Aurora Lantern Parade - Starts at The Carrot!

Party on the Street & Aurora Lantern Parade 

Friday 9:30 pm

Before kicking off the Aurora Lantern Parade, Klusterfunk (8:00 pm)will launch the party and get you groovin’! Join the lantern parade, performers and festival-goers as we dance, sing, drum and laugh together. Follow the light to My Son the Hurricane, as they kickoff the festival with their unique mix of New Orleans style grooves with funk, jazz and hip hop on the Avenue Central Stage.

Forgot your lantern? Create one with your friends and family at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts (9225 – 118 Ave). Open 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. Or become an audience member as the street gets its rhythm and awakens.

Iceis Rain - Friday 9 pm

Iceis Rain is a two-spirited entrepreneur, anti-bully advocate, and recording artist from Fort McKay, Alberta, Canada.

She wrote and produced her first album ‘The Queen’ in 2014 and garnered five nominations at the 2014 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards.

Iceis Rain is currently set to debut her second album 'Redemption' on Sept 19 in Toronto. She was the first two-spirited, Indigenous person in history to perform live on national television and the first two-spirited female fancy dancer in history to be initiated in the pow-wow circle. Empowered by strength, independence, and beauty, Iceis is also the star of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning documentary, Oil Sands Karaoke. She has also been featured in a number of noteworthy mediums, including Alberta Venture Magazine, Breakfast Television, City TV and CBC Radio. And her hit docuseries Queen of the Oil Patch is one of the top-rated hit series on APTN television in Canada with season two currently filming as we speak.

An influencer in Canadian business named top 50 under 50 she is a force to be reckoned with. Now running the indigenous project a non-profit which raises awareness for mental health and so much more.

Ladies and gentlemen put your hands together for the queen, Miss Iceis Rain!

Kaleido Family Arts Festival is a free festival, donations are gratefully accepted.

Klusterfunk - Friday 8 pm

KLUSTERFUNK is an 11-piece, energetic party band with an agenda: to turn all the world's bad feelin's, into good feelin's! Their live show features (aside from silly, colorful costumes) a tight 4-piece horn section, bumpin' drums and percussion, heavy riffin' guitars, and 4 in your face MC's. Fusing punk, funk, latin jazz and hip-hop, they have a truly unique, raw sound.

But now, doesn't EVERY band say they're unique? Aren't you tired of hearing that? Maybe we're full of it! Come to a live show, and you be the judge! If you like us, give us a hi-five! If you don't, chuck a beer bottle at the drummers head!

Kaleido Family Arts Festival is a free festival, donations are gratefully accepted.

Fill a Heart and Give to Kaleido!

Want to learn how you can help contribute to Kaleido?

From now until the end of the Kaleido Festival, you can drop by The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse (9351 — 118 Ave NW) to give and fill a heart in support of the Kaleido Festival! To learn more about other ways you can give, check out our ‘Give’ page here.

A note from the team:

We can’t say this enough — our hearts are bursting with gratitude and appreciation for the continuous support and love for the festival!

— The Kaleido Family Arts Festival Team

My Son the Hurricane Headlining Friday Night

My Son the Hurricane

My Son the Hurricane is making its way through Kaleido Family Arts Festival (September 13 - 15), on Friday, September 13 at 9:30 pm.

Working hard to be the most energetic band in North America, My Son the Hurricane is a multi horn, multi drummer, multi singer brass beast — no dance floor is safe! The giant band has returned with a new full length album “Ride the Bullet” (Vegas Funeral Records) and a seven month North American tour for the full length release. The band which features a large horn section, full throttle rhythm section and two energetic front people, harkens back to the time when “entertainment was king” and are like a voltage enhanced Lawrence Welk.

For two and a half days every September, Alberta Avenue comes alive as an environment of creative exploration and performances on rooftops, sides of buildings, back alleys, parks, old spaces and new spaces. It is a celebration of community.

Kaleido Family Arts Festival is a free festival, donations are gratefully accepted.

Moonchild Headlining Saturday Night

Moonchild

Kaleido Family Arts Festival (September 13 - 15), is thrilled to announce headliners, Moonchild, on Saturday, September 14 at 10 pm on the Avenue Central Stage (9210 118 Ave).

Moonchild is a combination of three independent, strong-willed spirits—Amber Navran [vocals, tenor saxophone, flute, keyboards, synth bass, drum programming], Andris Mattson [trumpet, flugelhorn, key-boards, synth bass, guitar, drum programming], and Max Bryk [alto saxophone, clarinet, keyboards, synth bass, drum programming]. The resulting union yields an ever-evolving fusion of alternative R&B and neo-soul. For as singular as each personality may be, they all participate equally in writing, producing, tracking, and mixing their records, collaborating as true equal partners. Not only do they create as a unit, but they also evolve, grow, and transform as one.

After that first shared piano bench session at the University of Southern California, the group unveiled their debut Be Free in 2012. Please Rewind followed three years later, and 2017’s Voyager saw them ascend to new critical peaks. NPR Music touted the record among, “Five R&B Albums You Slept On In 2017,” and JAZZ FM named them “Soul Act of the Year” for 2018. “Cure” toppled 8 million Spotify streams, and “The List” exceeded 7 million plays on Youtube.

Along the way, the trio performed headline shows everywhere from the United States and Europe to Asia, and supported other tours for the likes of The Internet, Kamasi Washington, and more. As they began writing and recording Little Ghost in 2018, the individual progression of each musician informed and elevated the creative process. While laying down tracks at a Lake Arrowhead retreat, Andris dove further into the guitar, incorporating it at the core of the new music.

Kaleido Family Arts Festival is a free festival, donations are gratefully accepted.

FRONT PORCH FEATURES

We're looking for any neighbours of ours who would be willing to lend their porches during the Kaleido festival to feature some performances!

E-mail Elissa here for more info!

Kaleido + World

Article from Germany

A great article about Alberta Avenue / Arts on the Ave and our signature festivals Kaleido and Deep Freeze.

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