4th Annual Winter Solstice Bonfire
Sat, 16 Dec 2023 (EST)
12:00PM - 11:30PM
Montague Retreat Center
177 Ripley Rd
Montague, Massachusetts 01351
ADVANCED TICKETS ARE NOW CLOSED. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON SITE UPON ARRIVAL.
Join us for the 4th annual Winter Solstice Bonfire
Dec 16th, 2023 at the Montague Retreat Center,
177 Ripley Rd. Montague, MA
with Kotoko Brass
opening yoga in the Great Hall led by Cat Tween, w/ live music by Peter Leonard
Tree decorating, mulled cider, fire spinning, and drumming and dancing up on the hill around a great fire.
This is an intentional substance free event sponsored by
the HeARTbeat Collective, Inc a 501(c)(3) organization.
Yoga at 3pm (inside)
Activities during the day. More to be announced
Fire lighting at sunset.
Kotoko Brass at 9:30 (inside)
$25 advance, $30 at the door
Kids age 15 and under come for free
No one turned away, please contact us for work trade
Kotoko Brass melds the beautifully complex traditional drumming of Central Ghana, the sturdy bass and keyboards of the Caribbean, and the joyous horns of New Orleans to forge a sound the Boston Globe has described as “propulsive, infectious party music.” The band began when brothers Ben, a performer, scholar, and educator of Ghanaian drumming, and Brian Paulding, a longtime trombone player in Boston’s reggae scene, joined forces. Ben fortified the percussion section with Attah Poku and Kwame Ofori, two master percussionists from Ghana. The rhythm section of M’talewa Thomas (bass), Dillon Zahner (guitar), Yusaku Yoshimura (keyboards), and saxophonist Andy Bergman, fill out veteran rhythm and horn sections.
Join us for the 4th annual Winter Solstice Bonfire
Dec 16th, 2023 at the Montague Retreat Center,
177 Ripley Rd. Montague, MA
with Kotoko Brass
opening yoga in the Great Hall led by Cat Tween, w/ live music by Peter Leonard
Tree decorating, mulled cider, fire spinning, and drumming and dancing up on the hill around a great fire.
This is an intentional substance free event sponsored by
the HeARTbeat Collective, Inc a 501(c)(3) organization.
Yoga at 3pm (inside)
Activities during the day. More to be announced
Fire lighting at sunset.
Kotoko Brass at 9:30 (inside)
$25 advance, $30 at the door
Kids age 15 and under come for free
No one turned away, please contact us for work trade
Kotoko Brass melds the beautifully complex traditional drumming of Central Ghana, the sturdy bass and keyboards of the Caribbean, and the joyous horns of New Orleans to forge a sound the Boston Globe has described as “propulsive, infectious party music.” The band began when brothers Ben, a performer, scholar, and educator of Ghanaian drumming, and Brian Paulding, a longtime trombone player in Boston’s reggae scene, joined forces. Ben fortified the percussion section with Attah Poku and Kwame Ofori, two master percussionists from Ghana. The rhythm section of M’talewa Thomas (bass), Dillon Zahner (guitar), Yusaku Yoshimura (keyboards), and saxophonist Andy Bergman, fill out veteran rhythm and horn sections.
Coming together as Kotoko Brass feels like a superpower. When the traditional Ghanaian percussion and driving drum set grooves meet the steady rhythm section and jubilant horn melodies, we can’t help but dance. Now, after over a year of sharing our sound and energy with audiences across New England, we have seen just how infectious this energy is.