Publik Secrets is pleased to be the current artist-in residence at Hadden Park’s field house, awarded through the Vancouver Park Board. Located at 1015 Maple St, the field house is a site for multi-disciplinary creative engagements with the park, neighbours, and the city at large. Below you can find our calendar of events.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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APRIL 13 – RAAGAVERSE & GAMELAN BIKE BIKE CONCERT @ PERFORMANCE WORKS
Join us at Performance Works (Granville Island) for a special double-bill featuring Raagaverse and Gamelan Bike Bike! Raagaverse, spearheaded by Shruti Ramani, interweaves Hindustani classical traditions, modern jazz, and poetry, centering the influence of Raagas to conjure imagery of a universe full of modal melodies and jazz harmonies. The evening also features new music for gamelan under the direction of I Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka, plus new music for ‘gendér wayang’ featuring the quartet Gamelan Kembang Telang.
Advance Tickets Here. Doors at 7:00. Performance at 8:00pm
MARCH 23 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted inside the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 2:00 to 3:30pm
Free / By Donation. Register in Advance here
MARCH 16 – LEAGUE
Spring has sprung, bringing with it the distinctive sounds of wiffle balls on paddles… Join us for a LEAGUE play day exploring alternative uses of pickleball equipment. LEAGUE is a community gathering to invent and play new games and sports. For this edition we’ll play in Hadden Park from 11am-2pm. All are welcome, there is no cost, and no registration is needed. Feel free to bring paddle- or ball-like things.
LEAGUE is a community-based initiative dedicated to the creative power of collective play and making. First initiated at Elm Park Field House by artist Germaine Koh and expanding to include a revolving cast of collaborators and participants, LEAGUE events are open to everyone who is open to the unpredictability of play. Just bring both body and mind. Saturday March 16th 11am-2pm
FEBRUARY 18 – IN TANDEM: GAMELAN PERFORMANCES
Publik Secrets is convening its three gamelan groups together for an afternoon of performances at Hypha Arts. Come take in the sounds of experimental and traditional gamelan music and also enjoy a game of ‘Berlin-Style Ping Pong’ before or after the performances. This exhilarating take on ping pong can put into motion up to 30 participants through group coordination and rhythmic game play. This is a free and all-ages event! Doors at 2:30, Performances from 3:30 to 5:00pm
FREE / By donation @ Hypha Arts (1410 Venables St)
FEBRUARY 17 – INTRO-TO-BATIK WORKSHOP
FREE / Register in Advance Here
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OCTOBER 22 – RADICAL LISTENING: WORKSHOP
This field recording and listening workshop led by Lawrence English emphasizes the importance of active and engaged listening. English encourages individuals to cultivate a deeper connection with the sounds around them, urging them to embrace a more mindful and receptive approach to listening and their sonic world. Co-presented with Vancouver New Music.
FREE | 11:00am to 3:00pm. Register in Advance here
OCTOBER 6 & 7 – MUSICAL PLAYGROUND POP-UP
The Musical Playground is an interactive installation of large-scale experimental instruments in sculptural and kinetic forms. Drawing inspiration from instrument inventors such as the Baschet Brothers and Harry Partch, the installation creates a space of hands-on play and improvisation that invites people to explore the sonic dimensions of everyday objects and the possibilities for music embedded in them. The playground will be installed outdoors in the Adanac-Vernon Plaza between noon and 5pm each day.
AUGUST 17 – DEVOURS x GENTLE PARTY
This outdoor performance features chamber pop trio Gentle Party and queer pop project Devours. Subversive and club-bangingly inclusive, Devours’ dark-hued, confessional electropop confronts masculinity, body image, gay politics, self-love, and nostalgia. Described as “lush and somewhat mischievous, yet shimmering with melancholy” (Dave O Rama, BC Musician Magazine), Gentle Party creates a sound that is dream-like, pandemonious, and playful.
FREE | 7:00 to 9:00pm. Co-presented with Patio Series.
AUGUST 6 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted inside the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 2:00 to 3:30pm
By Donation. Register in Advance here
JULY 30 – DIY AIR FILTER WORKSHOP
Interesting in making your own air filter? Join us for a hands-on workshop with provided materials. Hosted at the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 1:00 to 3:00pm.
Free! *Limited Capacity* Registration here
JULY 29 – FIELD NOTES x FIREWORKS EDITION
Co-curated with Jean Brazeau of Deep Blue Studios, this outdoor performance in Hadden Park showcases local artists working across experimental music, field recordings and soundscape practices. The evening will feature performances by Sasha J. Langford, Stefan Maier & Alexi Baris, Marina Hasselberg, and Matthew Ariaratnam & Adrian Avendaño. Come for the music, stay for the fireworks!
Event begins at 8:00pm. Free! RSVP in Advance here
JULY 23 – CURRENT SYMPOSIUM @ THE ANNEX
Publik Secrets will have our experimental musical instruments featured at PLAY FIELD: a reimagined music concert experience that draws upon the inspiration of discovery, self-led learning, and show-and-tell to connect the artist and listener. Presented by Current Symposium and Inter/Mediate, this event is family friendly and open to all ages, with discussions moderated by new media artist and early childhood programmer Alanna Ho.
Event begins at 2:00pm. Free! RSVP in Advance here
JULY 17 – UNDER THE SURFACE
Taking place in Hadden Park under a canopy of trees, this edition of the outdoor performance series Field Notes features Dutch music group Under the Surface. Three generations of unique Dutch musicians find each other in a common urge to improvise in which aesthetics, poetry and ensemble play have a major role. Co-presented with Caravan World Rhythms
Event begins at 7:00pm. Free! RSVP in Advance here
JULY 9 – ONLY A VISITOR ╱ MOONDLE
Taking place in Hadden Park under a canopy of trees, this edition of the outdoor performance series Field Notes features local bands working across avant-pop, jazz, and indie rock. Described as “Bjork’s light-footed nymph child,” (Beatroute) Vancouver quintet Only A Visitor brings a precise and buoyant live energy to song-crafting with their “kaleidoscopic compositions” (Dusted Magazine.) Magic realism meets jazz-inflected Indie Pop in Moondle’s lush, imaginative musical interplay.
Event begins at 7:00pm. Free! RSVP in Advance here
JUNE 25 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE PERFORMANCE
Gamelan Bike Bike will give a free outdoor concert in Hadden Park, showcasing new works by the ensemble under the direction of guest teacher Ryan Swaryandana, plus an opening set of ‘gendér wayang’, traditional music from the Balinese art of shadow puppetry ‘wayang kulit’.
FREE 4:00 to 5:30pm
JUNE 17 – KITE MAKING WORKSHOP
Come learn how to make a kite and then fly your creation afterwards. There is an enduring feeling of magic when holding a soaring kite; connecting our bodies to the surrounding elements in a tactile way. Led by Ryan Swaryandana, participants will learn kite-making techniques used in Bali, where kite making is a widely popular group activity and creative artform. 2:00 to 4:00pm
FREE Register in Advance here
JUNE 3 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted inside the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 3:00 to 4:30pm
By Donation. Register in Advance here
APRIL 30 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE & GAMELAN TRIKE TRIKE PERFORMANCE
As part of a fundraiser for Hypha Arts, Gamelan Bike Bike will perform alongside Gamelan Trike Trike, a new group that has been learning gamelan together at the Hadden Park fieldhouse since January. Hypha Arts is a multi-disciplinary arts studio & community space in the location formerly known as The Rattle, which was a beloved venue in East Vancouver. Now they begin a new era following renovations to the space to host more community events, art gatherings and creative workshops.
