Performers announced for this summer’s Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival at Trent University

Festival opens on Indigenous Peoples Day and runs from June 22 to 26 at outdoor locations

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Sarah Lewis, Nogojiwanong-Peterborough's first poet laureate, is one of 12 Indigenous artists and groups who will be performing at the second annual Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival at Trent University in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough in June 2022. Lewis is seen here performing her piece "Warrior Cry" in a video for the CBC Arts series Poetic License. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)
Sarah Lewis, Nogojiwanong-Peterborough's first poet laureate, is one of 12 Indigenous artists and groups who will be performing at the second annual Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival at Trent University in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough in June 2022. Lewis is seen here performing her piece "Warrior Cry" in a video for the CBC Arts series Poetic License. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

The Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival has announced the Indigenous artists and groups who will be performing at the second annual festival taking place this summer at Trent University in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough.

As is fringe festival tradition, the 12 artists and groups — whose performances will range from poetry to burlesque and from drama to drag — were chosen by lottery.

The festival will ceremonially open on Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21) with a special virtual event, and will be followed by rehearsals and performances from Wednesday, June 22nd to Sunday, June 26th. Performances will take place at outdoor locations on the East Bank of the Trent University campus, in and around Enwayaang/Gzowski College.

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Here are the performers and performances for the 2022 festival:

  • Indigenized Indigenous Theatre Company – Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land
  • Aerial Sunday-Cardinal – Performance Artist
  • “Tiger” Will Mason – Songs and Stories
  • Sarah Lewis – Breathing Love into Poetry
  • Indigibabes – IndigiBabes Burlesque Show
  • Spiderbones Performing Arts – Wëlamàlsëwakàn (Good Health)
  • CedarBoyd – Cedar T
  • The Beautiful Canoe Collective – Journey the Beautiful Canoe
  • Sean Beaver – Sean Beaver Live
  • Classic Roots – Pow Wow Techno
  • Thamer Linklater – My Time in Foster Care
  • Surrounded by Owls Productions – The Gift

Ticket for all performances will be $10 and will be available beginning in April.

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The first Indigenous fringe festival in the world, the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival was founded by a collective including Joeann Argue, Lee Bolton, Drew Hayden Taylor, and Muriel Miguel. The inaugural festival was originally scheduled for summer 2020 but was postponed until 2021 because of the pandemic.

For the 2021 festival, organizers had planned to present performances to small audiences at several outdoor locations on Trent University’s East Bank campus. However, due to provincial public health restrictions for performing arts at the time, the festival became a drive-in event.

For more information and updates about the festival, visit www.indigenousfringefest.ca.

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