Festival Gatherings
Join us for a series of social events, artist talks and special presentations throughout HOLD ON LET GO.
Opening Night Party featuring Veda Hille Sisterhood
Tuesday, February 3 @ 8:30pm
Celebrate the launch of this year’s HOLD ON LET GO at our Opening Night Party.
Arrive early (show starts at 8:30pm!) for Veda Hille Sisterhood. Stay afterwards to mingle!
Veda Hille Sisterhood is a 6 piece band, nominally lead by Veda. They are a gaggle of singers and players, each a dynamo in their own right. VHS began in 2022, born in the wake of quarantine when the need to sing together was a true imperative. They have released one EP: Veda Hille Sisterhood Alive, recorded at the Cultch, and are working on their first full length album in 2025.
Voice and Piano Veda Hille
Vibraphone and Percussion Julia Chien
Voice and Noisemakers Lucien Durey
Voice and Guitar Thom Gill
Voice and Flute Patsy Klein
Voice and Keyboards Nicholas Krgovich
HOW TO TALK: The first attempt
Sarah G. Stanley (SGS) and Dylan Robinson
Saturday, February 7 @ 1pm
How to Talk: the first attempt...Dylan and SGS spend 15 minutes trying to understand how to talk about music. Employing different tactics such as "the interview" and "the speech" or "the dance" to express what it is they are trying to say... about what it is they have just experienced...something that you have also just experienced...Dylan and SGS attempt to offer something to a conversation that doesn't use words to express itself. And by "conversation" we mean MUSIC. You will hear music. You will hear us. We will attempt to hear one another.... and at the end of 15 minutes we hope you will work with us on clarifying what we aim to achieve with How to Talk in the second attempt.
Not Quite Ready
Saturday, February 7 @ 7pm
Not Quite Ready is an intermittent series hosted by visual artist Jessie (Ungerleider) Nagel and musicians Mauricio Pauly and Veda Hille. Participants work on individual collage projects while musicians play new or unfinished songs and improvisations. There are also fancy drinks and pretzels. NQR provides just over an hour of process, listening and off-line making. Because really, who's ready? We're definitely not.
This is a special edition of NQR for HOLD ON LET GO, taking place in the Lower Hall.