists set to perform and lead workshops for the sākihiwē festival's outreach programming in July.
The sākihiwē festival is kicking off June with a new outreach series that includes free workshops for families and free songwriter concerts for music lovers around the globe. The program will run every Wednesday and stream online for free from the festival's YouTube channel and Facebook page.
The 50/50 Performing Arts Collective is launching a new Indigenous music festival on May 15 and the sākihiwē festival has the honour of presenting Leela Gilday during their opening night. The three day celebration, entitled the Tkaronto Music Festival, will debut online this year before bringing audiences and artists together in Dish With One Spoon territory (Toronto) next summer.
We support collective efforts to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic and we have decided to push the sākihiwē festival back to the last weekend in August. Everything is now set for August 28-30 instead of our original dates in June.
The sākihiwē festival is teaming up with the National Arts Centre and event producer Ila Barker to deliver the second edition of the Artist in Residence Sessions (AIRsessions), which takes free music workshops to the Indigenous Family Centre in Winnipeg's North End. The series begins on January 16 and youth between the ages of 13 and 25 can register for any workshops that interest them.
The sākihiwē festival is teaming up with the Assiniboine Park Conservancy to present Shanley Spence with Boogey The Beat, the Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers, Sebastian Gaskin, and the legendary Billy Joe Green at the Zoo Lights Festival on Sunday, December 29. The performance is set for 5:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Town Hall in the Assiniboine Park Zoo and tickets are $12, which includes access to all Zoo exhibits.
The sākihiwē festival is excited to bring 2019 to a close with the debut of a new concert series, entitled sākihiwē nights. This first edition features Omaha, Nebraska-based rapper Antoine Edwards Jr., Opaskwayak's Rhonda Head, singer/songwriter Ila Barker, rapper Rey, powwow step music producer Boogey The Beat, and the Kind Hart Women Singers at The Good Will Social Club on Sunday, December 29.