Tours Offered Throughout the Festival

$10 per person except on Family Day. Register HERE.

A guided walking tour by Alex Rondeau, one of the Ice Follies organizers, offering additional info and insight for each artwork. Day and night tours vary slightly.

• Saturday, February 18th — 5:30pm
• Sunday, February 19th — 5:30pm – with ASL INTERPRETATION
• Monday, February 20th — 11am (FREE Family Day Kid-Friendly Tour with ASL interpretation)
• Tuesday, February 21st — 5:30pm

Opening Night: Welcome to Ice Follies!

Date: February 10th, 2023 at 6:00pm EST

Join us at Shabogesic Beach on February 10th for the opening reception of Ice Follies 2023 – free refreshments will be available to warm you up.

Opening Night Performance by Aanmitaagzi

Date: February 10th, 2023 at 7:00pm EST

Not to be missed, a magical way to kick start the 10th Anniversary of Ice Follies.

Listening Drop-In on the Ice!

Performance by Geronimo Inutiq

Uvattini Uqaalajunga – J’ Appel chez nous – I Am Calling Home 

Date – Family Day Weekend – Saturday February 18th at 7pm 

Join us around a fire at Shabogesic Beach to live stream the broadcast of Geronimo Inutiq’s live performance at NAISA.

More information: NAISA Radio

Listening Drop-In Event #2!

Landlines Audio Artworks 

Date – Family Day Weekend – Sunday February 19th at 7pm 

Join us around a fire at Shabogesic Beach to experience Landlines, featuring audio-works by Randy Dunsford, Carrie Lyon, Rachel Garrick, Moneca Sinclaire, Osani Balkaran. Curated by Nadine Arpin and Sonya Ballantyne. Co-Presented. by Trinity Square Video.

VOX on Ice

Date: Family Day – February 20th, 2023 at 1:30pm EST

A free-to-participate community choir amidst the artworks, facilitated by VOX Choir, performing ‘Cold as Ice’ by Foreigner with punctuations of ‘Ice Ice Baby’ by Vanilla Ice.

Aanmitaagzi Drumming and Dancing

Date: Family Day – February 20th, 2023

Aanmitaagzi will be activating their area with drumming and dancing!

Artist Talks at the Capitol Centre: Imogen Clendinning, Quinn Hopkins and Public Visualization Studio

Date – Saturday, February 11th, 2023 from 1pm – 4pm at the Spotlight Lounge in the Capitol Centre

Cease Wyss Artist Talk Presented by Nipissing University

Date – Thursday, February 16th at 11am EST via Zoom

Click HERE to join the Zoom call.

Round Table Discussion – I Am Calling Home
By Geronimo Inutiq

Date – Thursday February 16th at 8pm at the Digital Creator Lab in the Capitol Centre

Contribute your voice to an ongoing conversation about Home in the north. NAISA guest artist Geronimo Inutiq leads the conversation. Join us at 8pm at the Digital Creator Lab in the Capitol Centre. Enter from the parking lot. Discussions will be recorded and re-mixed in Geronimo Inutiq’s radio art performance at the NAISA North Media Arts Centre.

“Where Does Art Begin?: Mkomiiwi”

Performance by Aanmitaagzi
Marathon Beach (Memorial Drive, North Bay)
February 22 @ 7:00pm