VENUES Saturday, SURVEY River Run Centre FREE WORKSHOPS February 5, 2011 35 Woolwich St., Main Stage Reserved Seating Hand Drumming Vegan Valentines Laughter Yoga We’d love to know what you think of this year’s Hillside 10–11 am · 10 Carden 11 am – noon Noon–1 pm · Ed Video JUNE 2–5 Inside. Your input will help us plan how it will grow and St. George’s Church PERFORMERS Want to bang on your drum all Wild Organic Way (WOW) Café www.GuelphLaughter JULY 22–24 change. So, please drop off your completed survey in the 99 Woolwich St. day? Join our community drum & Juice Bar YogaClub.net survey boxes at each of our venues. In exchange, you’ll get a Sanctuary circle session hosted by Tom www.wowrawcafe.ca Alleviate stress with a raffle ticket for a chance to win two weekend passes for the Enter through main doors Wolf. Bring your own drum to Watch Carin Balint stir it combination of yoga and laughter guelph 2011 Hillside Festival. To be included in the draw, surveys (front of church) kick off the day with an hour up in the kitchen and learn exercises — rejuvenating and of drumming delight! Tom has how to make a meal that is different! No previous experience must be returned by 11:59 pm, Saturday, February 5, 2011. General Admission Seating Mitchell Hall been drumming for 40 years and vegan friendly for your special required. Suitable for all ages. fab5.ca The winner will be announced after the festival. instructing for 34 of those years. Valentine! Carin is the owner and Dress casually. Duncan Cook Enter through side doors The Drum Café has been a big chef of WOW Café. She is a firm (who trained with Dr. Madan (back of church) part of that since 2004 and has believer in the healing power of Kataria, originator of Laughter 1. Which community do you live 6. How did you learn about Matt Andersen Arkells Jim Bryson & Sarah Harmer Shane Koyczan The Rural Alberta SEPT. 7–11 General Admission Standing afforded him the opportunity to raw foods and feels incredibly Yoga, and is registered with NOV. 3–6 nearest to? Hillside Inside? (You may New Brunswick’s Matt Formed in 2006 in Hamilton, The Weakerthans The first sound you’ll hear on In a world where poets rarely Advantage share West African drumming blessed to have the opportunity Laughter Yoga International) has ● Guelph ● KW/Cambridge select more than one option.) Andersen has a larger-than- Ontario, the band released Band Oh Little Fire is a high-pitched intersect with stardom, the The Rural Alberta Advantage with thousands of people from to share it with others. been leading laughter sessions ● Toronto ● Hamilton ● Poster ● Flyer SHOWS life showmanship that has their debut EP Deadlines keening, like the shrieking Opening Ceremonies for the all walks of life. in Guelph since 2005. TICKETS REQUIRED Recorded in Falcon Lake, MB, was born out of singer/ ● London ● Other_______ ● Radio ● Word of mouth been earning him a fervent in 2007 and followed it up of an unattended phone or 2010 Winter Olympics intro- Bellydance Basics ● Print ad ● Hillside’s website over six days in the winter songwriter Nils Edenloff’s SEPT. 16–19 2. How old are you? Friday, February 4 and steadfast audience a year later with Jackson the distant skirling of a ghost duced us to Shane Koyczan. 11 am–noon · Ed Video Love Potions ● The web ● Facebook/Twitter of 2010, The Falcon Lake exodus from the province that ● 12 & under ● 13–17 ● 18–24 River Run Centre wherever he graces the stage. Square. They play rock as it on a winter night. Suddenly, With a collective “wow” across www.downhips.com 1–2 pm · Ed Video ● Received promotional email Incident brings Bryson, one inspired the band’s name and ● 25–40 ● 41–50 ● 51–64 – Main Stage · Doors: 7:00 Here’s your chance to learn the www.organicskin.ca ● Other _________________ Matt’s sprawling blues, roots should be — catchy, raw and Sarah Harmer’s band kicks Canada, we found the poet his ensuing homesickness ● 65+ of Canada’s most engaging SONGWRITERS’ basics of bellydance movement Discover the ancient art of The Rural Alberta and rock musical hybrid with unbridled, blending blues in, with drums propelling a of our generation. And we when he arrived in Toronto 7. What brought you to Hillside voices, together with the and isolation with Mandy and the blending natural oils and 3. What is your postal code? Advantage: 8:00 pm his soulful voice and aston- hooks and rock-heavy riffs gust of rock more forceful weren’t even looking for WORKSHOP Inside? Canadian rock heroes The in 2003. To cope with his Down Hips Dance Studio Troupe. perfumes for love, health and Intermission: Guelph Fab 5 ishing guitar-playing has with a hint of soul on the side. than anything she’s played one. Powerfully engaging ● Activities (workshops, Weakerthans. In