Doors 2pm, Performance 4pm. $10 tickets available at door. 1410 Venables St. More information here
APRIL 22 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted inside the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 2:00 to 3:30pm
Register in Advance here
MARCH 24 – GAMELAN PERFORMANCE @ THE ROUNDHOUSE
Join us at The Roundhouse to celebrate 10 years of Gamelan Bike Bike! The evening features new works by the ensemble under the direction of I Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka, plus an opening set of ‘gendér wayang’, traditional music from the Balinese art of shadow puppetry ‘wayang kulit’.
Performance at 8:00pm. Tickets Available Here
MARCH 11 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted inside the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 2:00 to 3:30pm
Register in Advance here
JANUARY 21 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted inside the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 1:30 to 3:00pm
Register in Advance here
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NOVEMBER 13 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted inside the Hadden Park fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 1:30 to 3:00pm
Register in Advance here
OCTOBER 16 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted outside in Hadden Park next to the fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 1:30 to 3:00pm
Register in Advance here
OCTOBER 8 – DIY AIR FILTER WORKSHOP
Interested in making your own air filter? Join us for a hands-on workshop with provided materials. Hosted outside in Hadden Park next to the fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 3:30 to 4:30pm.
Free! RSVP via Eventbrite
OCTOBER 2 – AMBRARIA
Lief Ambrosia Hall and Matthew Ariaratnam began improvising together in 2021, in the middle of the pandemic, playing in a backyard with birds and lawnmowers as accompaniment. Together they create music to exist inside of and take refuge in, creating dreamlike utopic/dystopic soundscapes with voice and guitar. This concert celebrates the release of their new album, AmbrAria.
Event begins at 6:00pm. Free!
SEPTEMBER 24 & 25 – SOUNDGARDEN
JoinGiorgio Magnanensi on Saturday and Sunday, September 24 – 25 for soundgarden – Hadden Park. Magnanensi will temporarily install eight Sitka spruce resonators that will diffuse music and sounds in Hadden Park. Come and go as you like, and walk about to listen from different vantage points.
The installation is active from 1 to 4pm on each day. Free! More info here
SEPTEMBER 18 – INFAMY DUO! + SOOM
Taking place in Hadden Park under a canopy of trees, this outdoor performance showcases local artists working across both traditional and experimental forms of percussion music, featuring the duo Infamy Too! and Soom, a Korean drumming ensemble.
Event begins at 6:30pm. Free! RSVP in Advance here
SEPTEMBER 11 – INTRO-TO-GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop, hosted outside in Hadden Park next to the fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) from 2 to 3:30pm
Register in Advance here
SEPTEMBER 4 – TAIWANFEST @ VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
Presented in collaboration with TAIWANFEST, this outdoor event features a variety of Indonesian performing arts, including Gamelan Bike Bike accompanied by special guest puppet-master Sutrisno Hartana performing Wayang Kulit, held in the north plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Event begins at 7:30pm. Free! More Infohere
AUGUST 25-28 – GAMELAN PERFORMANCE @ DARTS HILL (SURREY)
Our new ensemble Gamelan Tekanan Suara will be performing in Darts Hill Garden Park as part of the POP! (Performances Outdoors in Parks) Summer Strolls, presented by Surrey Civic Theatres.
Performances each day Thursday through Sunday. More info Here
JULY 30 – SCOTT GAILEY, ALEXI BARIS, RYLEY O-BRYNE & MICHELLE HELENE MACKENZIE
This outdoor performance showcases local artists working across experimental music, field recordings and soundscape practices, featuring the works of Scott Gailey, Alexi Baris, and Ryley O’Byrne & Michelle Helene Mackenzie. Come for the music, stay for the fireworks!
Event begins at 7:30pm. Free! More Infohere
JULY 29 – FIELD NOTES X WRONG WAVE FESTIVAL
In collaboration with Wrong Wave Festival, this outdoor event features a trio of performances, spanning the experimental percussion duo of Adrian Avendano and Chacal del Tamborazo, the performative installation ‘a versus complex’ by Robyn Jacob, to the ambient works of Daniel Majer and Samantha Leff.
Event begins at 6:30pm. Register in advance here
JULY 28 – GAMELAN PERFORMANCE @ BEACON HILL PARK (VICTORIA)
Join us for a performance by the ensemble Gamelan Bike Bike, presented by the Victoria Symphony and held at the Beacon Hill Bandshell.
Performance at 4pm. Free! More informationHere
JULY 19 – SUNSET CONCERT WITH HANNAH EPPERSON + PUULUUP
In collaboration with Caravan World Rhythm we present an evening concert showcasing the Estonian duo Puuluup and local artist Hannah Epperson.
Performance starts at 6pm. Free! Register in advance here
JULY 16 & 17 – MUSICAL PLAYGROUND @ FOLK FEST
The Musical Playground is an interactive installation of large-scale experimental instruments in sculptural and kinetic forms. Drawing inspiration from instrument inventors such as the Baschet Brothers and Harry Partch, the installation creates a space of hands-on play and improvisation that invites people to explore the sonic dimensions of everyday objects and the possibilities for music embedded in them. The playground will be installed outdoors in Jericho Park as part of the Vancouver Folk Festival between 10am and 5pm.
JULY 3 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for an outdoor workshop in the park which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 2 to 3:30pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary.
Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
JULY 2 – GAMELAN PERFORMANCE @ JAZZ FESTIVAL
Join us for a performance by the ensemble Gamelan Bike Bike, presented by the Coastal Jazz Festival and held at Roundhouse Community Centre.
Performance at 1:30pm. Tickets Available Here
MAY 15 – GAMELAN PERFORMANCE @ OPPENHEIMER PARK
Join us for an outdoor performance by the ensemble Gamelan Bike Bike at Oppenheimer Park as part of the Music for Spirits concert series organized by the Carnegie Community Centre. This event will feature the new composition ‘sesaat’ composed by Publik Secrets member Robyn Jacob. The event will be rain or shine.
Performance from 3 to 4pm. Free!
MAY 1 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for an outdoor workshop in the park which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3 to 4:30pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary.
Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
APRIL 30 – EXPLORASIAN FESTIVAL
As part of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS), the month of May is filled with events and performances celebrating Asian culture. You can find the whole calendar of events for the ExplorAsian Festival here. Publik Secrets is pleased to be performing with our newly built gamelan instruments at the free opening ceremony hosted at SFU Harbour Centre, in collaboration with the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia Vancouver.
Register for the Opening Ceremony Here
JANUARY 15 – GAMELAN PERFORMANCE @ CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE (POSTPONED)
Join us for a performance by the ensemble Gamelan Bike Bike at the Carnegie Community Centre’s Music for Spirits concert series. The free performance will begin at 7pm, more information can be found here.
