Apply on-line by May 1, 2024! This scholarship may be applied to classes, workshops, or lessons with a recognized flamenco professional or flamenco organization based on Vancouver Island. The scope of acceptable activities includes, but is not limited to, educational opportunities in the following flamenco disciplines: dance, guitar, singing, or percussion. At this time, travel, accommodation, and performance opportunities are ineligible for funding through this scholarship. The post 2024 Flamenco Student Scholarship appeared first on Flamenco de la Isla Society ..read more

Thank you to everyone who attended our AGM and special thanks to the community members who stepped forward to ensure that Flamenco de la Isla will continue!   We are deeply grateful to outgoing board chair Cat Moores for her dedicated and skillful leadership!  Longtime board member Trudie Begbie and artistic advisor Amity Skala will both be greatly missed from the board this year.   We thank the outgoing board and look forward to the fresh enthusiasm offered by the new and returning board members.  Our website will be updated with more details as we step into the exciting ..read more

The Flamenco de la Isla Society is holding our AGM online at 9:30am on Saturday February 17, 2024. While attendance is normally only for active Society members, the Society board has agreed to open up attendance to the larger flamenco community this year, in a non-voting capacity. This is because the Society no longer has a governing board effective the end of the AGM on February 17th, 2024. If a new board is not elected at this AGM, the Flamenco de la Isla Society must dissolve, effective immediately, at the conclusion of the AGM. Click here for AGM information The post 2024 AGM appeared fi ..read more

Happy International Flamenco Day! On November 16, 2010, UNESCO declared Flamenco an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.  Celebrate with Carlos Suara’s Flamenco Hoy (1.5 hours) The post Happy International Flamenco Day! appeared first on Flamenco de la Isla Society ..read more

The Flamenco de la Isla Society is a Victoria, BC-based non-profit arts organization. We produce the Victoria Flamenco Festival. We are seeking a treasurer for our board to help us create and manage our budget, assist with long-term financial planning, and provide bookkeeping. This is a volunteer position. Duties of the Treasurer are Making payments to vendors Doing bank reconciliations Preparing statements for board meetings Reporting on the society’s financials at board meetings Preparing year end statements Helping prepare a budget that is used to plan festivals and make grant application ..read more

A few pictures from the 2023 Victoria Flamenco Festival.  Visit the online photo gallery for more pictures. Photo credit: Amity Skala The post Photos! appeared first on Flamenco de la Isla Society ..read more

The Flamenco de la Isla Society is a Victoria, BC-based non-profit arts organization. We produce the Victoria Flamenco Festival. We are seeking a treasurer for our board to help us create and manage our budget, assist with long-term financial planning, and provide bookkeeping. This is a volunteer position. Duties of the Treasurer are Making payments to vendors Doing bank reconciliations Preparing statements for board meetings Reporting on the society’s financials at board meetings Preparing year end statements Helping prepare a budget that is used to plan festivals and make grant application ..read more

Friday, July 28, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7:00 p.m.) Denford Hall, GNS 781 Richmond Avenue Victoria BC V8S 3Z2 (250-370-6800) The Victoria Flamenco Festival presents guest artist bailaora (dancer), Kasandra “La China” Lea (Vancouver), in a new show “Bienvenida Prima!….welcome cousin!”, under the artistic direction of Veronica Maguire (Victoria), featuring local flamenco artists, singers Jan “Juanita” Bate, Gwyneth McIntosh “La Chispa”, Veronica “Vero” Maguire, palmera Denise Yeo, accompanied by guitarists, Jake “Chinito” Lee and Gareth Owen. “Bienvenida Prima” means welcome cousin. As artis ..read more

Event times are listed for the Pacific Daylight Time zone. All times and schedule details are subject to change. Once each video performance has premiered on YouTube, the video will be available to view until noon on July 30, 2023.  Saturday, July 22  – Online Emerging Artist Video Gallery – FREE online video programming (view-on-demand until noon on July 30, 2023) Saturday- Sunday, July 22 & 23 at 12:00-5:00 p.m. – Flamenco in the Park (free outdoor in-person events) Monday-Wednesday, July 24-26 at 6:00 p.m. each day – FREE online video programming July 24 – Pa’ Los Guaji ..read more

Take part in the 2023 Victoria Flamenco Festival! Emerging artists may apply to share a video performance for possible inclusion in an online gallery.  Deadline July 1st. Check out the full schedule of online and in-person events! Workshop registration and event ticket sales start June 15th! Photo credit: Amity Skala The post 2023 Victoria Flamenco Festival appeared first on Flamenco de la Isla Society ..read more