All-Day Festival To Happen In Westdale Village

Saturday, June 1st will see a new yearly music and cultural festival arrive in Hamilton, ON. On that day, King Street West in Westdale Village will be closed around its retail core and will become home to the first annual Hamilton Blues & Roots Festival in Westdale Village. Highlighting some of the best local musical talent, including 2013 Juno Award finalist Steve Strongman, 2013 Blues Music Awards nominee Harrison Kennedy, three-time 2012 Hamilton Music Awards winner Terra Lightfoot and many more, this day-long festival will be free to the public and will also feature street performers, food and craft vendors, a beer garden, a family movie night event and much more to be announced in the weeks to come.

1st ANNUAL HAMILTON BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL in Westdale Village

featuring

Steve Strongman w/ special guests

Harrison Kennedy

Paul Deslauriers / Dawn Tyler Watson 

Alfie Smith

Trickbag

Fraser / Daley

Banned From Heaven

Dawn & Marra

Terra Lightfoot

......and more to be announced

Find out more information about the festival by visiting our website, located at

www.hamiltonbluesandroots.com/.

"Like" the festival on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonBluesRootsFest.

Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/HamBluesRoots

This brand new music festival is being presented with the help of the following sponsors: the Westdale Village BIA, TD Bank, Judy Marsales Real Estate, Wink Properties, Sonic Unyon, Supercrawl and Ward 2 councilor Brian McHattie.

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For more information on the festival, please contact Sean Palmerston at Sonic Unyon through the means listed below.

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Sean Palmerston - Sonic Unyon

http://www.sonicunyon.com

sean@sonicunyon.com

905-777-1223 phone

905-975-4127 cell/text

AIM unyonsean

To view the economic impact results from Supercrawl 2012 please follow the link below.

Supercrawl 2012 Economic Impact

This report was created using the Ontario Ministry of Tourism & Culture's TREIM model.

To view the attendee survey results from Supercrawl 2012 please follow the link below.

Supercrawl 2012 Attendee Survey Results

This report was prepared by the Centre for Community Study.

To view the audited financial statements of Supercrawl 2012 please follow the link below.

Supercrawl Productions 2012 Financial Statements

These statements were prepared by Rosemarie K. Fleischer Professional Corporation.

 

Supercrawl invites artists working in a wide range of media to propose works to be showcased as part of their annual outdoor festival, which takes place this year on September 13-14, 2013. Supercrawl celebrates the unique mix of arts organizations, cultures, businesses and creative people along James Street North in Hamilton. Last year Supercrawl attracted 80,000 attendees and is expected to draw well over that number to the area in 2013.

Proposals submitted to this year's call for submissions will be considered for inclusion in either the 2013 or 2014 festival. Works selected by the Curatorial Committee will be shown within the street closure from King Street to Murray Street along James Street North. The Committee is interested in all media including:
 

• Outdoor installation art / sculpture
• Video (projection-based, no sound)
• Site-specific installations
• Performance art
• Public interventions
• Murals
• New media
• Dance

Please note that a priority will be placed on that which can be safely seen, performed, or executed outside and that video content will be shown after sunset on outdoor screens. Each project selected will be allocated an anticipated budget of $600-$800 to include artist fee and production stipend.

Submission Requirements

Please send via email:
 

• Artist's statement (maximum 250 words)
• CV or resume with mailing address, phone number and email contact information.
• 3 images/stills/sketches of the proposed work, supported by 3-5 images of previous work relevant to the proposed project (jpeg, max. 72dpi no larger than 768x1024 pixels)
• A clip, link or digital copy of any video (10 minutes max), if applicable
• Brief physical description of the proposed work
• Title, year, medium, dimensions for all images
• Installation requirements including supplies, set-up time and number of assistants needed
• Location suggestion for your work (optional)
• A statement as to whether the proposed work has been exhibited before; if it has, please include details as to where and when

 

The Supercrawl Curatorial Committee is open to creatively diverse work that has visual impact, durability and significant artistic presence. Artists and their work will be identified and publicized as official Supercrawl selections during the event, on the Supercrawl website and in select media releases. The committee will contact selected artists within six weeks following the deadline.

Send submissions to supercrawlart@gmail.com
Subject Line: YOUR NAME, SUPERCRAWL ART

Deadline for submissions is Sunday February 24 2013

Artists Information Meeting

Applicants are encouraged to attend an artist information meeting on January 31, 2013 from 7-8:30 pm, at the AGH Design Annex, 118 James St North in Hamilton, where committee members will review the sites available for installations and answer applicant questions.

About the Supercrawl Curatorial Committee

The Supercrawl Curatorial Committee presents a wide variety of artistic projects at the annual James Street North Supercrawl. The goal of the committee is to curate public art installations and performances in keeping with Supercrawl's diversity, energy and scale. The committee selects projects by local, national and international artists based on artistic merit, originality, and ability to engage our diverse audience. This committee reports to the Supercrawl Board of Directors.