*this event has been postponed, new date TBA
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OCTOBER 10 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for an outdoor workshop in the park which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3 to 4:30pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
SEPTEMBER 26 – SUNSET CONCERT WITH GAMELAN BIKE BIKE
Join us for a sunset concert featuring new music by Gamelan Bike Bike, plus an opening set of ‘gendér wayang’, traditional music from the Balinese art of shadow puppetry of ‘wayang kulit’. Presented in partnership with Caravan World Rhythms
Performance begins at 5:30pm. Register in advance here
SEPTEMBER 21 – SUNSET CONCERT WITH VOSTOK TRIO + LACHE CERCEL & THE ROMA JAZZ ENSEMBLE
In collaboration with Caravan World Rhythm we present an evening concert of two groups showcasing music from Eastern Europe. Vostok Trio features sublime vocal arrangements of Ukrainian and Balkan songs and Lache Cercel & the Roma Jazz Ensemble showcase Balkan, Eastern European Romani music and gypsy jazz.
Performance begins at 5pm. Register in advance here
SEPTEMBER 9 – SUNSET CONCERT WITH ALI RAZMI PERSIAN ENSEMBLE & GRDINA-HOULE-LOEWEN TRIO
In collaboration with Caravan World Rhythm we present an evening concert of Sufi-inspired Persian music and jazz featuring the Ali Razmi Persian Ensemble and the Grdina-Houle-Loewen Trio.
Performance begins at 5pm. Register in advance here
SEPTEMBER 7 – SOUNDSCAPE BROADCAST
This year’s outdoor broadcast continues our focus on ambient & soundscape based practices. We invite audiences to think of ambience as a state of awareness and conduct, a kind of immersion in, and with, other entities. Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artists Helena Krobath, Jean Brazeau, and George Rahi will share compositions for Hadden Park, based on a collection of field recordings collected in the park and surrounding environments as inspirations for their electro-acoustic creations. The compositions will be diffused through the park, provoking listening as a kind of ambient sensitivity, what Jean-Paul Thibaud describes as “not a simple passive reception but rather the power of intensification and transformation of our relation to the world”.
Advance registrationHere
AUGUST 22 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for an outdoor workshop in the park which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3 to 4:30pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
AUGUST 17 & 18 – VINES ART FESTIVAL
Vines Arts Festival returns to Hadden Park this year with outdoor performances and installations, including A Versus Complex, a new composition and outdoor sound installation by Publik Secrets artist Robyn Jacob.
A Versus Complex is a personal response to the activities taking place on one of the frontlines of the climate emergency: the conflict between the logging industry and land defenders trying to stop the clear cutting of old growth forests. In the face of polarization and lack of context and nuance in mainstream media’s portrayal of the conflict, especially regarding Indigenous rights and colonial history, the piece explores what gets left out of the public knowledge stream, and how this changes the conversation.
August 17 – Vines Art Festival from 6-8pm. More Info Here
August 18 – Encore Presentation from 4-6pm
AUGUST 8 – SUNSET CONCERT WITH FORRO DO CANA
In collaboration with Caravan World Rhythm we present an evening concert by Forro Do Cana, Vancouver’s premier Brazilian Forro band. The group was founded in 2018 as a passion project, dedicated to the dissemination of the music of Northeastern Brazil.
Performance begins at 7pm. Capacity limited! Register in advance here
MAY 1 – BLOEDEL CONSERVATORY DAWN CHORUS BROADCAST
As part of International Dawn Chorus Day and the Reveil 24-hour broadcast, Publik Secrets present a morning broadcast of the Bloedel Conservatory, a plant and bird sanctuary inside a large dome in Vancouver. Listeners will here the soundscape of the morning routines between the staff and the birds inside this artificial ecology.
From 7 – 8am PDT, Broadcast Link Here
JANUARY 28 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY WITH S F HO
The See Sounds Listening Parties provide a look in to the musical and sonic influences and processes of local artists. For this version of See Sounds, which will take place online via zoom, we have invited artist S F Ho to share some sounds with us.
About the workshop:
“I hope that listening can be a conduit to write something as a group. I would like to pay attention to the power of vocal expression and oral narrative over the written page. I hope that listening can also be a means to recognize the disparate spaces that we inhabit and occupy during the pandemic. I am curious about the ways in which listening and language may connect these spaces. I will invite participants to do exercises that combine listening, writing, reading aloud and reading silently.”
S F Ho is an artist living on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples. They’re into community building, books, and being sort of boring. They wrote a novella about aliens and love called George the Parasite.
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NOVEMBER 26 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY WITH HELENA KROBATH
The See Sounds Listening Parties provide a look in to the musical and sonic influences and processes of local artists. For this version of See Sounds, which will happen over zoom, we invite local sound artist Helena Krobath, who says:“For this version of See Sounds, we’ll play with visualizations and automatic drawing gestures inspired by sound. You’re invited to bring your sketchpad and drawing implements as we relax and listen to different music and sonic textures.”Helena Krobath is a sound artist and educator exploring ways that information is created, communicated, and made meaningful. She uses listening, recording, and composition to consider infrastructures and narratives in places like ports, neighbourhoods and nature zones. Her sound art has appeared in festivals and radio specials, and her audio essay on street economies during COVID-19 will be published in the Journal of Design and Culture in spring 2021.
TO SIGN UP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/see-sounds-listening-party-with-helena-krobath-tickets-127933487505
OCTOBER 24 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY WITH JUSTINE CHAMBERS
The See Sounds Listening Parties provide a look in to the musical and sonic influences and processes of local artists. For this version of See Sounds, which will happen over zoom, we invite local dance artist Justine A. Chambers. The anchors of Justine A. Chambers movement based practice are found in collaborative creation, close observation, and the idea of choreography as living archive. She is concerned with a choreography of the everyday; with the unintentional dances, as she describes them “that are already there.” Her recent choreographic projects include: And then this also, One hundred more, tailfeather, for all of us, it could have been like this, ten thousand times and one hundred more, Family Dinner, Family Dinner: The Lexicon, Semi-precious: the faceting of a gemstone only appears complete and critical; Enters and Exits and COPY.
TO SIGN UP: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/see-sounds-listening-party…
OCTOBER 3 – WILD BELLS / DRIFT / FREQUENCIES
Join us for an open-air sound exploration at Hadden Park with a trio of compositions and installations by Robyn Jacob, Roxanne Nesbitt and George Rahi. The sounds of custom-made bells, ethereal voices and unique, hand-made, ceramic percussion pieces play with and within the park’s usual ambience, temporarily transforming the space and sonic environment.
