Songs From The Hill Music Festival 2024 is here!
‘Songs from The Hill’ – our annual Ward 5 Music festival takes place once again at Mount Pleasant Park on Sunday July 14th featuring bands as well as attractions and fun activities for everyone
As always, the event is free and will raise funds for 360Kids and Richmond Hill Community Food Bank.
CHECK OUT THE DETAILS HERE
Our new compilation album is available
for download and/or to buy CDs
on Bandcamp.com.
Click it to listen and buy!
Thank you to everyone who made last year’s festival a huge success! We’re gearing up for another great group effort this year by those attending, performing, running the sound stage, volunteering, or purchasing a SFTH charity compilation album or T-shirt.
Meanwhile, please download or order a CD of Vol 1, Vol 2 and/or Vol 3 at our Bandcamp Page.
All funds after expenses go to 360Kids and Richmond Hill Community Food Bank.
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement For Richmond Hill
By Suzanne Smoke
Richmond Hill is in the Dish With One Spoon Territory. The Dish With One Spoon is a treaty between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas and the Haudenosaunee that bound them to share the territory and protect the land. Subsequent Indigenous nations and peoples, Europeans and all newcomers have been invited into this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship and respect. The “Dish”, or sometimes it is called the “Bowl”, represents what is now Southern Ontario, from the Great Lakes to Quebec, and from Lake Simcoe into the United States. We all eat out of The Dish, all of us that share this territory with only one spoon. That means we have to share the responsibility of ensuring The Dish is never empty, which includes taking care of the land and the creatures we share with it. Importantly, there are no knives at the table, representing that we must keep the peace. The Dish is graphically represented by the wampum.
This was a treaty made between the Anishinaabe and the Haudenosaunee, after The French and Indian War. Newcomers were then incorporated into it over the years, notably in 1764 with The Royal Proclamation and The Treaty of Niagara.
