Silent Auction 2026
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Every bid sustains the festival, enriches our culture, and strengthens our artistic legacy.
Support the North Hatley Jazz Festival with our Silent Online Auction! Bid on exciting contributions from Air Canada, Manoir Hovey, and Germain Hôtels, plus two golf course offerings, gift certificates from local businesses, and beautiful artwork by local artists. Businesses and partners generously donate their items, and while some artists donate their work outright, others receive 50% of the sale price (up to 50% of the artwork's value) as a way to support our region's artistic community. Every bid helps sustain the festival, promote cultural enrichment, and strengthen our community's artistic legacy.
New this year: most of the artwork featured in the auction can be viewed in person at the resto-pub Vilandre, on the second floor. Come see the pieces before you bid! Join us for an apéro jazz opening vernissage to celebrate the artwork on display, on Thursday, August 6th at 3:00 PM.
How It Works:
- Bid on our website at northhatleyjazz.ca.
- The online auction opens Saturday, August 1, 2026, and closes on the last day of the festival, Sunday, August 9th, at 6:00 PM ET.
- Any bid in the last 3 minutes extends the clock by 3 minutes, up to 30 minutes total.
- The highest bidder at the end of the auction wins the item!
Payments will be processed automatically after the auction closes. Winners will receive an email with instructions on how to redeem their prize.
Artwork
- Pickup in person only, in North Hatley
- Starting Monday, August 10
- Our team will contact you by email starting August 10 to arrange a convenient time to meet
- No delivery service is offered
Gift certificates
- Sent by email or in person in North Hatley.
- Our team will reach out to you starting Wednesday, August 12 for distribution
Thank you for your support, and happy bidding!
Circus Parade
Artist: Nandu Vadakkath
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 × 48 × 2 in | 91.4 × 121.9 × 5.1 cm
Year: 2020
Description: The circus is a captivating, recurring theme in Nandu Vandakkath’s work. In Circus Parade, the artist masterfully creates a sense of whimsical, perpetual motion, where the glowing presence of the moon provides a striking architectural counterpoint to the parade circling endlessly below.
Painted in rich oils on a grand 36×48 inch canvas, this unique, unframed work brings an enchanting, theatrical energy into any space. This wonderful piece joins our auction thanks to a special connection within the festival family. Nandu Vandakkath is a close friend of Nic Côté, the North Hatley Jazz Festival's Head of Operations and social media. It's through this lovely friendship that Nandu's artwork has found its way to us here in North Hatley.
Want a closer look? The artwork will be on display at Pub and resto la Cie Vilandré in North Hatley from August 6th through the 9th during the festival.
Artist / Festival split — The artist and the festival will each receive 50% of the sale price, up to the estimated value. If the final sale price exceeds the estimated value, the North Hatley Jazz Festival will receive 100% of the difference.
Donated by
Nandu Vadakkath
Born in sunny Kerala, India, in 1961, Nandu Vandakkath’s early life was deeply rooted in nature. His artistic awakening began in 1979 at Benares Hindu University; while there to study communications, he found himself entirely captivated by the world of theater. This passion for drama and narrative structure seamlessly translated into visual art.
Nandu went on to formally hone his painterly craft in the heart of the global art world, studying at the prestigious New York Studio School under the legendary Mercedes Matter from 1989 to 1993. Today, Nandu lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. His striking works beautifully bridge the theatrical bustle of city life with moments of profound, poetic stillness.
- Arts
- Starting bid
- $1,500.00
- Estimated value
- $3,000.00
Minimum increment: $10.00
