Hillside Festival
341 Woolwich Street N1H 3W4 Guelph, ON, Canada

The multi-day music fest has become so synonymous with community, independent arts, culture, sustainability, inclusiveness, and good vibes, man, it’s practically its own holiday. --Richard Trapunski, NOW Toronto To-do list for #GivingTuesday next week: 1. Use #WhyINeedHillside to share your memories of Hillside! 2. Help Hillside win a $5000 award from CanadaHelps by entering us in this contest: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/givingtuesday-pledge/ 3. Donate! #GivingTuesdayCA is December 1st! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/giv3/110630#guelphgives

Save the date for a special live performance on December 6th to celebrate Jenn Grant's new album release! Get your tickets today: https://jenngrant.bandcamp.com//hillside-festival-guelph-o

Tuesday, December 1st marks the eighth annual edition of GivingTuesday and, beyond asking you for financial donations, we want to know what Hillside means to you, via #WhyINeedHillside on socials! GivingTuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year after Black Friday. The Opening day of the giving season, it’s a time when charities, companies and individuals join together and rally for favourite causes. In the same way that retailers take... part in Black Friday, the giving community comes together for GivingTuesday. For GivingTuesday this year, we want you to share your stories about why you love, support, or need Hillside using #WhyINeedHillside on social media and tell us how Hillside has helped you heal and grow. YOU make Hillside happen-- Help Hillside flourish! Donate to us for Giving Tuesday here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/giv3/110630#guelphgives

Hillsiders! Here's your chance to share how you're supporting us this #GivingTuesday and we will be entered to win a $5,000 donation from CanadaHelps. Each donor entry is a chance for Hillside to win! This contest closes on November 30th, 2020 and the winner will be announced on #GivingTuesdayCa December 1st, 2020. Thank you for being so engaged and giving as we go through these challenging times.

Andrew Craig created and directed the Andrew Craig’s Gospel Christmas Project, a sold-out show at Guelph Little Theatre and the River Run Centre for five years. Watch their performance this FRIDAY at 7pm for Unmuted co-presented with Hillside Festival.

Both at the height of summer and in the middle of winter, Hillside curates festivals that bring innovative music, Indigenous drumming, children’s entertainment, environmental learning, and glorious food to thousands of people. At the festivals and during the rest of the year in local schools and at camps, we offer over 140 educational workshops in Indigenous culture, songwriting, peacemaking, health & wellness, and environmental projects. This #GivingTuesdayCa, tell us which of these projects matter most to you using #WhyINeedHillside. Share your stories on social media and tag us, or donate to help us continue creating special events for you: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/giv3/110630#guelphgives #GivingTuesday #GuelphGives

We're back for another #Unmuted performance co-presented by Silence this Friday at 7pm with Andrew Craig! Tune in at http://silencesounds.ca and http://hillsidefestival.ca

TWO MORE SLEEPS! Wild Rivers' virtual concert experience benefiting mental health organizations Bring Change to Mind (US) and Jack.org (Canada). In this never-before-seen performance filmed live at The Mod Club in Toronto, Canada, Wild Rivers shares brand new songs from their 2020 EP Songs To Break Up To, their brand new single Pink Shades, and more. The evening will also feature a special guest virtual performance by Didirri. 100% of Wild Rivers’ net ticket proceeds will benefit Bring Change to Mind and Jack.org, two organizations who are committed to ending the stigma around mental illness and providing programming for youth to better take care of their mental health, we hope you can join us! Get your tickets here: https://wild-rivers-merch.myshopify.com//live-from-lockdow

With the seasons turning, Jenn Grant has her sights set on the holidays. Her forthcoming holiday record, Forever On Christmas Eve, is set to drop on November 27. Recorded during last year’s holiday season, the album is filled with Patsy Cline-style swagger and sees Jenn covering all of the classics, in addition to her own new original, Downtown on Christmas. The holidays are nostalgic, Jenn reflects. We watch the same old movies, we hang the white and blue lights, and che...ck in with each other on how it’s been. We miss our families, we fall in love, we find hope again in human kind. I’ve had over a decade of Christmases now with my partner Daniel Ledwell, and we made this album together last holiday season. We hope it gives you something to get into that special spirit, and we hope that our kids will always love this time of year as much as we do. May this be a keepsake for them and for you, as we all get older and watch the snow fall. To celebrate the release, Jenn will be giving a special live performance in her Halifax hometown at The Convention Centre on Sunday, December 6. While performing live in person at The Halifax Convention Centre, the show will also be livestreamed for all fans to enjoy. Jenn has also partnered with venues across Canada and will be doing a profit share of the show, in an act of solidarity with venues that she would normally be touring around this album’s release. Get your tickets for the live concert here: https://jenngrant.bandcamp.com//hillside-festival-guelph-o

It's the weekend and a good time as any to catch up on the #Unmuted series on https://www.silencesounds.ca/ and https://hillsidefestival.ca/unmuted/ Silence P.S. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7TIV0h9ER3h6DZF7Hi2bDQ

Until our next #Unmuted performance next Friday, November 20th, watch TRP.P's mesmerizing performance (co-presented by Silence) again here: