Stilts, fire and puppets: what to expect when Kensington Market’s Winter Solstice Festival returns

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As the days grow darker and the nights longer, Kensington Market artists are preparing to bring back the light with the Winter Solstice Festival later this month.

As the days grow darker and the nights longer, Kensington Market artists are preparing to bring back the light with the

In the photo, he’s not actually swallowing fire. “I’m playing a brass ‘saxophone’ with a wick on the end that gets lit by costumed stilters as I perch atop a tall ladder,” he says. This is the moment that officially kicks off the parade, which winds through Kensington Market and ends with a massive bonfire in a nearby park.

With five albums under his belt, including 2022’s “Live at Lula,” Underhill has become a staple in the Toronto jazz scene. He regularly plays in trios and quartets around town, as well as in a standing gig at Reposado each Saturday, with the Rider Raiders brass band.

 

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