Still Moon Arts Society is proud to celebrate the 20th annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival! This year we are marking two decades of community art, sustainability, and paying tribute to the lost stream systems of Still Creek with the theme of Resurfacing. We surface stories, traditions, and memories from the past 19 years while emerging with new ways of thinking and doing. Join us in forging ahead into a future where humans and more-than-humans live in collective harmony.

Co-produced with Renfrew Park Community Association, the Moon Festival is a series of free public events that celebrates the full moon, harvest abundance, and diverse cultural traditions. The signature events: Harvest Fair, Lost Streams Parade, and Streamside Lantern Installation features live music, dance, shadow puppets, eco-arts, workshops, youth performances, community veggie competitions, and more! For the special 20th Moon Festival we introduce two new immersive, interdisciplinary performances: Consciousness of Streams and Treesong.

 

Photo Credits:
The Coastal Wolf Pack lead the start of the Lost Streams Parade, 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021 / Participants create jar lanterns, 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021 / Lucy Lambert performs at theHarvest Fair, 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021 / Moon Fest Volunteers, 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021 / Moon Lantern + Coastal Wolf Pack in Lost Streams Parade, 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021 / Heron puppet, 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021 | All photos by Alger Ji-Liang

Harvest Fair + Lost Streams Parade

Saturday September 10th – 4:00PM – 9:00PM | Slocan Park + Collingwood Park 

The Harvest Fair marks the beginning of the Moon Festival. This all ages event takes place at Slocan Park where attendees enjoy diverse music by local artists, attend eco-arts workshops, play games, interact with community booths and enjoy a bowl of Harvest Soup. It also features the popular Harvest Fair vegetable competition, celebrating the neighborhood’s best homegrown produce.

At twilight, a lantern parade led by Indigneous group, the Coastal Wolfpack, with mystical characters will lead you along the routes of Lost Streams to Collingwood Park. The night concludes with this year’s feature: Consciousness of Streams. An intergenerational dance, stilt and acrobatic performance choreographed by Isabelle Kiruoac, set to an original music score.

Streamside Lantern Installation

Saturday September 17th – Sunset – 9:30PM 

The Streamside Lantern Installation is the magical heart of the Moon Festival. This evening spectacle welcomes guests to walk through a beautifully transformed Renfrew Community Park, filled with giant lanterns and illuminated art accompanied by enchanting live music and set against a magnificent backdrop of towering trees.

As part of the 20th anniversary feature, “Still Suite” created by Brad Muirhead and performed by “Treesong”, will be showcased at this year’s Streamside Lantern Installation. Hand-carved wooden horns will sonify the space while illuminated dancers move in and amongst the forested space.

Photo Credits:
Musicians perform at the 2017 Streamside Lantern Installations, photo by Jenn Lin / Artists set up ‘Nestled in the Garden’ installation – 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021, photo by Alger Ji-Liang / Moon Lantern, photo by Carmen Rosen / Canoe Lantern by Robbie Smith, Clara Chisholm and Community Members – 18th Annual Renfrew Moon Festival, Sep. 2020, photo by Maria-José Araujo / Participants meet Darren the Heron by Fruin Pow – 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021, photo by Alger Ji-Liang / Faces of Ted Tweety lanterns by Carmen Rosen – 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021, photo by Alger Ji-Liang / Musicians perform ‘Treesong’ by Brad Muirhead – 19th Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Sep. 2021, photo by Alger Ji-Liang

About Still Moon Art Society

Moon Festival is run by Still Moon Arts Society, a non-profit registered charity founded in 2004 whose mission is to inspire vibrant and connected communities by creating artistic experiences and nurturing a passion for nature. Still Moon achieves their mission through their year-round eco-arts and environmental stewardship programming, majorly serving equity-denied communities, and founding festival, the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival. Learn more about Still Moon Arts Society Here.