Enjoy live performances. Shop a curated selection of small businesses. Support local artists and artisans. Drink and dance the night away.
Practice self care, deepen curiosity, get creative, and find inspiration at this art and wellness event.
Purple Glow’s Speed Networking for Artists event provides the opportunity for you to network with other creatives, expand your contacts, share resources, and generate collaborative opportunities.
A safe space that encourages creative exploration and healing for Toronto artists.
Come celebrate the relaunch of Purple Glow Collective with us at our Arts Showcase & Market!
Enjoy live performances. Shop a curated selection of small businesses. Support local artists and artisans!
*RSVP ONLY
*Open bar
REGISTRATION CLOSES NOVEMBER 17th AT 11:59 PM
PERFORMERS:
Rumble Sons
LEX
Sunny U.
Rumi & Carlo
Andrea Josic
VENDORS:
Aura Creations
Crystals4TheSoul
Effortless Light
Goodvibes Thrift Shop
Buttrmlk
Portraits by Vicky
The panel discussions will be taking place live via Zoom and will give you an opportunity to ask the artists questions about their work, their creation processes, what it has been like to create within the past year, while also enjoying a sense of community - which we need now more than ever.
The q&a panel discussions are not included with your free Bloom Festival ticket. To attend these live events, you must purchase a ticket or all-access pass below (or here).
The panel discussions will be taking place live via Zoom and will give you an opportunity to ask the artists questions about their work, their creation processes, what it has been like to create within the past year, while also enjoying a sense of community - which we need now more than ever.
The q&a panel discussions are not included with your free Bloom Festival ticket. To attend these live events, you must purchase a ticket or all-access pass below (or here).
The panel discussions will be taking place live via Zoom and will give you an opportunity to ask the artists questions about their work, their creation processes, what it has been like to create within the past year, while also enjoying a sense of community - which we need now more than ever.
The q&a panel discussions are not included with your free Bloom Festival ticket. To attend these live events, you must purchase a ticket or all-access pass below (or here).
The panel discussions will be taking place live via Zoom and will give you an opportunity to ask the artists questions about their work, their creation processes, what it has been like to create within the past year, while also enjoying a sense of community - which we need now more than ever.
The q&a panel discussions are not included with your free Bloom Festival ticket. To attend these live events, you must purchase a ticket or all-access pass below (or here).
The panel discussions will be taking place live via Zoom and will give you an opportunity to ask the artists questions about their work, their creation processes, what it has been like to create within the past year, while also enjoying a sense of community - which we need now more than ever.
The q&a panel discussions are not included with your free Bloom Festival ticket. To attend these live events, you must purchase a ticket or all-access pass below (or here).
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 @ 7 PM
Join us for a live spoken word performance over Zoom, “5 A.M. Uber Driver” by Andrea Josic
How to watch the replay of the live performance:
Copy the access passcode: Andrea15!
Click the button below.
Paste the password… and enjoy!
Andrea Josic
A spoken word piece accompanied with performance art about taking an Uber home in the early hours of the morning after completing a night of sex work. It encapsulates the conflict of feeling unsafe around men who are strangers yet being confined to the space shared with them.
Andrea Josic (she/her; they/them) is a queer Bosnian-Canadian poet, performer and comedian based in Toronto. AJ was the champion of the 2020 Toronto Poetry Slam and the 2019 Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam. They are an award-winning journalist and multidisciplinary artist. As a textbook Aries, she hopes to cultivate healing and community joy in her work. Find them on Twitter and Instagram @localdollarama.
Bloom Festival is free for all to view! We wanted to make the arts accessible to the public and keep the audiences as wide as possible for these local artists. You can support the artists by purchasing a Pay-What-You-Can ticket or buying tickets for the live Q&A panels.
Thursday, June 10, 2021 @ 7 PM
Join us for a live performance of music and dance over Zoom, from artists Eva Connelly-Miller and Julien Bradley-Combs.
How to watch the replay of the live performance:
Copy the access passcode: EvaJulien10!
Click the button below.
Paste the password… and enjoy!
This piece, as the title suggests, is a Shared Diary. The audience is an integral part of the performance, offering up a word, a phrase, an emotion, and having that offering interpreted and reflected back at them through dance and music. How can we make something that we feel in isolation become interwoven and shared into the lives beyond ours? How can we lean into art and into others to help shed some of the weight we carry? Or perhaps let others take part in some of the lightness and joy in our lives? We welcome you to come take part in this shared experience. (Audience participation will be completely optional).
Eva Connelly-Miller (she/her) is a contemporary dance artist born and living in Tkaronto. She believes in the power of art to help create compassionate beings, and approaches her work with curiosity, wonder, and is often driven either by collaboration or the world around her. She is one of the founding members of ZESTcreative.
Julien Bradley-Combs (he/him) has a deep love for everything music and has been fortunate enough to be able to perform professionally throughout the city. He has a special interest in improvisation and working collaboratively. He received his MA in Jazz Performance from the University of Toronto in 2020.
Bloom Festival is free for all to view! We wanted to make the arts accessible to the public and keep the audiences as wide as possible for these local artists. You can support the artists by purchasing a Pay-What-You-Can ticket or buying tickets for the live Q&A panels.
