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SUMMARY:Halton Black History Awareness Society: 2024 Halton Freedom Celebration Festival
DESCRIPTION:The HBHAS is excited with this year’s Celebration Festival August 3\, 2024 at Spencer Smith Park\, Burlington\, as the lineup is stupendous.  We’re also pround of one of our musical groups\, Blackburn\, in their record breaking 2024\, 9 Maple Blues Award nominations.  Blackburn has played for this festival every year since our incorporation.  Due to their exquisite global promotions\, they will not be joining us this year as they’ve been asked to do a European tour.  Congratulations Blackburn.  We’ll revisit down the road. \n  \nThe musical program this year includes Maple Blues nominated for best new group\, Garnetta Cromwell and DaGroovmasters; Rayzalution – 5 piece all female Reggae phenom; Dejehan Luckystickz Hamilton & Friends; World Class Lou Pomanti & Oakland Stroke; and\, the infamous LTD Connection.  (Bios attaced).  Jazz/soul phenom\, Shelley Hamilton will be joining Luckystickz as Masters of Ceremony.  This exquisite musical entourage will compliment the wide array of multi-cultural crafts\, fashion\, art and storytelling workshops\, and youth activities.  This is a festival you do not want to miss. \n  \nLast years attendance of 5000 will definitely increase\, and the Halton Freedom Festival weekend\, will include an HBHAS Emancipation Flag Raising at Burlington City Hall on Thursday\, August 1st followed by our HBHAS Emancipation Gala Thursday evening at the Burlington Performing Arts Center\, and the 7th Emancipation Art Exhibition taking place August 4th at the Helson Gallery in Halton Hills. \n  \nThe HBHAS is currently accepting vendors to serve multi-cultural cuisine\, and we welcome crafters\, artisans\, storytellers\, genealogists\, historians\, and community service providers to join in the experience and celebrating within the “1st city in the world to acclaim August as Emancipation Month”.  We welcome you and yours to this free celebration festival.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/halton-black-history-awareness-society-2024-halton-freedom-celebration-festival/
LOCATION:Spencer Smith Park\, 1400 Lakeshore Rd.\, Burlington\, Ontario\, L7S 1Y2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:2022 Halton Freedom Celebration Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of total pleasure!!! Exquisite R&B\, Soul\, Funk\, Reggae\, Salsa\, African Dance and Jazz Fusion complimenting Cultural Crafts\, Tasty Treats (Food Trucks and Multi-Cultural Vendors)\, Community Services\, Youth Activities and Workshops. \nThis free festival is exquisite with multi-cultural crafts\, food trucks\, art\, fashion\, accessories\, cultural and heritage vendors\, youth activities and enormous ambience. Bring your chairs\, umbrellas\, and dancing shoes. See you there!!! \nThe 2022 Halton Freedom Festival will showcase musicians including Blackburn –2016 Juno runners up and recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine as the best blues band in Canada (2015)\, enslaved descendants whose father\, Bobby “Dean” Blackburn\, is recognized on the Mississauga Walk of Fame for bringing R&B into Canada and member of the first black family in Brampton\, Ontario; Dejehan Hamilton (MC) aka. Luckystickz (with band) who is Berklee College of Music’s 1st Steel Drum graduate supporting his scholarship in drumming\, represents Berklee University globally\, has a past playing with Harry Belafonte and is a HBHAS Board Director; and Michael Dunston\, renowned vocalist whose group The Lincolns are recognized as the Best R&B band in Canada and Soul Stew (Bamboo’s original home band of 40+ years)\, We were also pleased to present 11 x Canadian Music Award recipient\, Errol Woodward and his Reggae Band to our audiences and the exceptionally talented Neema Children’s Project from Uganda – 19 talented orphans dancing\, singing and drumming towards fundraising to send school supplies to hospitals and orphanages back home. We are please to have join us this year: Garnetta & Dagroovmasters – a high energy show band that plays and sing the genres of Blues\, Classic Soul & Funk\, and a reflection of Canada’s multicultural society! Garnetta was lead vocalist and drummer for a Toronto’s only female reggae band Sweet Sensation\, performing on the same stage with Platinum/Grammy Award artists like Maxi Priest\, Shabba Ranks\, Shaggy\, Gregory Issacs and Sean Kingston\, Platinum/Grammy award Soul legends\, Percy Sledge\, Dorothy Moore and The Manhattans\, and Carlene Ling\, (aka Vanda Li) Founding Director\, Bling Entertainment & “Black African Caribbean Canadian Artists Unite” (BACCAU) who perform for Black Music Month (June) and Black African Caribbean Canadian Appreciation Month.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/2022-halton-freedom-celebration-festival/
LOCATION:Spencer Smith Park\, 1400 Lakeshore Rd.\, Burlington\, Ontario\, L7S 1Y2\, Canada
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