The continuing story of global
music plays out LIVE at these
upcoming events:
This year's revamped and
respirited
Vancouver
Folk Music Festival
stars
Spirit Of The West, Ozomatli,
Michael Franti & Spearhead
with
Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko,
Markus James & The Wassonrai,
Charanga Cakewalk
plus Celtic trio,
Lau,
July
18th, 19th
and
20th.
There's a big, new event on the
festival scene just a wee bit
out of town. Listen to the line
up for the brand new
Surrey Fusion Festival:
July 19th
with
The Chieftains, The Cottars,
The Wheat In The Barley
and more, and
July 20th,
Alex Cuba, Delhi 2 Dublin,
Tropicana
top a fabulous bill. There will
also be food and cultural
pavilions from around the world.
It all takes place at King
George Highway and Old Yale Road
in Surrey.
AND,
July 19th and 20th
just got a little more
complicated. Check out the line
up at this year's
Whistler Music Festival
at the base of Blackcomb:
July 19th
including
Thievery Corporation, Bedouin
Soundclash and Michelle
Ndegecello, July 20th
including
Elvis Costello and the
Imposters, Allen Tousssant Band
and Robert Randolph and the
Family Band.
Check out
July 19th
it's
Beat Bash III with
dancehall's biggest stars:
Akon, Wyclef Jean
and
Sean Paul
at
GM Place.
Discover Vancouver's hippest
water-side hangout for
contemporary global grooves.
Electropical
returns to the
Arts Club Backstage Lounge
on
July 19th
for another beat –driven dance
party, courtesy of DJs
Marc Fournier
and
Michael Laycock.
Vive la diference!
Sunday afternoons in July and
August, stroll by
Ron Basford Park
on
Granville Island
for free music from
All Over The Map.
This new outdoor series at 2pm
focuses on some cool
collaborations like
Silk Road Music
and friends,
July 6th,
July 13th
with West African music and
dance with
Myanda
and the
Kunaka
marimba youth ensemble,
July 20th
is Polynesian with the
Langley Ukulele Ensemble
and
Kuahane Polynesian Dancers, July
27th,
hip hop with
SOULdier's Dance,
August 17th
it's the
Mozaico Flamenco Dance Theatre
and
August 24th
there's Aboriginal with the
Dancers of Damelahamid.
If it rains, catch the shows
indoors at Performance Works.
20 groups are lined up to take
you from Cuba to Tibet and
Finland to Zimbabwe at the 21st
Annual
Mission Folk Music Festival,
Fraser River Heritage Park, and
July 25th through 27th.
This year features an
Irish Session
for Celtic fans including
Death Sprouted, James Keen
& Randal Bays, and
Brian O h Art, Lays How, Moira
Smiley
and guests.
Crooked Still
has a new line up and new album
called,
‘Right Now’.
Listen to
Celt in a Twist
for a debut and watch for their
return to Vancouver at the
St. James Hall
on
July 31st.
Italian beat scientist,
Gaudi
returns to Vancouver for a very
special evening of global and
techno beats at
The Red Room
on
July 31st.
Guests include
The Shimmy Dancers.
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West Vancouver gears up for the
18th Annual Harmony
Arts Festival
presented by Odium Brown ltd,
August 1 through 10th.
Performances include the
North Shore News' World Music
on the
Millennium Development Stage
at the foot of 15th
Street including
Alcvin Ramos, Marlin Ramazzini,
ZimbaMoto and De La Terra
on
August 9th. August 10th,
it's
Khac Chi Ensemble, Shona Le
Mottee, Kutapira and Locura.
August 2nd,
Canada's Celtic sweetheart
returns to the west coast. Don't
miss the extraordinary fiddling
of
Natalie MacMaster
at the
River Rock Casino.
The 32nd Annual
Powell Street Festival
is the largest
Japanese Canadian
festival and the longest running
community celebration in
Vancouver!
August 2nd and August
3rd,
enjoy traditional and
contemporary Japanese Canadian
performances, including taiko
drumming, sumo wrestling,
martial arts demos, folk and
modern dance, alternative
pop/rock/urban music, visual
arts, film/video, as well as a
fantastic array of Japanese
food, crafts & displays. August
2nd, performing solo
on guitar, saw, stringed
instruments, percussion, toys
and more,
Shugo Tokumaru
is known for his atmospheric,
poppy, psychedelic-folk songs
fronted by lovely vocals. See
him in concert with Mia Doi
Toddfrom Los Angeles at the
Firehall Arts Centre. Full
festival schedule available
online.
Celebrate Jamaican Independence
at the
Jamaican Festival 2008,
Holland Park,
King George Avenue and 100th
Avenue in Surrey, across from
the King George Skytrain
station. Enjoy delish Jamaican
food and of course, sweet soca
and reggae.
August 3rd.
Anthony 604-833-8087, Gloria
604-591-1587, Patrick
778-384-4912,
Sandie 604-501-1909,
Beverley 604-275-8617
If you missed
Ryan Shaw
at the
TD Canada Trust Vancouver
International Jazz Festival,
you missed one of the greatest
voices since Otis Redding and
Wilson Pickett. You have a
second chance at the
Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival,
August 10th
at
Deer Lake Park.
Afro-jazz pioneers
NOMO
come to the
Media Club
on
August 10th.
Catch this 8-piece afrobeat and
electronica band from Michigan.
Festival Vancouver
returns with a big, new series
in the big outdoors.
The World At The Gardens
series brings sensational music
from around the globe to the
Great Lawn at Van Dusen
Botanical Gardens:
August 13th
it's
Rajaton,
Finnish a cappella sextet,
August 15th,
Yamandu Costa Trio
from Brazil,
August 17th
it's
Salsa Dura
featuring Buena Vista Social
Club alumnus,
Miguelito Valdez.
