ART & PERFORMANCE at SWAMP FEST 2023

Sean Dunham
Willow Island Host

Sean Dunham is a writer, singer, actor, performer, nail tech, podiatrist, snake milker and co-host of the CJTR radio show and podcast Spoiler Alert! He is so happy to return to Swampfest this year and looks forward to seeing you all in the muck once again.

The Swamp Swarm
Willow Island 

The Swarm will once again rise from the green waters of Wascana, joining their friends of the plant, animal, element and human kind! Together they’ll reveal what mere festival going mortals cannot see, fear or interpret. They’ll lead you to secret island crevices and chasms - real and imagined! They’ll surprise and delight you with merry tricks and quirks! Take them by their swampy paws… ultimate adventure and wild abandon await!

Ringo Jedlic
Friday Night - The Cure

Ringo Jedlic is an audio/visual artist from Regina Sk giving you something trippy for you to look at during Friday night's shows by processing interference patterns and 3D models with Max/JITTER.

Sir Reginald Reafh
Willow Island Ferry host 

Sir Reginald Reafh is a gentleman industrialist and explorer who has dedicated his life's exploits and considerable fortune to the cause of science. He was born in 1876, the fifteenth son to the 9th Earl of Regina. He inherited the name of Reginald and the deeds accompanying it six years later, following his father's tragic death by rat poison accident. Sir Reginald was knighted for his discovery of France in the course of his 1926 expedition to repatriate his missing crystal ashtray. Sir Reginald holds twenty-five PhDs in Science and Beerology from the University of South Wascanaborough, a prestigious non-accredited institution which he also founded. In 2021, Sir Reginald was killed by a flock of subversive geeseand presumed dead, until discovered at his remote field laboratory to merely be a ghost. His condition is currently in remission. With the map of Willow Island's interior completed via balloon scanning in late 2022, and the recent public outcry against cruelty to algae blobs, Sir Reginald has shifted his focus to documenting the Island's archaeological record. 

Swamp Roots
Friday, 8pm- Willow Island Boat Launch 
Sarah Pitman, Kayleigh Rice, Kayleigh Manastyrski, Carrie Sweeney, Amy Schierle
Choreography: Isabella Wishlow and the dancers

A dark contemporary dance inspired by roots. Roots live beneath our feet. Thriving amongst the funky, wet grit. Sloooowly tanglin’ and zig-zagin’ in the upside-down. Be tricky, be wise, don’t slip into the grit. These roots will tangle and squish between your toes, pulling you into the depths of the swamp. 

Mooky
Friday Night - Swamp Strut
Wascana Observation Deck to the Cure

Internationally renowned comedian, performer, puppet-master and musician, Mooky, will serenade the Swamp Strut with musical accompaniment. There may be accordions, there may be a bathtub, we're not totally sure, but it's sure to charm and delight even the swampiest of souls.