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Indigenous Music and Arts Festival 2023

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July 14, 2023

From: Indigenous Music and Arts Festival

Ganondagan's Indigenous Music & Arts Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, July 22 - 23, 2023. The annual event showcases Haudenosaunee and Indigenous cultures through dance, music, storytelling, traditional craft demonstrations, a Native American Arts Market, children's activities, raffles, guided trail walks, gallery tours, Indigenous food, and more.

This year's festival features Native folk-rock band, December Wind (Mohawk), hoop dance champions and performers, the Sinquah Family Dance Troupe (Hopi/Tewa/Choctaw), storytellers Ronnie Reitter (Seneca) & Tonia Galban (Mohawk), and Haudenosaunee social dancers, Indigenous Spirit Dancers. Artist demonstrations will include moccasin making with Samantha Jacobs (Seneca), leatherwork with Cliff Redeye (Seneca), and finger weaving with Marilyn Issacs (Tuscarora).

This year's event is free but if you are able, please consider donating $5/ person, $10/family to help support the festival.

Schedule:

Saturday, July 22, 2023

11:00am - 11:30am: Storytelling with Tonia Loran Galban   
12:30pm - 1:15pm: Haudenosaunee Social Dancing with Indigenous Spirit Dancers   
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Music by December Wind   

Sunday, July 23, 2023

11:00am - 11:30am: Storytelling with Ronnie Reitter        
12:30pm - 1:15pm: Haudenosaunee Social Dancing with Indigenous Spirit Dancers
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Music by December Wind
4:00pm: Hoop Dance with Sinquah Family Dance Troupe

Date: Saturday, July 22, 2023 - Sunday, July 23, 2023

Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Victor Fireman's Field - 82 Maple Ave, Victor, NY 14564

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