One of the most promising Celtic
traditionalist bands to launch
in the new millennium performs
in Vancouver at the
St. James Hall.
Don’t miss
Beoga from
County Antrim, Ireland,
August 15th.
August 15th, 16th
and 17th,
plan to be in Cumberland for
The Big Time Out 2008.
Headliners this year include:
K'naan, Delhi2Dublin, Adham
Shaikh, Jorane and De La Soul.
Afrikadey Festival 2008
will be at the
Serbian Cultural Centre,
7837 Canada Way in Burnaby,
August 16th
and
17th featuring
Glen Washington
and many more artists.
Buckwheat Zydeco & The Ils Sont
Parti Band,
fronted by contemporary
Zydeco’s most popular
accordionist
Stanley “Buckwheat’ Dural
comes to
The Yale Hotel
on
August 17th.
Jackpot
is the name of the band's latest
release. Party like a winner
with Buckwheat.
.
Rock down to Richards and catch
Eddy Grant
in performance on
August 19th.
He's been working and a producer
and entertainer, defining a
whole new genre of Caribbean
music called RingBang. That's
Richards on Richards,
August 19th.
August 22nd,
two modern legends of Celtic
trad., the Jimi Hendrix of the
Uilleann Pipes,
Paddy Keenan
and guitarist
Tommy O’Sullivan
perform at the
St. James Hall.
Mariachi Los Dorados
are going to Guadalajara to
represent Canada at the
International Mariachi Festival.
Help them along their way by
showing your support at their
gala fund raiser,
August 22nd
at
The Capri Hall,
3925 Fraser Street. Enjoy
authentic mariachi music and
traditional Mexican food and
drinks.
The Gypsy Kings
reign over the stage at the
River Rock Casino
on
August 23rd and 24th.
Don't miss the originators of
Rumba Flamenco.
In The House Festival presents
Leopards, Drums and Dresses Oh
My!
an evening of drumming and
fashion designs by
Kesseke Yeo
from Masabo Culture Company. It
all happens at the
Grandview Legion
on Commercial Drive on
August 24th.
The little man with the big
footprint on reggae and dub, the
incomparable,
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
returns to Vancouver at
Richards On Richards, September
1st.
Don't miss this indestructible
fireball of energy.
Santana
returns to
GM Place,
September 7th,
with support from his very
talented son,
The Salvador Santana Band.
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FOR A DEBUT OF SALVADOR'S NEW
VIDEO.
Sao Paulo's electro-thrash
sensations
CSS
return to Vancouver to bigger
digs with a brand new album,
Donkey. See them at
The Commodore Ballroom
on
September 17th.
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world.beats!
Tango-dub innovator,
Federico Aubele
returns to Vancouver to perform
tunes from his acclaimed new
album,
Panamericana.
Don't miss his acoustic/electronica
chill at
Richards On Richards,
September 19th.
The Spear will be here! Watch
for the return of reggae legend
Burning Spear,
September 27th
to the
Commodore Ballroom.
Details coming
soon.
SOLD OUT IN 5 MINUTES!
Iceland's
Sigur Ros
take the stage in the acoustic
excellence of the
Chan Centre for the Performing
Arts
on
October 7th,
playing tunes from their latest,
Međ Suđ I Eyrum Viđ Spilum
Endalaust (English translation:
With A Buzz In Our Ears We Play
Endlessly).
It's some of the most joyous
music ever recorded by the band,
which is saying something for
Icelanders.
SECOND SHOW ADDED BY
OVERWHELMING DEMAND!!
Gogol Bordello's
twisted gypsy punk infects the
Commodore Ballroom
now on
October 10th and
October 11th.
It's just two steps from total
eastern European wanderlust.
Don't miss their dynamic
performance!
One of
Celt In A Twist's
favorites are back with the best
album of their career. Make
plans for
The Commodore
on
October 14th
to see
Flogging Molly
play tunes from 'Float'. Celt
Punk, brilliant songwriting and
gobs of charm!
LOOKING WAAAY AHEAD:
Baka Beyond
are back in town for a special
concert at the
St. James Hall.
Experience the sheer magic of
this ensemble as the blend the
sounds of the Baka forest people
of Cameroon and Celtic melodies.
See them
November 16th.
Great Big Sea
performs tunes from their
acclaimed new CD,
Fortune's Favour,
December 3rd
in the acoustic excellence of
the
Centre for the Performing Arts.
Tickets are on sale this Friday.
The 2nd Friday of
every month,
Jacky Essombe
presents
The Village Night Club –
Imagnara,
a traditional African gathering
of music, song and dance at the
Victoria Drive Community Hall.
Marlin Ramazzini
performs every
Sunday at
Zocalo Restaurant.
Check out her Latin vibe on
Facebook,
Every Sunday night,
enjoy a futuristic, eclectic
evening of electronic and
percussion soundscapes at the
odd and intimate,
Maxine's Hideaway
on Davie, featuring
Myles Bigalow, Tarun T-Spoon,
Aklimatize, Chris Lima and J Luv.
Crazy grooves, cheap door and
drinks!
604.689.8822
Catch the dubalicious
vibe
of
dUbTeT,
Victoria's original dub duo,
entrancing audiences with a
display of live dubbing,
acoustic and electronic reggae,
samba, dance and meditation,
every Saturday at the
Sanuk Lounge,
625 Courtney Street, Victoria.
The Havana Jazz Festival Tour
2009
happens
February 8th to
February 16th
for the
25th Annual Havana
International Jazz Festival.
Cuba Education Tours, Turner
Music & Events and The Cellar
Restaurant and Jazz Club are
pleased to present the event.
For complete details, visit
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