Our annual Garden Work Bee event is here again! Bring your gardening tools, breezy clothing, gloves, sun hats, and join us in the garden! 

Join us June 5th for our year end fundraising concert!

Enjoy traditional songs from Ukraine's villages, spring and summer ritual songs, featuring Divka's folk fatale vocal interpretations with viola and bandura.

Catch Me in the Rye Patch ~ Communal Mowing Workbee

Join us at Mount Wolfe Farm to help cut the rye for our 3rd annual scything gathering in Ontario!

Everyone is welcome to join in the lively village folk celebrations!
Bring a picnic and blankets, and come dressed in festive folkwear to enjoy the revelry.

Hailky or Haivky, is a communal rite of spring, a seasonal coming together to mark the transition into spring with ritual songs and dances known as “hailky” or “vesnianky”.

Join the info session; an informal workshop/online presentation/discussion about the Ukrainian spring ritual of Hailky.

Time to call in spring! Час закликати весну! 

Join our workshop to learn traditional Ukrainian “vesnyanky”—spring calling songs, and find power in your voice and collective strength in the group.

Join us for a Pysanka workshop led by Folk Camp’s Bozena Hrycyna. A workshop for all ages that allows participants to learn and develop their egg writing skills using wax and dyes.

The Kosa Choir is a Toronto based chamber folk choir studying & performing the traditional polyphonic songs of Ukraine. They will be presenting a range of repertoire journeying through the song cycles of the year alongside friends Moskitto BAR, whose sound combines a beautiful and original mix of Ukrainian, Balkan, Iraqi Middle-Easern and French Celtic music.

Learn how to make Ukrainian Easter Eggs with natural dyes! Learn about this ancient and beautiful way of ushering in spring and the techniques necessary to transform a plain egg into an intricate colourful object imbued with symbols of protection and goodwill.

Learn Vesnianky, Ukrainian spring calling songs in the oral tradition with a focus on vocal technique led by a special guest instructor.

Learn Vesnianky, Ukrainian spring calling songs in the oral tradition with a focus on vocal technique led by a special guest instructor.

Join singing family Ori Shalva (aka the Makharashvili Family) as they take you step by step through all three vocal parts of Georgian Polyphonic song.

This is a physically active workshop, where layers of rhythm are overlapped to make some serious groove. Beginners can focus on the main rhythm but as we layer the rhythms up, throw in variations, and add vocals, it can get way more challenging.

The Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch and Native Canadian Centre of Toronto present a lecture series in connection with their current exhibition “The Spirit of Beads: Sharing our Stories”

All lectures will be presented virtually via Zoom. Tickets are $10 per lecture.

Join singing family Ori Shalva (aka the Makharashvili Family) as they take you step by step through all three vocal parts of Georgian Polyphonic song.

In connection with their current exhibit “The Spirit of Beads: Sharing our Stories”, Ukrainian Museum of Canada Ontario Branch and Native Canadian Centre of Toronto present a series of virtual beading workshops. Workshop costs include materials, which will be mailed to participants, or can be picked up locally at the Museum in Toronto. Please allow a minimum of 11 days for shipping if you would like your materials delivered.

This is a physically active workshop, where layers of rhythm are overlapped to make some serious groove. Beginners can focus on the main rhythm but as we layer the rhythms up, throw in variations, and add vocals, it can get way more challenging.

The Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch and Native Canadian Centre of Toronto present a lecture series in connection with their current exhibition “The Spirit of Beads: Sharing our Stories”

All lectures will be presented virtually via Zoom. Tickets are $10 per lecture.

Join singing family Ori Shalva (aka the Makharashvili Family) as they take you step by step through all three vocal parts of Georgian Polyphonic song.

This is a physically active workshop, where layers of rhythm are overlapped to make some serious groove. Beginners can focus on the main rhythm but as we layer the rhythms up, throw in variations, and add vocals, it can get way more challenging.

Folk Songs of the Ukraine: A Digital Archive Website

Created by Marichka Marczyk ethnomusicologist and singer with the Ukrainian Canadian musical groups – Balaklava Blues and Lemon Bucket Orkestra, the goal is to spread awareness and preserve the richness of regional folkloric music of the Ukraine.

Listen.
Sing.
Learn.
Enjoy.

Fall in love with beautiful songs and traditions.

Are you ready to make dinner? Chef Mykola Rutkay leads participants step-by-step through the making of Ukrainian varennyky (also known as perogies or dumplings). He shares some innovative tips and modern options. Nicholas has deep culinary pedigree with a grandmother and mother who are truly gifted cooks. They’ll chime in with their take on more traditional methods and family stories.

Presented by St. Vladimir Institute (Toronto, ON)

Join singing family Ori Shalva (aka the Makharashvili Family) as they take you step by step through all three vocal parts of Georgian Polyphonic song.

In connection with their current exhibit “The Spirit of Beads: Sharing our Stories”, Ukrainian Museum of Canada Ontario Branch and Native Canadian Centre of Toronto present a series of virtual beading workshops. Workshop costs include materials, which will be mailed to participants, or can be picked up locally at the Museum in Toronto. Please allow a minimum of 11 days for shipping if you would like your materials delivered. Upon registration, participants will be required to provide a mailing address and kits containing all materials will be sent via Canada Post. Participants will also be required to sign a waiver consenting to a code of conduct, and to be on camera via Zoom. Please note that registration is first come first serve and participants will not be considered fully registered without completing this waiver.

The Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch and Native Canadian Centre of Toronto present a lecture series in connection with their current exhibition “The Spirit of Beads: Sharing our Stories”

All lectures will be presented virtually via Zoom. Tickets are $10 per lecture.

Become part of the story of how our ancestors celebrated the beginning of spring. Join ethnomusicologist and singer Marichka Marczyk and learn interesting facts about spring rituals songs – vesnianky and haivky. Listen to ancient archival audio recordings made in remote Ukrainian villages. Immerse yourself in the beauty of unique melodies from different ethnic regions of Ukraine. Sing along with Marichka in this uplifting workshop of Ukrainian spring ritual music.

This workshop is being offered in Ukrainian, with some English translation by Mark Marczyk, Marichka's life partner and music soulmate.

This is a physically active workshop, where layers of rhythm are overlapped to make some serious groove. Beginners can focus on the main rhythm but as we layer the rhythms up, throw in variations, and add vocals, it can get way more challenging.