Presented in partnership with Vancouver New Music
OCTOBER 2 – FIELD NOTES
Join us for an outdoor concert at Hadden Park featuring works by Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw, John Cage, John Luther Adams, Meredith Monk, and a world premiere by Kaia Stoesz. Performed by Robyn Jacob and Newsha Khalaj. Public health is our priority, the concert will be physically distanced with limited capacity. Advance Registration Required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/field-notes-presents-i-tickets-121486763179
SEPTEMBER 30 – KUTAPIRA
The Vancouver based percussion group Kutapira will give a performance in Hadden Park! The name Kutapira means “Sweetness” in the Shona language of Zimbabwe, a fitting title for a band that plays a fusion of Zimbabwean marimba with West African and Afro-Cuban percussion. Presented in partnership with Caravan World Rhythms
Advance registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kutapira-tickets-122357780415
SEPTEMBER 20 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE PERFORMANCE
an evening of music featuring new works by Gamelan Bike Bike, plus an opening set of ‘gender wayang’ music, traditional repertoire to accompany the Balinese art of shadow puppetry Presented in partnership with Caravan World Rhythms
Advance registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gamelan-bike-bike-performance-tickets-119851255331
SEPTEMBER 20 – MAYNE ISLAND SOUND MAP
Please join us for an outdoor, guided audio tour of the Mayne Island Sound Map! The Mayne Island Sound Map offers soundscapes, music, and stories from and about a small island community. Bring a blanket and snacks, and listen to excerpts from this interactive audio project. Advance registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/see-sounds-mayne-island-sound-map-tickets-117160503219
SEPTEMBER 19 – JENNY BANAI ALBUM RELEASE SHOW + THE GIVING SHAPES (CANCELLED)
Come take in the lush sounds of local indie rocker Jenny Banai in celebration of her album release couchwalker. Opening set by Robyn Jacob and Elisa Thorn of ‘The Giving Shapes’ Presented in partnership with Hidden City Records. Advance Registration Required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jenny-banai-album-release-concert-w-the-giving-shapes-tickets-115932756997
SEPTEMBER 11 – ZLATNA MOUNTAIN PERFORMANCE (POSTPONED)
The Vancouver 6-piece band, Zlatna Mountain, will take you on a journey to a joyful house party in a Balkan village, presenting songs from Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina and Albania. Zlatna Mountain blends Slavic harmonies with Turkish scales and rhythms, and offers songs about a far-seeing falcon, a foolish bag-piper, mischief-making in vineyards, love lost and found, and forests and mountains that come to life.
SEPTEMBER 4 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY WITH ADRIAN AVENDANO
Join us outside for a performance and workshop featuring local musician Adrian Avendaño. The See Sounds Listening Parties provide a look in to the musical and sonic influences and processes of local artists.This event will take place outside, and will observe physical distancing measures. Please bring your own blanket to sit on. Attendance will be limited, so please reserve your spot with this link. All donations go towards the guest artist!
AUGUST 21 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY WITH TEGAN WAHLGREN
Join us outside for a performance and workshop featuring local musician Tegan Wahlgren (Wallgrin.) The See Sounds Listening Parties provide a look in to the musical and sonic influences and processes of local artists.This event will take place outside, and will observe physical distancing measures. Please bring your own blanket to sit on. Attendance will be limited, so please reserve your spot with this link. All donations go towards the guest artist!
AUGUST 22 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE PERFORMANCE @ COLLINGWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE
An annual community festival organizing by Collingwood Neighbourhood House featuring performances by:
Gamelan Bike Bike
FIND MUTYA
Clara Rose Trio
Treesong
Roving Performers:
Nayana Fielkov
Willoughby Arevalo
Art installation by Heather Sparks
More Information Here: https://www.facebook.com/events/304181757577057/
AUGUST 16 – KITE MAKING WORKSHOP
Join Publik Secrets in a kite making workshop where we will make our own Delta Kites to try out in the wind! This workshop will take place out doors to allow for physical distancing and is weather dependent. Attendance is free but registration is required since space is limited. Registerhere
AUGUST 9 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE PERFORMANCE @ HADDEN PARK
Join us for an evening of experimental gamelan at Hadden Park. Advance Registration is required, register for your free ticket here.
JULY 25 – TOUCH AT A DISTANCE
In light of the public health crisis still unfolding, this year’s soundscape event shifts towards an outdoor broadcast format in the theme of a renewed listening, continuing our focus on ambient & soundscape based practices. We invite audiences to think of ambience as a state of awareness and conduct, a kind of immersion in, and with, other entities. We’ve invited four interdisciplinary artists to share soundscape compositions for Hadden Park, using a collection of field recordings collected in the park and surrounding environment as their raw materials. Their creations, diffused through outdoor speakers, provoke listening as a kind of ambient sensitivity, what thinker Thibaud describes as “not a simple passive reception but rather the power of intensification and transformation of our relation to the world”.
Please register your attendance in advance of the event using the free ticket registration here (limited to 30 attendees). You are encouraged to bring a blanket and a mask and join us (in a physically-distanced manner) for an evening of sounds under the canopy of trees at Hadden Park, unceded coast salish territory.
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Register in advance (it’s free) on this eventbrite link.
APRIL 4 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE PERFORMANCE @ GRANVILLE ISLAND (CANCELLED)
Join us for an evening of experimental gamelan and indie rock at the Red Gate Revue Stage on Granville Island. Gamelan Bike Bike will premiere ‘Kira-Kira’, a new work by composer I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot). Balot is a prominent young composer from Bali whose music features brilliance of form and an intrinsic sense of playfulness. The evening also features a performance by Seattle-based musician ings. Doors at 8PM – Advance Tickets Here
MARCH 23 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP (CANCELLED)
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 8 to 10 pm at the fieldhouse. Free! All are welcome.
FEBRUARY 24 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 8 to 10 pm at the fieldhouse. Free! All are welcome.
FEBRUARY 23 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 16 – MUSICAL PLAYGROUND @ KIDS TAKE OVER UBC
The Musical Playground is an interactive installation of large-scale experimental instruments in sculptural and kinetic forms. Drawing inspiration from instrument inventors such as the Baschet Brothers and Harry Partch, the installation creates a space of hands-on play and improvisation that invites people to explore the sonic dimensions of everyday objects and the possibilities for music embedded in them. The playground will be installed at the UBC School of Music between 11am and 2pm as part of the annual ‘Kids Take Over UBC‘ event.
JANUARY 19 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
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DECEMBER 2 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 8 to 10 pm at the fieldhouse. Free! All are welcome.
NOVEMBER 24 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
NOVEMBER 1 THROUGH 30 – FREQUENCIES / COMPOSITION WORKSHOPS
‘Frequencies’ invites you to contribute to the soundscape of The Roundhouse by marking the cycles of time through this contemporary bell tower. Rahi will facilitate regular composition sessions for individuals to improvise and create melodies for the bells to play. Come explore the instrument and hear your creation ring out at intervals
throughout the month. No experience necessary!
