IMBOLC marks the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Join us for this seasonal celebration on Toronto Island on Saturday Jan 31st. Come early and go skating!

MUSIC

6:30pm NEW CHANCE dreamy lo fi waves by Victoria Cheong

https://soundcloud.com/new-chance/suncloud#t0:18

7:15pm ANDREA GERHARDT devotional interpretations of 11 century nun, visionary, composer, medical doctor and feminist Hildegard von Bingen

7:30pm BLUNT CHUNKS vocal harmonies and earth sounds by Caitlin Woelfle-O'Brien

http://www.chartattack.com/news/2015/01/15/premiere-blunt-chunks/

8:00pm ZOE ALEXIS ABRAMS devotional voice exploration

8:00pm TANYA GOLDEN meaning of IMBOLC

8:05pm DOOMSQUAD a plugged down set with IMBOLC trance and harmony

http://handdrawndracula.com/doomsquad/

8:30pm WENDE BARTLEY oracle songs from ancient ritual spaces

9:00pm DJ Two headed Crab spinning mystical bop

PROJECTIONS

ZEESY POWERS

INSTALLATION

EMILY COLQUHOUN

INTERACTIONS

GEOMANCY by Daniel Rotsztain

TAROT single card readings by Monica Bodirsky

FACE PAINTING and PHOTO BOOTH by Branda Dale

CROSS OF BRIGHID MAKING, in honour of hearth and home by Tanya Golden

ROBO Smudge by Jessica Vallentin. An aroma narrative for the event, IMBOLC inspired

RAINBOW FISHER performance by Zoe Alexis-Abrams & Susan Clarahan

FOOD

Heart Warming Soup by Luisa Milan

Hot, fresh, baked and skewered vegan donuts with your choice of deliciously unique home made toppings by Natalie Amber

FIRE PIT!

PWYC $5 to $10 Suggestion. All proceeds go to Artscape Gibraltar Point!

EVENT ENDS AT 11:00PM LAST BOAT 11:45PM

If you require more info or you are interested in volunteering, please contact Lisa Cristinzo from Artscape at 416.392.1030 or at lisa@torontoartscape.on.ca

The origins of Imbolc

Imbolc, pronounced IM-bulc or EM-bowlk meaning in the belly is a name derived from the Gaelic word oimelc which means ewes milk. It is the time in the natural calendar of the year in which we banish the winter and rejoice the coming of spring and is celebrated on St Bridgids day the 1st or 2nd of February, also known as Candlemas the Christianised version of the name the first festival of spring. It is also known in America as Groundhog day and marks the Sun reaching 15Aquarius, and as such means that there are only six weeks remaining of winter.

Imbolcs name is in recognition of the reawakening of the earth new beginnings, things yet to be born, and the associated events of spring- time; the earth bristling with new life waiting to bud, herd animals

wonderfully swollen bellies about to bring forth the years offspring, who are to be nurtured with the milk of life, chickens and geese beginning to lay their first eggs. It is not that spring has sprung, it is more the hope that winter is coming to an end, and the promise of spring can be felt in the crisp fresh mornings, and be smelt in the air as the days get notably longer. At this point in the year, agricultural tools and seeds would be blessed for the promise of a fertile harvest. It was a time of great anticipation and celebration of the possibilities for the year to come. The earth was furrowed and prepared to receive the consecrated seed.