this collec- loneliness and isolation, he Not Just Singin’ With detailed explanation and beauty. Learn how to create Festivals’ Launch sparked a phenomenal buzz From the strum of the first since her mid-90s days with and authentic in attitude, his 4. I attend: skating, Hillside hockey) tion of songs, we are treated penned a series of odes to his the Blues attention to safety, this is an spa-quality, eco-friendly body Sarah Harmer: 9:30 pm on Canada’s East Coast — and chord, the music ignites into a rambunctious Kingston explorations are relevant to exciting moderate-impact products. Jessica & Lane ● High school ● Scheduled performers to some of our best songwrit- former home, celebrating its with Matt Andersen that grass roots word-of- fury of addictive and muscu- rockers Weeping Tile. On our times in the way that Bob workshop. No experience Burman are the owners of ● Conestoga College ● Event timing Saturday, February 5 ers and musicians, with few wild rose, purple skies and & Jim Bryson ● Brand/reputation of Hillside mouth cannot be contained lar cadence, taking a hold of her first album in five years, Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Saturday, 1-2:30 pm or coordination needed — a Cocoon Apothecary, a local ● University of Guelph St. George’s Church interruptions other than the “dethbridge in Lethbridge.” ● Other _________________ ● Friends’ influence any longer! the listener. In 2010, the band Harmer sounds reinvigo- Downie and Leonard Cohen Tickets available at Ground dance for all shapes, ages and organic skin care company. — Sanctuary occasional four-legged visitor Many of these songs made ● Not applicable ● Good value for dollar stubbyfingers.ca won the Juno Award for New rated and positively charged. are to theirs. But unlike the Floor Music (13 Quebec St) sizes! Bring your own coin belt They are masters at formulating Doors: 2:00 pm at the door. Expertly woven their appearance on the RAA’s ● Other _________________ Group of the Year. Their highly In the years after touring musicians that he’s often starting January 29 or borrow one here and get products that make skin 5. During your visit to Hillside Shane Koyczan: 3:00 pm together by producer Darryl debut album, Hometowns, anticipated sophomore full- her last studio release, the compared to, poets rarely $20 per participant; shimmying! beautiful and smell sublime. a whole new 8. How did you get to Hillside which received critical Inside, approximately how Matt Andersen: 4:30 pm Neudorf (Neko Case), this is a maximum 20 participants much will you spend in the Inside? length album is due out later Polaris Prize-nominated I’m a infiltrate pop culture. Koyzcan acclaim. Rounded out by Paul musical close encounter that Join Hillside Inside 2011 Hillside Hairdos following areas? ● I drove alone ● I carpooled St. George’s Church this year. Mountain, she set music aside emerges in a new wave of Banwatt (drums) and Amy Noon-1 p.m. Photography transports us to a place where performers Matt Andersen $___ Food & Beverages ● I walked ● Guelph bus — Mitchell Hall arkells.ca to focus on political and envi- 21st-century poetry that dares Cole (keys and backing vocals), Hempire, 54 Carden Join us on Facebook it is just friends and music and Jim Bryson for an intimate Exhibit $___ Hillside merchandise ● Other _________________ Doors: 8:00 pm ronmental campaigns, helping to belong to the people and the trio is known for their Come in from the cold for a Friday 7–11 pm or Twitter to share under constellations — and it and interactive songwriting $___ Performer merchandise Jim Bryson & The to shepherd PERL (Protecting speak directly to them in their exciting live performances hair-raising experience with the River Run Centre $___ Downtown Guelph your Hillside Inside really doesn’t matter where workshop. Be sure to buy your FEB Weakerthans Band: 9:00 pm Escarpment Rural Land), the own voice. and gritty, honest songs. Their staff at Hempire. All ages are Saturday 10–2:30 pm merchants 2011 stories and the hell we’re calling from. ticket early or you’ll be singing welcome. Wrap up your luscious 10 Carden Arkells: 10:30 pm organization she co-founded. houseofparlance.com/ highly anticipated album will $___ Accommodation jimbryson.org the blues when this workshop locks in colourful cord and Hillside Inside in Black and 4–5 Performance times are approximate photos! sarahharmer.com koyczan hit shelves March 1st. $___ Other ______________ and subject to change. sells out! beads! White by Chris Tiessen 2011 Downtown Guelph hillsidefestival.ca myspace.com/theraa Please see reverse. FSC Labeling FSC Labeling Graphical Requirements9. What did you attend? Fortnight LOCATIONS HUNGRY? 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