WHEN GUYANA MEETS UKRAINE…EXPLOSION…OF A MUSICAL COLLABORATION!
One of Guyana’s most popular musician, and a Director of the Rupununi Music & Arts Festival, Gavin Mendonca was in New York recently and had the pleasure of reuniting with one of the Festival’s favourite performers, Iryna Muha. Iryna is a Ukrainian and has performed at the festival twice, at the inaugural event at Rock View in 2014 and at the last performance before the Covid lockdown …
Musician & Director of Rupununi Music & Arts Festival, Gavin Mendonca, performs in Sweden
Gavin is the first and only Guyanese to participate in and share Guyanese folk music at an Ethno event
Musician and Director of Rupununi Music & Arts Festival, Gavin Mendonca, is once again blazing a trail across the world, taking Guyanese folk music and culture to new places – this time at Ethno Sweden.
Gavin performed Guyanese folk songs …
GAVIN MENDONCA: the bond between The Rupununi Music&Arts Festival in Guyana and the Quelonios Festival in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic – a nation that shares an island with Haiti and has a rich and vibrant culture, amazing food, warm weather, jungles and mountain and sun-soaked beaches. Beaches such as Playa El Valle in Samana – home of the annual eco/camping festival called Quelonios (this year the 5th edition was hosted from March 4-6). The festival is dedicated to encouraging community and good vibes while highlighting the importance
Festival Patron receives highest honour in the UK
We are delighted to announce that The Baroness Valerie Amos, one of the Festival’s founding Patron was ‘appointed a member of the Order of the Garter, England’s oldest and most senior order of chivalry, becoming the first Black person in 700 years to receive the honour’. Val, as she is affectionately
Planning for the future: Festival meetings in Georgetown and Lethem
All of us have been impacted, in one way or the other, by the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, those of us involved in the arts and culture arena have suffered significantly with no live arts events and venue closures, restrictions on live performances, cancellation of touring – national and international- and overall, with partial or full lockdowns. Nevertheless,
Festival welcomes its youngest Volunteer!
We are delighted to share with you that we recently welcomed into the Festival Crew, our youngest ever member. Crew member Leanna gave birth to a beautiful, bouncing boy and from all of us on the Crew, we wish mom and baby many years of good health, happiness and prosperity.