2024 Events
SOOFSTOCK 2024
The second annual music festival SOOFSTOCK 2024 took place at the West Dalhousie Community Hall on Friday August 23 and Saturday August 24! The weather was perfect, and much of Saturday was spent outside in the sunshine with live music, an Old Growth Forest Walk led by Bob Bancroft and Donna Crossland, the SOOFSTOCK Market, and fun activities for kids of all ages. Many thanks to all the musicians for contributing their performances, and to the Crew of volunteers who kept things running smoothly all festival long! Thank you to our sponsors: Valley Credit Union, Municipality of the County of Annapolis and the Rotary Club of Middleton.
Moving a Forest – 2024
What is your relationship to the forest? Is it a place to walk and calm your spirit? An endless source of paper? Do the trees warm your fireplace? What does it mean for the forest to be your backyard, your neighbour, your friend?
Moving a Forest, originally created by Borahm Kim (Untitled Road Productions), is an audience-engaging game-theater play about the forest. It explores themes of sustainable balance and “resource” management amid the ecological crisis.
In 2023 the original game-theater was reimagined by Blooming Ludus with help from Borahm Kim and Save Our Old Forests. The show went on the road in 2024 with performances in Annapolis Royal, Canning and Halifax. Spanning conversations from South Korea and Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia), this interactive experience asks us to reimagine our relationship with the Wabanaki Forest.
All images: Blooming Ludus
2023 Events
SOOFSTOCK 2023
The first ever Save Our Old Forests music festival SOOFSTOCK was held in 2023 on a (very) rainy weekend in August at the West Dalhousie Community Hall. Thankfully the Hall has an indoor stage and the event was moved inside for the weekend! Festival goers were treated to 11 performances, a forest walk featuring special guests Bob Bancroft and Donna Crossland, the SOOFSTOCK market, and more…
For the love of Lichens & Old Forests
May 2 – 26 and June 1 – 24, 2023 at ArtsPlace (Annapolis Royal) Curated by Susan Tooke. Featuring the work of selected artists, artisans and citizen scientists. This show is about celebrating the forests we want to save and the role lichens have played and are playing in saving some of them. It is about looking, really looking, at a place where art and science meet. It is about delight and curiosity. It is an invitation to look deeply at nature and at ourselves and our place within nature.