Free Drop-in Composition workshops are held on the following times: Fri Nov 1-Sun Nov 3, 5-7 pm | Tue Nov 5, 12, 19, 26, 5-7pm | Wed Nov 6, 13, 20, 27, 11am-1pm
LOCATION: Great Hall, Roundhouse Community Centre
NOVEMBER 1 – MODULUS FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY AND PERFORMANCE
The launch of Music on Main’s Modulus Festival features an artist talk by George Rahi and a performance by composer Robyn Jacob, who will be joined by singers Emily Milliard and Emily Cheung for the composition ‘drift’ which originally premiered at our Festival for Publik Space in Hadden Park. Free! Location: Roundhouse Community Centre. More info here
OCTOBER 29 – FREQUENCIES / CHANGE RINGING
Join us for a tour of the Holy Rosary Cathedral bell tower and listen up close to Vancouver’s only remaining practice of change ringing (patterns and sequences of bell ringing coordinated manually by a group). Members of the Vancouver Society of Change Ringers will be present to ring the bells and demonstrate the techniques involved. The tour meets at 6:30pm in front of the cathedral and is convened by Publik Secrets member George Rahi, who is working towards the upcoming interactive bell installation ‘Frequencies’ at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
OCTOBER 24 – FREQUENCIES / PUBLIC TALK
Join us for a free talk by UBC musicologist Alex Fisher, hosted at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Alex will share his research on the significance of bells in pre-modern Europe, focusing on the spiritual, even magical, functions that were accorded to them, especially their ability to drive away storms and the airborne demons who were thought to cause them. The period following Martin Luther’s Reformation was a crucible for debate and discussion about bells and the power they could work in the atmosphere. Start Time: 8pm Location Room B
SEPTEMBER 15 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
AUGUST 23 – FESTIVAL FOR PUBLIK SPACE
Join us in Hadden Park for a mini-festival of creative loitering and performances. This free, all-ages event runs outdoors from 6:30 to 9:30pm. Program:
The intersections between music making and the broader acoustic environment have given shape to much of our fieldhouse residency activities, and this year’s event continues our focus on ambient & soundscape based practices, inviting artists and audiences to think of ambience as a state of awareness and conduct, a kind of immersion in, and with, other entities. Bring a blanket and a friend and join us for an evening of installations and performances under the canopy of trees.
Sonic Works by:
Peki Hajdukovic
Jean Brazeau
Laura Crowe + Jonathan Adams
Matthew Ariaratnam + Robyn Jacob
George Rahi
Improvised Movement by:
Luciana Fortes
Raj Gill + Michael Undem
AUGUST 10 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE @ KALEIDOSCOPE FESTIVAL
Gamelan Bike Bike gives a free performance in Town Centre Park as part of Kaleidoscope Festival. The performance begins at 4pm. More info here
AUGUST 8 – VINES ARTS FESTIVAL
Vine Arts Festival returns to Hadden Park this year with outdoor performances and installations from 4:30 to 8:30pm, including an outdoor sound installation by Publik Secrets member George Rahi. The event is free and finishes with a community feast! Full schedule is here
JULY 18 – SOUNDWALK / WORLD LISTENING DAY
Participate in World Listening Day with a soundwalk from Roundhouse Community Centre to Hadden Park. This walk will explore the soundscape of Vancouver’s coastline and ask what defines our city’s sonic environment today. Through a practice of collective walking and listening, can we hear the forces that punctuate daily life into a tapestry of rhythms?
The walk begins at 7pm from the Roundhouse Community Centre and will conclude at the Hadden Park Fieldhouse for a discussion.
JULY 1 – MUSICAL PLAYGROUND @ GRANVILLE ISLAND
The Musical Playground is an interactive installation of large-scale experimental instruments in sculptural and kinetic forms. Drawing inspiration from instrument inventors such as the Baschet Brothers and Harry Partch, the installation creates a space of hands-on play and improvisation that invites people to explore the sonic dimensions of everyday objects and the possibilities for music embedded in them. The playground will be installed outdoors next to the False Creek Community Centre between 10am and 5pm. Free!
JUNE 15 – KARAOKE MARATHON
Publik Secrets, in collaboration with Weekend Leisure, invite you to the Hadden Park Fieldhouse for a Karaoke Marathon! Starts: Saturday, June 15th at 1pm and goes on for as long as there are people singing!
Duets Hour, Can-Con Hour, Sunset Hour, Midnight Pancake Hour, and more!
JUNE 1 – ADULTS ARE SO LAST YEAR
Western Front opens its doors and invites kids of all ages to collaborate with artists and musicians for activities and games exploring media arts, music and visual arts. We’ll have our Musical Playground installation there alongside activities led by Gabi Dao, Alanna Ho, and Roxanne Charles. Free! From 12 to 5pm at 303 East 8th Avenue.
MAY 16 – WANDERING STRANGER TEA GATHERING
Come join us for tea and take in the sunset at Hadden Park. We’ll be setup at the picnic tables at the northwest corner of the park with our “Mobile Tools for Conviviality”, offering tea as a vehicle for connection between strangers. From 7 to 10pm, co-hosted with the Pandora Benevolent Society for New Media and Happiness Research.
MAY 13 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 7 to 10 pm. Free! All are welcome.
MAY 12 – GAMELAN GITA ASMARA PERFORMANCE
Come enjoy a free outdoor performance by Gamelan Gita Asmara at the Hadden Park Field House! The Vancouver ensemble of 25 musicians performs traditional and contemporary music from Bali, Indonesia on a gamelan (ensemble of bronze gongs, metallophones and drums). The ensemble will showcase repertoire taught by visiting musician and teacher I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot). The performance will take place at 2pm.
APRIL 28 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
APRIL 27 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE + PANTAYO
Gamelan Bike Bike will be opening for Pantayo at this upcoming Vancouver New Music concert! Pantayo is an all-women lo-fi R&B gong punk collective based in Toronto. The group combines percussive metallophones and drums from kulintang traditions of Southern Philippines and synth-based electro grooves, to create a sound shaped by their experiences as Diasporic Filipinas.
8PM, Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM
The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor)
Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3568287
MARCH 25 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 7 to 10 pm. Free! All are welcome.
MARCH 24 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 25 – SOUNDWALK @ HADDEN PARK
Join the members of Vancouver Soundwalk Collective for a soundwalk through Hadden Park and its surrounding neighbourhood. A Soundwalk is a guided listening tour that encourages participants to actively listen, opening ears and consciousness to the complex orchestration that the environment is composing at all times. It is an exercise in drawing attention to subtle, hidden sounds as well as a way to discern the various layers and defining sonic features of a place. The walk starts at 7pm at the Hadden Park fieldhouse and will return to the fieldhouse for snacks and discussion afterwards.
FEBRUARY 17 – GAMELAN BIKE BIKE @ MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Gamelan Bike Bike hosts a free interactive workshop with the ensemble’s instruments at the Museum of Anthropology’s annual family day event. The workshop is free and held between 3 and 5pm.
FEBRUARY 10 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
JANUARY 13 – INTRO TO GAMELAN WORKSHOP
Interested in learning how to play gamelan music? Join us for a hands-on workshop which will introduce you to the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan. We will be using the experimental instruments of the ensemble ‘Gamelan Bike Bike’ for the workshop. The workshop runs from 3:30 to 5pm and is by donation. No previous musical experience necessary. Advanced registration is required via Eventbrite
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DECEMBER 2 – SHAKE UP EXHIBIT LAUNCH – MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Join us at the launch of the Museum of Anthropology’s new exhibition ‘Shake Up: Preserving What We Value’, which explores various scientific understandings and indigenous knowledge(s) of earthquakes. The launch event features workshops connecting participants to the arts of Indonesia and a talk which explores how Balinese culture is shaped by its earthquake-prone environment. At 1:30pm Gamelan Bike Bike will host a free interactive workshop with the ensemble’s instruments in collaboration with guest director I Putu Gede Sukaryana. The event is admission by donation between 10 am – 5 pm.