Since 2010, the committee has curated works in a variety of media, including works by Kelly Mark, Kim Adams, Max Streicher, Shayne Dark, Adam David Brown, Marie-Jeanne Musiol, Gareth Lichty, the McMaster Cybernetic Laptop Orchestra, Chris Shepherd, Shake-N-Make Collective, TH&B, Adad Hannah, EN MASSE, Brandon Vickerd, C.R. Avery and others.

We'd love to have your input on this year's Supercrawl to make next year even better.

Please take our survey!

Todays cars have one thing in common they will not look anything like the Pachydermic Prius. Set to be unveiled this weekend, this project is the culmination of a 4 year relationship between Supercrawl and one of its first major supporters, Upper James Toyota. Undaunted by an unfortunate vandalism, Upper James Toyota developed a unique participatory activity that not only engaged the public, but also brought attention to the fact that they “aren’t just another car dealer”. Again this year the team from Upper James Toyota will be supplying those at Supercrawl with special markers to draw and scribble over two of their wonderful cars. Find them at the corner of James North at Wilson St!

With Pachydermic Prius, the Supercrawl Curatorial Committee brought in local, Hamilton based artist, Bryce Huffman to take his own stab at drawing and scribbling. Bryce has been a fixture of the James North art scene since the beginning and it seemed only fitting that he would connect immediately with the energetic and supportive team at Upper James Toyota.

Here is another “Sneek Peek” leading up to Supercawl taken this week at Hamilton Group Autobody at their downtown location at Ferguson and Cannon. HGA generously donated their space for Bryce to work. You will be able to see all these cars this Saturday September 15 with the unveil scheduled for 2 pm!

The full musical schedule for this year’s event has also been released. It is available on the website at http://www.supercrawl.ca/supercrawl/schedule/ and also follows below

 

Friday, September 14

Colbourne Street Stage
Located on Colbourne Street at James Street North
7:00     Wax Mannequin
8:00     Young Rival
9:15     Zeus
10:30   Said the Whale

Saturday, September 15

King James Stage - Main Stage
(Located on James Street North between King and King William)
12:00   Highnote Ramblers (Warchild Contest Winner)
1:00     Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra with special guest C.R. Avery
2:00     Of Gentlemen and Cowards
3:00     Hamilton Children's Choir
4:00     Bombino
5:00     Terra Lightfoot
6:00     Rah Rah
7:00     Born Ruffians
8:15 - 8:45     STAGE CLOSED
9:00     Great Lake Swimmers
10:30   K'naan


Colbourne Street Stage
Presented by Exclaim! and Sonic Unyon
(Located on Colboure Street at James Street North)
12:00   Ania Z (Warchild Contest Winner)
12:30   B.A. Johnston
1:45     CA Smith
2:45     Simply Saucer
3:45     Kestrels
4:45     Rococode
5:45     Mystery Machine
6:45     Eamon McGrath
7:45     Hollerado
9:00     Change of Heart
10:15     Owen Pallett


Tivoli Stage
Presented by CBC Hamilton
(Located on James Street North at Vine Street)
12:00     Hamilton Suzuki School of Music
12:45     Tribe Mayafire (Dance)
1:15     Cadenas (Dance)
2:00     Dawn and Marra
2:50     Tanya Davis (Spoken Word)
3:15     Elk
4:15     Julie Fader
5:15     Tonya Kennedy
6:15     Dearly Beloved
7:15     The Gertrudes
8:15 - 8:45     STAGE CLOSED
8:45     New Hands
9:45     Sianspheric
10:45     Chore


Circus Orange Event Area
Located at the intersection James Street North and Wilson (York ) Street
8:15 - 8:45


Gore Park Busking Stage
Sponsored by Warchild Canada
(Located in Gore Park)
12:00   Crystalyne
12:40   Trevor James
1:20     Nixon
2:00     Brendn
2:40     Dearly Beloved
3:20     Eamon McGrath
4:00     Marcio Novelli
5:10     Ania Z
5:50     The Caretakers
6:30     Keek
7:10     Time Giant


Robert Street Busking Stage
Sponsored by Warchild Canada
(Located at the intersection James Street North and Robert Street)
1:00     The Caretakers
1:40     Trevor James
2:20     Rococode
3:00     Ania Z
3:40     Tonya Kennedy
4:20     Highnote Ramblers
5:00     Julie Fader
5:40     Great Lake Swimmers
6:40     Erin Passmore
7:20     Kendal Thompson
8:00     Keek
8:40     Christopher Cape
9:20     Meredith Shaw

 

GO TRANSIT will be running extra GO Train service on September 14th and 15th  between Toronto and Hamilton to support this year’s SUPERCRAWL festival on James Street North in Downtown Hamilton.
   
Those looking to travel to and from Hamilton can take the special Lakeshore West GO Trains or regular GO train and bus service serving Hamilton GO Centre, located just blocks away from SUPERCRAWL at the corner of James Street South and Hunter.

One special Toronto-bound train will accommodate passengers that are partaking in the festival on the Friday evening, departing Hamilton GO at 12:20 a.m. in the early hours of Saturday, September 15 heading back to Toronto.
       
