Together We Can: Music Across the Generations–Folk Concert

Together We Can is coming up this Saturday, October 1, 2022 from 7 – 9 PM at The Concert Hall at Victoria Hall in Cobourg. Hello everyone! There are only a few days until NFOTA’s “Together We Can” event in Cobourg. It’s an inter-generational concert celebrating all things musical in Northumberland County. From fiddles to…

NFOTA’s Opening Weekend–What Fun!

Northumberland Festival of the Arts opened with a fun-filled evening of music Friday at Victoria Hall. Cobourg’s Poet Laureate Jessica Outram MC’d the event. NFOTA president Gwynn Scheltema welcomed everyone to the festival. And Parliamentary Poet Laureate Louise Halfe – Sky Dancer shared her thoughts about our human need for the arts, and how everyone…

Young musicians need your help!

The Northumberland Festivals of the Arts (NFOTA) has a unique opportunity for young people that needs your help. Northumberland artists, such as Shannon Linton, Ted Staunton, Saskia Tomkins and many more, will mentor and collaborate with Northumberland’s young musicians for one week. On Saturday October 1 @ 7PM they will present the results of their collaboration at…

Meet the Faces behind NFOTA: Katie Hoogendam

“Art to me is the ground of being–not a noun, but a verb; something primordial that defies and predates the bounds of language.”–Katie Hoogendam. Writer and artist Katie Hoogendam serves on NFOTA’s Program Committee. Who are you? Hi, I’m Katie Hoogendam (“Merkat”). I’m a local writer, poet, playwright and interdisciplinary artist. Why do you believe…