NOVEMBER 16 – ONLY A VISITOR x KINGSGATE CHORUS x GAMELAN BIKE BIKE
Publik Secrets presents a concert of new music at the Roundhouse Community Centre featuring the musical projects involved in our fieldhouse residency. The evening features new works by art pop quintet Only A Visitor in collaboration with the Kingsgate Chorus. Joining the evening is Gamelan Bike Bike, a Balinese gamelan inspired ensemble made from recycled bicycles. Tickets are $15 and are available in advance here https://onlyavisitor.brownpapertickets.com/
OCTOBER 24 – SOUNDWALK
Join the members of Vancouver Soundwalk Collective for a soundwalk around False Creek. A Soundwalk is a guided listening tour that encourages participants to actively listen, opening ears and consciousness to the complex orchestration that the environment is composing at all times. It is an exercise in drawing attention to subtle, hidden sounds as well as a way to discern the various layers and defining sonic features of a place. The walk will begin at 5pm, beginning in front of Granville Island Brewing (near the entrance to Granville Island) and will finish at the fieldhouse for snacks and discussion afterwards.
SEPTEMBER 29 & 30 – MUSICAL PLAYGROUND @ ROBSON SQUARE
As part of the VIVA Vancouver activation program, our Musical Playground installation will be installed into Vancouver’s downtown public spaces this September. This interactive installation features a series of acoustic and electronic hand-made instruments designed for all ages play. Drawing inspiration from the whimsical instruments created by inventors such as the Baschet Brothers and Harry Partch, the installation creates a space of hands-on play and improvisation that invites people to explore the intuitive relationships between everyday objects, sound, and the possibilities for music embedded in them. The installation will be located in Robson Square between 11am and 4pm on each day.
SEPTEMBER 23 – GAMELAN WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCE
Come participate in a free gamelan workshop at Hadden Park with Gamelan Gita Asmara. The workshop runs from 2pm to 4pm and is followed by a free performance. Register here UPDATE: Due to rain this event will be held indoors at St James Community Square (3214 W. 10th Avenue)
AUGUST 18 – FESTIVAL FOR PUBLIK SPACE
Join us in Hadden Park for a celebration of art in the park! We’re marking the third year of the Publik Secret’s field house residency, and we’d like to pack in many of our favorite things into the park for a mini-festival of creative loitering and performances. This free, all-ages event runs from 5pm to 9:30pm and is held outdoors on unceded coast salish territory.
The diverse field of sound art has been a continual feature of our fieldhouse residency, and this year’s festival will have a special focus on ambient & soundscape based practices, using our distributed mobile sound systems to create an outdoor listening space that interacts with and references the surrounding acoustic environment.
Sonic Works by:
Hildegard Westerkamp
Danny Majer
Jonathan Scherk
George Rahi
Robyn Jacob, w/ Emma Postl and Emily Millard
Also Featuring:
Pop-Up Ping Pong by frida&frank
Mobile Tools for Conviviality
bring a blanket and a friend!
all forms of creative loitering encouraged!
AUGUST 9 – NO TREE IS UNTOUCHED BY THE WIND
Vine Arts Festival returns to Hadden Park this year and features a new outdoor sound installation by George Rahi. Integrating an artistic practice in kinetic sound sculpture, new media technology, and acoustic instrument making, no tree is untouched by the wind is comprised of a series of individually suspended metallophone bells interfaced with electro-magnetically controlled actuators distributed throughout the park. Much as the way the diffuse qualities of ringing church bells and dispersed bird songs draw attention to the acoustic profile of the soundscape, the resonant tones of the installation similarly prompt listeners to hold the entire sound field in their attention to discern between its focal and overlapping qualities with the surrounding space. This work links together research and praxis in acoustic ecology and sound art, and explores the capacities for artworks to further ecological ways of thinking.
JULY 1 – MUSICAL PLAYGROUND @ GRANVILLE ISLAND
The Musical Playground is an interactive installation that features many unique and hand-made instruments. Drawing inspiration from the whimsical instruments created by inventors such as the Baschet Brothers and Harry Partch, the installation creates a space of hands-on play and improvisation that invites people to explore the relationships between everyday objects, sound, and the possibilities for music embedded in them. The installation will be located in front of the False Creek Community Centre between 10am and 5pm.
JUNE 13 – GAMELAN WORKSHOP @ YALETOWN COMMUNITY BBQ
This free, all-ages & abilities workshop introduces participants to the sounds and instruments of Gamelan Bike Bike. Through hands-on music making, participants will learn the basic playing techniques of the instruments and how the various parts fit together to create an ensemble. The event takes place from 12pm to 1:30pm at Roundhouse Community Centre Turntable Plaza as part of the Yaletown Community BBQ. No Registration required.
APRIL 28 – GAMELAN GITA ASMARA PERFORMANCE
Come enjoy a free outdoor performance by Gamelan Gita Asmara at the Hadden Park Field House! The Vancouver ensemble of 25 musicians performs traditional and contemporary music of Bali, Indonesia on a gamelan (ensemble of bronze gongs, metallophones and drums). The ensemble will showcase repertoire learned over the past year by artist director teacher I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot). The performance will take place at 2pm
MARCH 14 – SOUNDWALK
Join the members of Vancouver Soundwalk Collective for a soundwalk around Hadden Park. A Soundwalk is a guided listening tour that encourages participants to actively listen, opening ears and consciousness to the complex orchestration that the environment is composing at all times. It is an exercise in drawing attention to subtle, hidden sounds as well as a way to discern the various layers and defining soundmarks of a place. The walk will begin at the fieldhouse for 6:30pm, and will return to the fieldhouse for snacks and discussion afterwards.
MARCH 4 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio).
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. This month’s guest is Elisa Ferrari. Ferrari works with text, image, and sound. To consider acts and implications of retrieval, she produces projects that manifest as installations, sound walks, artist books, and performance; often addressing or incorporating archival fragments. Ferrari holds a BFA from the University of Architecture of Venice (IUAV) and a MAA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD).
The event is held at the fieldhouse from 3:30 to 6:30pm.
FEBRUARY 10 – GAMELAN & INSTRUMENT MAKING WORKSHOP
This workshop introduces participants to the various instrument making techniques used to create a gamelan. We will look at ways to shape the sonic properties of everyday materials and there will be hands-on music making with the instruments of the Gamelan Bike Bike ensemble. This works is supported by Surrey’s Community Art Program, and is a free event open to youth who are between the age of 15-30. Registration Here
JANUARY 21 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio).
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. This month we have invited Gamelan Bike Bike’s guest teacher from Bali, I Putu Gede Sukaryana (who goes by Balot,) to be our guest presenter. Balot is a cofounder of Insitu Recordings, a new label based in Bali, Indonesia, and is a prominent young composer whose music features brilliance of form and an intrinsic sense of playfulness.
The event is held at the fieldhouse from 3:30 to 6:30pm.
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NOVEMBER 26 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio).
