Our 2022 Halton Freedom Celebration Festival, Saturday, July 31st at Spencer Smith Park, Burlington, will bring together musical acts, children's activities, cultural art, food, crafts, and multi-cultural groups. The multi-cultural ambience will be infused with the best in Canadian R&B, Reggae, Soul, Funk, African, Jazz, Ska, Soca and Pop Artistry complimenting Basketball & Limbo Competitions; Drum and Art workshops, Art in the Park and numerous other youth activities.
This Free 2022 Halton Freedom Festival, celebrating our 188th year of Emancipation, will showcase Canadian local musicians including Blackburn –2016 Juno runners up and recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine as the best blues band in Canada (2015), enslaved descendants whose father is recognized on the Mississauga Walk of Fame for bringing R&B into Canada and member of the first black family in Brampton, Ontario; Dejehan Hamilton (Luckystickz) who is Berklee College of Music’s 1st Steel Drum graduate supporting his scholarship in drumming, and has a past playing with Harry Belafonte. Michael Dunston, renowned vocalist for Soul Stew (Bamboo’s original home band of 40+ years), Crack of Dawn, The Lincolns (recognized as the Best R&B band in Canada), Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway shows, and numerous other Soul and Gospel productions, and presently nominated for an Order of Ontario award. We were also pleased to present 11 x Canadian Music Award recipient, Errol Woodward of Messenjah fame, and his Reggae Band to our audiences. We are visited each year by the exceptionally talented Neema Children's Project from Uganda - 19 talented orphans dancing, singing, and drumming towards fundraising to send school supplies to hospitals and orphanages back home.
All are welcome.