Aurora Lantern Celebration — Display Your Lantern

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Friday, September 11

The Aurora Lantern Celebration will be kicking off the Kaleido 2020 on Tour showcase weekend! DJ Kwake will be spinnin’ tunes as street performers and glow artists delight the audience.

Want to participate? The Aurora Lantern Parade is a beloved Kaleido tradition that brings together performers and festival-goers in dance, song, and laughter. For this year’s physically distanced lantern celebration, follow our virtual workshop on how to make your own lantern. Hang your creation outside your home to show your Kaleido spirit, or drop it off at the Alberta Avenue Community League and have your lantern hung on our floats!

Lantern Drop-off:
Drop off your lantern at the Alberta Avenue Community League on September 9th or 10th, from 2–9 PM. Lanterns should be under 12" x 12" in size. Want to go bigger? Contact lantern@kaleidofest.ca

Celeigh Cardinal

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Alberta’s very own Juno award-winning soul-folk singer/songwriter Celeigh Cardinal is here to headline Kaleido! Celeigh’s incredible talents won her the Indigenous Artist of the Year award at the 2020 Juno Awards. A proud Metis girl from the prairies, Celeigh’s lyrics are heartfelt and triumphant, her songs a blend of jazz, blues, rock, and pop. Celeigh’s voice is emotional, rich, gentle, and chillingly powerful.

"I first heard Celeigh Cardinal at Mission Folk Music Festival. I was struck to the heart by the songs in the moment and by the person herself later on. Her performance was stellar. Riveting. Real. A writer of rare depth and honesty and in the voice a powerful beauty. I felt the songs and I felt lucky to bear witness. A true light.”- David Francey 

Joel Gray

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A proud Edmontonian, Joel Gray attended the music programs of Grant MacEwan College and the University of Alberta, studying trumpet with William Dimmer of the ESO and Dr. Fordyce Pier. He started playing professionally at the age of 17 and has shared the stage with some of the world's finest artists, including Tommy Banks, P.J. Perry, Slide Hampton, Diana Krall, Nikki Yanovsky, Jens Lindemann, Allen Vizzutti, Rollanda Lee, and commercial talents Gino Vannelli, Frank Sinatra Jr., the Temptations, and Wayne Newton.

Known for his versatility, Joel is as comfortable playing lead trumpet with the pops orchestra as he is playing traditional New Orleans music or baroque piccolo trumpet. He is a regular performer with many local artists and diverse musical ensembles, including the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, The Edmonton Jazz Orchestra, the Singing Christmas Tree Orchestra, the Tommy Banks Big Band, the Alberta Symphony Orchestra, and Bok Brass, to name only a few. He is a veteran in the orchestra pit, having performed many professional musical theatre productions, including the national Broadway tours of Wicked, Marry Poppins, A Chorus Line, and Billy Elliot, as well as local professional productions presented at the Citadel Theatre. Joel teaches music at MacEwan University and directs the Littlebirds Big Band.

K-Riz & The HonorRoll Music Collective

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Starting in church singing as a form of entertainment and self-expression, K-Riz spent his young life really honing his craft as a young creative and being very analytical of rap. Music has always been a form of expression for K-Riz and one can tell this by his music. Inspired by artists such as Nas, Biggie, Prince, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, K-Riz’s goal is to create music that you can catch a vibe to.

The Honour Roll Collective is a collective of international musicians, singers, emcees, producers, and DJs. They work together live and in the studio to make soulful music.