Jane’s Walk Festival Is This Weekend
Windsor Jane’s Walk Festival 2020 (May 1-3) is bringing the global walking tour festival online this weekend. Starting Friday, the Festival is releasing digital tours and artwork created by Windsorites to celebrate their neighbourhoods.
“The limitations of the pandemic brought out amazing creativity from those who answered the call for submissions,” explained Windsor Jane’s Walk Organizer, Sarah Morris, “We received an original jazz composition celebrating Walkerville, an oil painting celebrating Jackson Park, a colouring page celebrating Downtown, photography celebrating River West, and much more.”
Regular walking tours are replaced this weekend by Facebook Live tours of Spring Garden and Marlborough. One exciting guided video tour this year is hosted by WIFF’s Vincent Georgie of Windsor’s Theatre District.
Starting Friday at noon and continuing to Sunday, the public can access free content created by local artists and activists celebrating the places around them.
The Jane’s Walk Festival is a global weekend of free, citizen-led walking tours celebrating neighbourhoods and honouring the legacy of urbanist Jane Jacobs. Last year, there were fifteen walking tours through seven Windsor neighbourhoods, drawing more than 475 participants. For 2020, the walking tour part of the festival will be postponed to a later date.
Windsor Jane’s Walk Schedule
Friday, May 1st, 2020:
12:00 PM – Walkerville: Original song composed, arranged, and performed by Jeremy Coulter, Jack Coulter, Matt Williams, and Matt Weston. Video by Garett McKelvie.
1:00 PM: Photography of River West by Rosina Riccardo and Ford City by Melissa Carey
7:00 PM: Video Tour: WIFF’s Vincent Georgie’s guided tour of Windsor’s Theatre District
Saturday, May 2nd, 2020:
10:00 AM – Painting: “Runner’s Series No.1”, oil and pastel on canvas by Anastasia Adams depicting Jackson Park
11:00 AM: Facebook Live: Rest of the West: Tour of Marlborough neighbourhood by Frazier Fathers
1:00 PM: Facebook Live: Hidden Treasures of Ojibway Tour by T.J. and Jess Bondy
3:00 PM: Video: Eyes on the Screen – A Jane Jacobs Inspired Talk About Rose City by Walter Petrichyn
Sunday, May 3rd, 2020:
10:00 AM: Self-Guided Tour: Walkerville Walking Tour from the City of Windsor
11:00 AM: Printable Colouring Pages: Dr. Disc Records (Downtown) by Jack Bortolin and Cramdon’s Tap and Eatery by Janine Morris
12:00 PM: Blog: The Match Race of the 20th Century (Devonshire Heights) by Christine Fitzpatrick
1:00 PM: Podcast: Windsor Before Windsor (Downtown) by Sarah Morris