Dancers of Damelahamid is proud to announce the vibrantly forward-looking 13th annual Coastal Dance Festival, a celebration of Canadian and global Indigenous stories, song, and dance. Program highlights in 2020 include the festival debut of Tooma Laisa and Leanna Wilson (Inuit), a musician duo from Canada’s Arctic, and youth workshops between the New Zealand-based Tuakana and Teina Leadership Academy Group, and two BC-based groups Ewk Hyaha Hozdii (Wet’suwet’en) and Yisya’winuxw (Kwakwaka’wakw).

SIGNATURE EVENING PERFORMANCE | Anvil Centre
Friday, February 28 at 7:30pm, doors open at 7pm
Spakwus Slolem – Squamish
Dancers of Damelahamid
Tooma Laisa and Leanna Wilson – Inuit
Rainbow Creek – Haida

FESTIVAL STAGE PERFORMANCES | Anvil Centre
Presentations from visiting performers, by donation
Saturday, February 29
Program 1 at 1pm:
Xwelmexw Shxwexwo:s – Coast Salish
Dakhká Khwáan – Inland Tlingit

Program 2 at 2pm:
Yisya’winuxw – Kwakwaka’wakw
Tuakana and Teina Leadership Academy Group – Māori

Program 3 at 3pm:
Git Hoan – Tsimshian

Sunday, March 1
Program 1 at 1pm:
Kwhlii Gibaykw – Nisga’a
Dakhká Khwáan – Inland Tlingit

Program 2 at 2pm:
Tooma Laisa and Leanna Wilson – Inuit
Git Hayetsk – Nisga'a/Tsimshian

Program 3 at 3pm:
Chinook Song Catchers – Squamish

Tickets from $25. For more information visit: damelahamid.ca.