Saturday festival-goers can take a special GO Train from Union Station at 6:20 p.m., arriving at Hamilton GO at 7:42 p.m. The return trip will depart Hamilton GO at 12:20 a.m. in the early hours of Sunday, September 16.
       
The special trains operating for SUPERCRAWL, as well as a regular train departing Union Station at 6:35 p.m. on Friday evening,  will include the Art Train Conductor No. 9 railcar, a moving, mobile, public art project developed by No.9: Contemporary Art and the Environment, Metrolinx and Toronto-based artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins. No. 9 art docents will be on board the Art Train Conductor No. 9 coach on the extra trains to introduce riders to the mobile site and encourage discussion about urban planning, transit issues and sustainable cities.

More information on these extra trains can be found at gotransit.com.

GO Transit is Metrolinx's regional public transit system linking Toronto with the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area. GO carries about 62 million passengers a year in an extensive network of train and bus services that spans more than 11,000 square kilometres. Metrolinx is an agency of the Province of Ontario. Follow GO on Twitter and Facebook.

Recently a few members of the Supercrawl Curatorial Committee went up to visit Matt Walker at his studio in Waterdown Ontario. We weren’t quite sure what to expect and we were pleasantly surprised particularly with the scale of the work.

Matt had fashioned a mold for a parabolic dish that he cast out of concrete in the field behind his studio. He designed the dish with careful calculations to precisely direct the sound element of the piece though the barrel of the cannon.

The completed piece, Device for the Emancipation of Landscape, will be mounted to a trailor and driven down to Supercrawl to be displayed on James Street North at Mulberry Street for both Friday September 14th and Saturday September 15th.

The Organizers of the 2012 edition of Supercrawl are excited to announce the full lineup of musical artists performing at this year's festival. SUPERCRAWL is a FREE street festival of art, dance and music on James Street North in Hamilton, Ontario. This year’s edition will take place over two days: on Friday, September 14th and Saturday, September 15th. 

On the Friday night, September 14th, there will be four acts playing outdoors at the Colbourne and James Street North stage between the hours of 7 PM and Midnight, including the main act at today’s secret pop-up show, Vancouver BC’s SAID THE WHALE.

Friday, September 14 
SAID THE WHALE, WAX MANNEQUIN, YOUNG RIVAL, ZEUS 

On Saturday, September 15th there will be musical acts performing on four different stages on James Street North. The Colbourne Street Stage is being curated as a joint effort between Exclaim! Magazine and Sonic Unyon Records to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of both companies. Saturday’s entertainment will include headline sets by Juno-award winning rap artist K’NAAN, Polaris Prize winning instrumentalist OWEN PALLETT, a reunion by CHANGE OF HEART and many more.

Saturday, September 15
ALLOSAURUS, B.A. JOHNSTON, BORN RUFFIANS, CA SMITH, CHANGE OF HEART, CHORE, DAWN AND MARRA, DEARLY BELOVED, EAMON MCGRATH, ELK, GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, HAMILTON CHILDRENS CHOIR, HAMILTON SUZUKI SCHOOL, HOLLERADO, JULIE FADER, KESTRELS, K’NAAN, MYSTERY MACHINE, NEW HANDS, OWEN PALLETT, RAH RAH, ROCOCODE, SIANSPHERIC, SIMPLY SAUCER, TERRA LIGHTFOOT, THE DANKS, THE GERTRUDES, THE HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, TONYA KENNEDY, WHITEHORSE and WAR CHILD Busking For Change

In the weeks to come, we will be announcing the dance troupes, participating artists and other multi-media performers that will be taking part in this year’s festival.

About SUPERCRAWL:
SUPERCRAWL is an annual event that celebrates the diversity of Hamilton’s James Street North district, our multi-disciplinary arts community, and the incredible spark that results with our unique mix of cultures, businesses and creative people.

In 2009, SUPERCRAWL was initiated by a team of artists and community builders who wanted to see the monthly event on James Street North, the ART CRAWL, expand to include music in a greater way, and to take full advantage of an entire street of cultural experiences. This first edition of the festival won the “Best Small Festival of the Year Award” at the 2009 Hamilton Tourism Awards, while the second edition won "Best Medium Festival of the Year Award" in 2010, as well as a 2010 Hamilton Music Award as the "Musical Event Of The Year". Last year’s edition won “Musical Event Of The Year By People’s Choice” at the 2011 Hamilton Music Awards, while organizers Tim Potocic and Dan Pedersen were both awarded 2012 Tourism Hamilton Awards for their work on the festival.

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Supercrawl is now accepting vendor applications for the 2013 edition of the event.

There are two application streams for non-food and food vendors respectively. Please be sure to select the proper stream when applying.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

Although Supercrawl is a two day event, we can ONLY host Street Vendors (non-food) on Saturday September 14th.

Food Trucks, however,  are being requested to apply for BOTH DAYS of the event, Friday, September 13th (evening) and Saturday, September 14th (day and evening), this year.

APPLY NOW