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Matthew Ariaratnam, a composer, guitarist, and improviser to be our guest this month. Matthew likes to work with sound as a sonic material and as a point of connection to create happenings and relational interactions. He manages this through practices of field recording, soundwalking, musicking, and making site-specific performance.
The event is held at the fieldhouse from 3:30 to 6:30pm.
OCTOBER 22 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio).
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome artist prOphecy Sun to be this month’s guest. prOphecy is a prolific interdisciplinary artist who has been self releasing music for almost 10 years, weaving vast vocal soundscapes and exploring the use of smartphone technology as a recording tool. Her work explores the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious, the environment, and sound.
The event is held at the fieldhouse from 3:30 to 6:30pm.
SEPTEMBER 15 – PING PONG FESTIVAL
Come join us for an afternoon of Ping Pong, music, and art in Hadden Park! Frida&Frank are bringing three of their custom ping pong tables and will be joined by our Mobile Tools For Conviviality, which features a mobile sound system and pop-corn/tea cart.
You are welcome to bring your own paddle, but we have enough for all the tables to be played with doubles if needed. 4pm to 9:30pm
SEPTEMBER 14 – STATE OF THE PRACTICE EXHIBIT
State of the Practice is an annual exhibition highlighting the Vancouver Park Board’s longstanding commitment to artists working in community to engage citizens in creative practices. This year’s exhibit, FieldGuides, focuses on the Field House Studio Residency Program. Our projects in Hadden Park over the past 2 year of our residency will be featured. Join us at the opening reception on Thursday September 14.
Exhibition: Mon Sep 11 – Sun Sep 24
Location: Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre, Roundhouse Community Centre
Free Entrance, More Info Here
AUGUST 9 – OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT
Join us in Hadden Park for a pedal-powered screening of short films, co-presented with Vines Art Festival 2017
Works Presented: “Slow Media”, “Mother’s Map”, and “Beyond Recognition”
Films Start at 9pm. This is a free all-ages event! Bring a blanket! yes there will be popcorn!
The outdoor cinema follows many other activities in Hadden Park on Wednesday. To see the full schedule, visit http://vinesartfestival.com/pages/august-9-2017/
July 29 – FESTIVAL FOR PUBLIK SPACE
Join us in Hadden Park for a celebration of art in the park! We’re marking two years since the Publik Secret’s field house residency began, and we’d like to pack in many of our favorite things into the park for a one-day mini-festival of creative loitering and performances. This is a FREE ALL-AGES event, held outdoors on unceded coast salish territory. 5-9pm
▼Performances by ▼
Only a Visitor
Gamelan Bike Bike
Red Moon
▼Also Featuring▼
SiteFactory: Mobile Art Platform
Freestyle Focus Group
Mobile Tools for Conviviality
bring a blanket and a friend!
all forms of creative loitering encouraged!
JUNE 29 – POLITICAL CROSS-STITCH WORKSHOP
Join the artists and activists from Tin Can Studio, Gen WHY, and Apathy is Boring to make fun political wall hangings! This **free** cross-stitching workshop brings people together in the Tin Can Studio (mobile art studio) to stitch powerful slogans on to fabric while learning new craftivism skills and hanging out with people in your community. These assertive wall hangings serve as elegant reminders for political action in daily life and also make great gifts!
We’ll also be showcasing stories of civic engagement with outdoor projections as part of the 150 Years Young project.
When: June 29th, 8:30pm – 11pm at the Hadden Park fieldhouse.
JUNE 20 – SOLSTICE GATHERING
Gamelan Bike Bike will be performing at the Gathering Place’s annual Summer Solstice celebration in Emery Barnes Park at 7pm! Free, all ages, and outdoors!
JUNE 8 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Aaron Pettigrewto be this month’s guest.
JUNE 5 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 8 to 11 pm. Free! All are welcome.
MAY 4 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Pietro Sammarco to be this month’s guest.
APRIL 6 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome drummer Justin Devries to be this month’s guest. Devries is dedicated to the study of drums, percussion, electronics and international music, and his studies strive to explore and celebrate the multicultural realities of life in the 21st century. Justin recently returned from a self directed study of Balinese music in Indonesia.
APRIL 2 – SOUNDWALKING PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC SPACE
A Soundwalk is a guided listening tour that encourages participants to actively listen, opening ears and consciousness to the complex orchestration that the environment is composing at all times. It is an exercise in drawing attention to subtle, hidden sounds as well as a way to discern the various layers and defining soundmarks of a place. Presented by Vancouver New Music and the Vancouver Soundwalk collective, artist George Rahi will lead a soundwalk starting at Waterfront Station at 2pm. More informationhere.
MARCH 13 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 8 to 11 pm. Free! All are welcome.
FEBRUARY 17 – SHADOW JAM
Shadowjam is a fully participatory event where everyone is a performer and everyone is the audience. It’s a magical blend of improvised musical jam, in-the-moment shadow puppetry, and spontaneous storytelling. Hosted by Mind of a Snail Puppet Co, Shadowjam provides a framework for unconditional play within an expressive, inclusive group experience. Participants often describe it as a shared dream. Come for snacks and shadow puppet crafting at 7pm. The shadowjam runs from 8 to 10pm. Free! All are welcome!
FEBRUARY 13 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 8 to 11 pm. Free! All are welcome.
FEBRUARY 9– SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Professor Alejandra Bronfman to be this month’s guest.
FEBRUARY 4 – WINTER WANDER
Gamelan Bike Bike will be performing throughout the day at Winter Wander. A $5 ticket gets you access to this hot-spot of cultural institutions next to Hadden Park, including the Museum of Vancouver, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver Academy of Music, and City of Vancouver Archives! Winter Wander goes from 10am to 5pm, with Gamelan Bike Bike performances at noon and 2pm in the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
JANUARY 23 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 8 to 11 pm. Free! All are welcome.
JANUARY 12 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome composer, radio-artist, teacher and sound ecologist Hildegard Westerkamp to be this month’s guest.
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NOVEMBER 3 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome composer Ben Wylie to be this month’s guest. Ben recently completed his Masters of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at SFU, and has his work explores perception and acoustics, tuning systems, and the theatrics in musical performance.
OCTOBER 21 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 7pm, event starts at 7:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Annie Chiavarol as our guest presenter this month.
OCTOBER 1 – BIG DRAW VANCOUVER
Birdsong, crashing waves, dogs on the seawall…go on a sound hunt through Hadden Park and create a graphic zine from what you hear. Marks, gestures waves and notations from the scientific to the eccentric are welcome. Then add your marks to a massive, collaborative Sidewalk Sound Portrait of Hadden Park. From 12 to 4pm, FREE – ALL-AGES no registration required. Hosted as part of the BIG DRAW VANCOUVER FESTIVAL
AUGUST 17 – OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT
Join us in Hadden Park for a special pedal-powered screening of Josh Fox’s “How To Let Go of the World and Love Everything Climate Can’t Change”. Participants will take turns powering the projector through the use of a bicycle energy generator.
“In How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can’t Change, Oscar Nominated director Josh Fox (GASLAND) continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change – the greatest threat our world has ever known. Traveling to 12 countries on 6 continents, the film acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences and asks, what is it that climate change can’t destroy? What is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away?”
