Opening Ceremony | Live Performances | Art Exhibition | Workshops | Vendors | Beer Garden| Food
Saturday, July 26, 12-4:30 pm, Deer Lake Gallery
This year, we are honoured to be collaborating with Indigenous knowledge keepers and changemakers in the arts to bring a memorable one-day festival to our hub at Deer Lake Gallery, located on unceded Coast Salish territory.
This free-to-attend, annual festival celebrates a diversity of talent and influence, with a focus on First Peoples’ prolific contributions to both contemporary and traditional art, music and craft. By filling our space with emerging performers and visual artists, the Deer Lake Summer Arts Festival promises to deliver energetic, diverse and meaningful sounds and visuals inside and outside our gallery walls.
Thank you to our generous sponsors, The City of Burnaby and Beedie for helping fund our exciting musical line-up, visual artists, vendors and more!
Visual Artists:
James Blue Sky Groening is a Burnaby-based Cree artist from Kahkewistahaw Band, Turtle Island. Inspired by Woodland Art traditions, and Indigenous forms of visual storytelling, James developed a vibrant, whimsical painting style grounded in native legends, dream imagery, and spirit-led creativity.
KC Hall was born in Bella Bella on the East coast of Campbell Island, BC. KC is from the Heiltsuk Nation.
He successfully combines traditional Northwest coast design elements with his own distinctive style, inspired by illustration and graffiti.
Opening Ceremony
12:00pm – 12:30pm – Sariah Jacobs Greene
Musical Line-up
12:45pm-1:15pm – Zach Saunders is a lyrically driven mixed Cree & Carrier musician extraordinaire, very eclectic in his approach to learning, performing, and creating music.
1:30pm – 2:00pm – Gillian Thomson is a mixed Haida-Tsimshian contemporary vocalist & songwriter who fronts the soulful indie-pop band Sister Says.
2:15pm – 2:45pm Ndidi Cascade who is of Nigerian-Italian-Irish-Canadian heritage, is a Vancouver and Burnaby-raised hip hop vocalist. She is also a songwriter, recording artist, educator, facilitator & curator.
3:00pm – 3:30pm Misty Raine hails from the community of Nadleh Whut’en, a place known for its rich musical culture. Her roots are deeply embedded in this community, where singing and drumming are not just traditions but a way of life.
