© Marc J Chalifoux Photography 2018 Our final message… Nothing lasts forever and having the pandemic arrive 2 days before and cancel our 4th festival was the end of the road for us. Sorting everything out in the aftermath has taken some time due to the pandemic and now we are finally able to publicly say goodbye. We had a fantastic 3 festivals hosting incredible artists from Spain on the Winspear Centre stage. We enjoyed so many bright moments of workshops, community outreach, fundraiser performances and flashmobs. We overcame some incredible obstacles and celebrated some stunning moments with ..read more

Before we say goodbye we are excited to share a video summary of our last actual festival in 2019. We’ve just finished editing the amazing evening with Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernandez Flamenco Company at the Winspear Centre. It was an absolute joy to revisit this stunning performance and we are so proud to share this video compilation of the evening with you. “Tierra Flamenca” – Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernandez Flamenco Company at the Winspear Centre, the mainstage show of our 2019 Festival. Sonia Olla – dancer Ismael Fernández – singer Pol Vaquero – dancer Jonatan Reyes Jiménez – singer V ..read more

We would like to take a moment to thank our Board and our Volunteer Coordinators. Our Board meets regularly throughout the year and our Volunteer Coordinators have been helping us out as needed since late August. Thank you to our fantastic board and all the work they do for us year round! President – Meilai Ha Meilai has held various leadership roles in corporate services with the City of Edmonton, Alberta Health Services, and Covenant Health. Currently, she is Project Manager, Strategic Implementation for the City of Edmonton. Her spare time is spent playing sports and enjoying the beautiful ..read more

As we say goodbye to what would have been our 4th Festival weekend, we leave you with the story of how José Manuel Ramos, ‘El Oruco’ and his wife Karolina González ‘la Negra’ came to be invited for our 2020 Festival. Every year we receive questions from students, patrons, and followers about how we select our guest artists and invite them to our Festival. The story is best told through our Artistic Director, Jane Ogilvie. Dancers Karolina González ‘La Negra’, José Manuel Ramos El Oruco’, and Festival Artistic Director Jane Ogilvie in 2010 In the summer of 2010, I met this couple in a 2 week ..read more

We would like to take a moment to thank our Board and our Volunteer Coordinators. Our Board meets regularly throughout the year and our Volunteer Coordinators have been helping us out as needed since late August. Thank you to our fantastic board and all the work they do for us year round! President – Meilai Ha Meilai has held various leadership roles in corporate services with the City of Edmonton, Alberta Health Services, and Covenant Health. Currently, she is Project Manager, Strategic Implementation for the City of Edmonton. Her spare time is spent playing sports and enjoying the beautif ..read more

We would like to take a moment to thank some of the supporters behind this year’s cancelled Festival. Our Festival relies quite heavily on ticket sales but could not exist without added support. Please take a moment to read through and have a look at the incredible organizations that have come forward to support us. Some of them have lost quite a bit of business due our cancellation and of course many have now lost even more due to our current global situation. It’s important to celebrate the organizations and businesses that recognize how fundamental the Arts are in our lives.  Make sure you ..read more

As we say goodbye to what would have been our 4th Festival weekend, we leave you with the story of how José Manuel Ramos, ‘El Oruco’ and his wife Karolina González ‘la Negra’ came to be invited for our 2020 Festival. Every year we receive questions from students, patrons, and followers about how we select our guest artists and invite them to our Festival. The story is best told through our Artistic Director, Jane Ogilvie. Dancers Karolina González ‘La Negra’, José Manuel Ramos El Oruco’, and Festival Artistic Director Jane Ogilvie in 2010 In the summer of 2010, I met this couple in a 2 week ..read more

In honour of our cancelled workshops this weekend, we are sharing some of our favourite moments in the studio from our past 3 festivals. All classes except the private guitar and cante classes in 2017, were held at the studios of our Festival sponsor MarrMac Dance. We are so grateful to them for their support! Since the beginning of our Festival, they have been sponsoring us for free studio time during the workshops. 2019 – workshops were held with Sonia Olla – dancer Ismael Fernández – singer Pol Vaquero – dancer We were so excited with our classes, we forgot to take pictures! Here are some f ..read more

In honour of our cancelled performance this evening we are sharing some of our favourite moments from the mainstage performance at the Winspear for our past 3 festivals. All photos © Marc J Chalifoux Photography. 2019 – ‘Tierra Flamenca’ – Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernández Flamenco Company Sonia Olla – dancer Ismael Fernández – singer Pol Vaquero – dancer Jonathan Reyes Jiménez – singer Víctor Márquez “El Tomate” – guitarist 2018 – ‘El Llanto Se Mueve ‘The Cry Moves’ – Jairo Barrull Flamenco Company Jairo Barrull – Dancer Irene la Sentío – Dancer José El Pechuguita – Singer El Quini de Jerez ..read more

We regret to announce the cancellation of our 2020 festival. Please see the media advisory below for more information. Thank you so much to everyone that has supported us! MEDIA ADVISORY March 10, 2020 CANCELLED: Edmonton Flamenco Festival Amid COVID 19 Complications The 4th annual Edmonton Flamenco Festival regretfully has cancelled their performance this Friday, March 13th at the Winspear Centre as well as all workshops to be held as part of the festival. Every year the Edmonton Flamenco Festival brings the world’s best of Flamenco dance and music to a Winspear audience followed by worksho ..read more