Beyond the music, Hillside Inside has a whole day of free activities and workshops planned on Saturday Feb. 4 to keep people entertained.
From dancing and drumming to cooking and hairdos and stress management, there is a wide variety of activities on offer.
There are even a few things for the sports enthusiast to do.
The Hillside Hockey road hockey tournament is back in the RBC parking lot for the second year. The 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. event will see teams of six face off in friendly, non-contact, multi-generational games in support of a good cause. Registration is by donation to the Nicholas Lambden Memorial Children’s Foundation, which helped to fund the city hall rink. Hillside will put that rink to good use for an outdoor curling workshop with the Guelph Curling Club from 10 a.m. to noon. Though the outdoor rink is always free for skaters, they can also take advantage of a free indoor skate from 2 to 3:50 p.m. at the Sleeman Centre.
For a complete list of all the Hillside workshops and activities, visit hillsidefestival.ca.
Festival looks at suicide prevention

Hillside Inside is taking on a more serious topic this year. The annual winter music festival will host a suicide-prevention workshop as part of its lineup of free workshops on Saturday Feb. 4.
The workshop, entitled High 5 For Life, is a dynamic mental health and suicide prevention multimedia presentation, which uses music and video to connect with audiences and improve awareness on these topics, a news release said.
It is led by James Thomas, a man whose younger sister Chantal killed herself at the age of 18 in 2005.
In the presentation, Thomas openly shares both his sister’s and his own life experiences to cover topics such as sexual abuse, drug and alcohol addictions, bullying, sexuality, overcoming losing someone to suicide, and signs and steps to prevent suicide, the release said.
The presentation also addresses societal changes needed to minimize the increasing rates of suicide and mental illness, it said.
The workshop also provides the audience the chance to discuss the trauma and pressures people face in their lives, allowing participants to learn from each other’s experiences, it said.
The workshop will be held at city hall, Room 112, from 10 to 11 a.m. For more information, visit www.high5forlife.com.