Hillside Festival“One of the 10 best Canadian summer festivals” CBC Radio 2

music blog“One of the 10 Must-See Festivals in Canada.” Globe and Mail“One of 15 Canadian music festivals you must see before you

die.” Eric Alper on Canada AM

3 intersecting influences

Influences: Agriculture &

Veterinary MedicineOntario Agricultural

College 1874Ontario Veterinary

College 1862

Influences: Music

Bell Piano & Organ Factory 1864

Guelph City Band 1878, Guelph Musical Society

1899

Influences: MusicRoyal Opera House 1894

Edward Johnson 1878-1959

Present-day Guelph10 arts festivals

3 food festivals

Organic Food conference

Agricultural innovations

Rowe Farm Meats

Organic Meadow

Organic Agriculture degree

Hillside Festival• Compassionate lifestyle

• Inclusive

• Environmentalism

#1 •Hillside as a whole

#2 •Atmosphere

#3 •Food vendors

#4 •Non-headliner acts

#5 •Non-commercial aspect

#6 •Environmental aspect

#7 •Headliner acts

#8 •Music workshops

2015 Survey question: Which aspects of Hillside do you enjoy the most?

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Who are we?• 33-year-old grassroots

community festival

• Vision: to promote creativity, altruism, equality,

environmentalism, and peacemaking

• 5 stages; 6,500 people per summer day; 3150 winter;

• 48% plan vacations here1,326 volunteers; 11 staff; 12 board members

Hillside’s food philosophy

• Offer meals, not snacks

• No franchise fast food

• Accent on healthy & sustainable

• Local, organic, vegetarian, vegan

• Show respect

• Know your ingredients

• No disposables

• No plastic water bottles

Variety:

Ojibway

Thai

Eridtrean

Macedonian

Jamaican

Taiwanese

Southeast Asian

Greek

Chilean

Southern Mexican

Vegan

Eating chocolate, drinking chocolate

Organic Ice Cream

Spiked popsicles!

Vendors19

Supportive

Family

1/3rd to 1/5th of total annual revenue

Island, Mon

Staff

Food & the Environment

Washing dishes for 6,500

Churning for chocolate

Things We Eat workshops

Power, Pleasure Politics

Hospitality, Transportation,

Waste1153.39 =

Tonnes of CO2 saved over 24 years

dishwashing 42shuttle bus 290recycling 196composting 410tree planting 28meatless meals 141water tanker 47Total

Dishwashing

Solar water heater

Free water from tanker

Volunteer Hospitality

Green Roof

A few green initiatives

Terra et Silva

Nutrition & Spirit Elena’s story

Ethics: Moderation, mindfulness, respect

Local only

Organic, where possible

Porchetta sandwiches