Movie starts at 9pm bring a blanket! This is a FREE ALL-AGES event
AUGUST 4 – FESTIVAL FOR PUBLIK SPACE
Join us in Hadden Park for a celebration of art in the park! Its been one year into Publik Secret’s field house residency, and we’d like to pack in many of our favorite things into the park for a one-day mini-festival of creative loitering and performances. This is a FREE ALL-AGES event, held outdoors on unceded coast salish territory.
▼Performances by ▼
Only a Visitor
Graftician
Gamelan Bike Bike
Bill Jr Jr
Martin Reisle
▼Also Featuring▼
Publik Secret’s Mobile Tools for Conviviality
ReeWahyld – an outdoor-specific dance piece by Kelly McInnes
Sound Installation by George Rahi
Tea by Pandora Benevolent Society
bring a blanket and a friend!
all forms of creative loitering encouraged!
JULY 21 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome George Rahi as our guest presenter this month, who will be presenting a work-in-progress sound installation using analog and electronic organ technology.
JUNE 18 – OPEN STUDIO
You’re invited to the Hadden Park Fieldhouse for an open studio. Drop in to meet George Rahi and Robyn Jacob of Publik Secrets. Check out their fieldhouse studio and try their experimental musical instruments, such as the Bass Piano, an upright piano tuned down an entire octave by Andrew Wedman, courtesy of the Western Front. There will also be an all-ages hands-on musical instrument making workshop using found objects. The open studio runs from 1 to 5pm.
JUNE 13 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 9 to 11:30 pm. Free! All are welcome.
JUNE 9 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Elliot Vaughan as our guest presenter this month.
MAY 5 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Lief Hall as our guest presenter this month.
MAY 2 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 9 to 11:30 pm. Free! All are welcome.
APRIL 24 – SPRING FORTH
Come take a walk around Hadden Park to learn about the flora that is blooming all around. From trees in blankets of dogwood flowers to peonies emerging from large buds, enjoy the day as it springs forth. Mayan Vered, a trained horticulturalist, will lead the guided walk and share knowledge about commonly found flora, from Latin and common names to site specific cultural conditions.
APRIL 17 – SPRING FORTH
Stop by the field house for demonstrations on seed starting procedures. This hands-on workshop will also answer any questions about how to get your garden ready for the upcoming growing season.Materials for starting seeds will be on hand so you take something home to grow on. Seeds will also be available for seed swapping, feel free to bring any seeds to share!
All-Ages! Free!
Presented in conjunction with Spring forth photography exhibition by Mayan Vered as part of Capture Photography Festival
APRIL 9 – 24 HOUR KARAOKE
Publik Secrets, in collaboration with Weekend Leisure, invite you to the Hadden Park field house studio for 24 Hours of Karaoke! Yes! 24 consecutive hours of karaoke!
Starts: Saturday, April 9th at 10am
Ends: Sunday April 10th, 10am
Inspired by the weekly outdoor karaoke found in Berlin’s Mauerpark and the thriving 24-hour karaoke clubs in Tokyo, we are creating a continuous participatory event that aims to stretch our sense of what is possible in our city.
This free, all-ages event is collaboratively produced. If you are interested in helping plan an activity for one of the 24 hours, contact us and submit your idea using this form. http://goo.gl/forms/XE0xn5hvZb
Idea Due Date: If you can commit to planning something for one of the 24 hours, please let us know by Sun, March 20th.
A catalogue of all the songs that will be available for singers can be found here http://karaoke.weekendleisure.ca/
APRIL 6 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Martin Reisleas our guest presenter this month.
MARCH 14 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 9 to 11:30 pm. Free! All are welcome.
MARCH 2 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Giorgio Magnanensi as our guest presenter this month.
FEBRUARY 4 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Soledad Muñoz as our guest this month.
JANUARY 25 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 9 to 11:30 pm. Free! All are welcome.
JANUARY 7 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING SERIES
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome Dr. Michael Tenzer as our guest!
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DECEMBER 14 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 9 to 11:30 pm. Free! All are welcome.
DECEMBER 3 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome local drummer Selina Crammond as our guest!
NOVEMBER 16 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 9 to 11:30 pm. Free! All are welcome.
NOVEMBER 5 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome composer/harpist Elisa Thorn as our guest!
NOVEMBER 4 – SHADOW JAM
Shadowjam is a fully participatory event where everyone is a performer and everyone is the audience. It’s a magical blend of improvised musical jam, in-the-moment shadow puppetry, and spontaneous storytelling. Hosted by Mind of a Snail Puppet Co, Shadowjam provides a framework for unconditional play within an expressive, inclusive group experience. Participants often describe it as a shared dream. Come for snacks and shadow puppet crafting at 7pm. The shadowjam runs from 9 to 11pm. Free! All are welcome.
OCTOBER 5 – FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
Freestyle Focus Group’s workshops embrace the truth that everyone can freestyle. From beginner to advanced improv exercises, FFG uses freestyle rap as a technique for mental liberation, to not overthink expression but to exist in the moment where true creativity and originality can flow, building self confidence and skills that will help you in all aspects of your life. 9 to 11:30 pm. Free! All are welcome.
OCTOBER 1 – SEE SOUNDS LISTENING PARTY
See Sounds is a sonic potluck that creates a social space for listening. Bring something you would like to listen to together. Discussion will follow. We will have most formats available (digital, vinyl, CD, tape, radio). Meet at the field house at 8pm, event starts at 8:30.
As part of our See Sounds series, we are featuring a guest artist to curate part of the evening. We welcome the amazing Gabriel Solomon as our first guest!
SEPTEMBER 26 – CULTURE DAYS OPEN HOUSE
Drop in to meet George Rahi and Robyn Jacob of Publik Secrets. Check out their new Fieldhouse Studio and participate in a demo of their homemade musical instruments. The open house runs from 1-5pm.
SEPTEMBER 9 – PEDAL POWERED BIKE-IN MOVIE NIGHT
Featuring fabulous cartoons from the NFB achives plus made-in-Vancouver independent works from The New National Film Board. Meet at Kickstand Community Bikes (1739 Venables Street) at 8pm for a leisurely ride to the park. Movie starts at 9pm. all ages! free! bring a blanket!
AUGUST 23 – GAMELAN GITA ASMARA PERFORMANCE
Come enjoy a free summer afternoon performance by Gamelan Gita Asmara! The ensemble will showcase repertoire learned over the past year with two performances on the afternoon of August 23rd at the Hadden Park Field House at 3pm and 4pm.
AUGUST 19 – WANDERING STRANGER TEA GATHERING
In partnership with the Pandora Benevolent Society for New Media and Happiness Research, the field house with be host to a tea-gathering on Thursday August 20. Doors at 18:00. Tea will be served after dinner.
AUGUST 18 – PEDAL-POWERED BIKE-IN MOVIE NIGHT
Come join us for a group bike ride to Hadden Park, where we’ll be screening Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (an absurd re-telling of the classic ‘The Bicycle Thief’)
meet at Kickstand Community Bikes (1739 Venables Street) at 8pm for a leisurely ride to the park. all ages! free! bring a blanket!