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 8 PM
Join us for a live musical performance over Zoom, from Bad Breed, Toronto funk/r&b/soul/rock group.
How to watch the replay of the live performance:
Copy the access passcode: BadBreed4!
Click the button below.
Paste the password… and enjoy!
Bad Breed is a Toronto-based band. The band is a singular blend of hard-edged funk, soul and rock, Bad Breed is a unique collaboration from diverse musical backgrounds. Their music is inspired by the sounds of Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Betty Davis and Led Zeppelin.
Bad Breed will be showcasing “The Bad Breed is in Ferocious Love” at #BloomFestival2021! “The Bad Breed is in Ferocious Love” features a selection of songs from the band’s 2020 album, In Ferocious Love, as well as other songs. In Ferocious Love features muscular funk, lightning-sharp guitar riffs and soulful songs of love and despair, and is a testament to the transformative, ferocious power of love.
Bloom Festival is free for all to view! We wanted to make the arts accessible to the public and keep the audiences as wide as possible for these local artists. You can support the artists by purchasing a Pay-What-You-Can ticket or buying tickets for the live Q&A panels.
Introducing Bloom Festival, a festival celebrating the artistic works that have bloomed out of Toronto in this turbulent, transformative year.
Featuring: Aeris Körper, Affrica Spence, Antony Cheng, Bad Breed, Barbara Simms, Courtney Taticek & Jasmine Au, Elvin Velasco, Eva Connelly-Miller & Julien Bradley-Combs, Half Light Dance Project, Jasmine Liaw, John Babu, Kéïta Fournier-Pelletier & Kaelin Isserlin, Mirka Loiselle & Jocelyne Lamarche, SaMel Tanz, Sherry Shayan, Taylor Hunt & Szparlo Productions, The Playground Project, Vince Maccarone’s Los Variants, Wilfred Lee, Zoe Kwan, and many more artists!
Dance/Movement Fine Arts/Digital Arts Poetry/Spoken Word Music Film/Theatre
Over a year ago, our world shut down at the hands of a global pandemic. Followed by major fights for social justice and equality, political scandals, and devastating environmental disasters, 2020 continued to take us on a wild ride. Still, many artists in Toronto continued to create, planting seeds fuelled by these defining moments in history. At Bloom Fest, we’re paying tribute to the creations that have sprouted from these seeds.
Launching June 1, Bloom Fest will be a free, virtual month-long festival, featuring works from Toronto artists of all mediums and backgrounds. Guests are encouraged to support artists with a Pay-What-You-Can entry donation. Join us for a month-long exhibition jam-packed with galleries, live performances, and amazing talent. The festival will be capped off with a week-long series of ticketed Q&A panel discussions with the artists via Zoom.
We hope that Bloom Fest will be a place for the local arts community to come together to connect, reflect, and honour the power of the arts, because where art blooms, so does hope. Make sure to register and save the date. We’ll see you there!
Live performances:
June 4 @ 8pm - 'In Ferocious Love' Bad Breed
June 10 @ 7pm - 'Shared Diary' Eva Connelly-Miller & Julien Bradley-Combs
June 15 @ 7pm - '5 A.M. Uber Driver' Andrea Josic - Live Spoken Word
Q&A Live Panels:
Fine Arts/Digital Arts - Monday, June 21, 2021 @ 7pm
Dance/Movement - Tuesday, June 22, 2021 @ 7pm
Music - Wednesday, June 23, 2021 @ 7pm
Poetry/Spoken Word - Thursday, June 24, 2021 @ 7pm
Film/Theatre - Friday, June 25, 2021 @ 7pm
Join us for a Halloween-themed short film screening on Friday, October 30th on Zoom. 100% of ticket sales support the filmmakers!
Programming:
"El Viento Se Calmara" — Dir. Giulio Trejo
A mourning woman encounters apparitions of her father and learns to part from him.
"Dinner" — Dir. James P. Hoban
Synopsis: A couple sits down for dinner...
"Ghosts Only I Can See" — Dir. David Vassos
TOTALLY EPIC gamer Trey has been having some ghost-related issues with his television, so he enlists the help of ghost hunter Austin to put an end to it.
"Only Time" — Dir. Amanda Pye
This short dance film is the product of boredom and the result of playing around with framing and angles alone in a room.
"Love You to Death" — Dir. Monica Garrido
Chloe is ready to start a new romance with Nat, but someone from her past might be rolling over in her grave before this happens.
"The InTEXTigator 2: A Study in Samples" — Dir. John Babu
Olivia Scanie is unexpectedly hurled into a 'crime' that has not yet happened. Helping her through the case is the Toronto Police's newest recruit, Sherlock the AI.
Purple Glow Improv Jam is an ALL ART improv jam - artists of all genres welcome! Bring instruments, poems, sketchbooks, cameras, or just your bodies! We will start with a short warm-up and then launch into creative explorations. Come to exchange with other artists or just to watch and receive.
Pre-Register on Eventbrite by Friday, November 23rd.
Sign-in begins at 7:30
Improv Jam begins at 8:00
Location: Danceology - 2700 Dufferin St. Units 4&5
Tickets are $10 at the door, cash only.
$5 for Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, and Danceology students
Register below!
