Joy of Life Festival 2018

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Saturday, May 5th, 2018
7:30 PM

Featuring music from living icons like Stevie Wonder, Van Morrison and Neil Young, DANIEL LAPP’S JOY OF LIFE FESTIVAL will get you up out of your seat and dancing to the music.

Joy of Fiddle takes place Friday, May 4 and Joy of Song on Saturday May 5 – if it’s hard to choose, make sure and catch both Joy of Life Festival shows!

Richard Moody
A veteran of the Canadian music scene, Richard Moody has delved into almost every style a string player can. After an education in classical viola at the University of Manitoba and the Conservatoire Nationale de Musique in Caen, France, he co-founded the folk-rock group Acoustically Inclined, garnering national acclaim.He has since performed and/or recorded with the Wailin Jennys, the Bills, Joel Fafard, Jane Siberry, Glenn Buhr, Paris to Kyiv, the Wyrd Sisters and the Manitoba Chamber orchestra, among many others.When not on tour, Richard resident of Victoria, British Columbia, and spends his home time practicing and teaching yoga. Richard will join the BC Fiddle Orchestra and Folkestra on Friday, May 4 for Joy of Fiddle!

Art Napoleon
Art may be known best as host of the popular international food show Moosemeat & Marmalade but he is also an award-winning songwriter and recording artist. He walks in Dztwo worldsdz, equally comfortable on a big city stage or boardroom, as he is skinning a moose in a hailstorm with a pocketknife.  Musically, Art’s work travels through folk, to rock, country, blues and traditional Cree. Whether he’s re-interpreting Tom Petty or Bob Marley in Cree or teaching the language through music, you won’t find a more eloquent voice on the power and value of preserving ancient Indigenous languages anywhere in Canada.   Art is known as an on-stage humorist with an uncanny ability to improvise and engage audiences of all ages. Based in Victoria BC, Art remains connected to his home territory and his Cree and Dane Zaa roots. When he is not producing TV he tours regularly as a performer and speaker and also serves as a juror on arts & culture organizations across Canada. His moose stew has been known to cure hangovers and his campfire tales have mended broken hearts…or so the stories go. Art will join the Joy of Life Choir on Saturday, May 5 for Joy of Song!

Tickets and details at;
http://vcm.bc.ca/events/joy-of-life-festival-2/