2018-08-1912:00 pm–6:00 pm HarbourKIDS Tent FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Quirky and fun instrument building and music making with a maverick artist, musician and recycler. Celebrate the musical potential of everyday things! Mark Sepic – Musician, Sound Sculptor Mark Sepic is an internationally recognized guitarist and composer. His virtuoso finger-style […]
Category: Festival HFC 2018
WOMADness at Harbourfront Centre: an Archival Excavation (1988-1992)
2018-08-1912:00 pm–5:30 pm Harbourfront Centre, Marilyn Brewer Community Space FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Reviving the legacy that first brought culturally diverse sounds into the collective consciousness of a generation of Torontonians, this exhibition pays homage to WOMAD – a World of Music, Art and Dance at Harbourfront Centre from […]
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Mark Sepic’s Junkestra
2018-08-1812:00 pm–7:00 pm HarbourKIDS Tent FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Quirky and fun instrument building and music making with a maverick artist, musician and recycler. Celebrate the musical potential of everyday things! Mark Sepic – Musician, Sound Sculptor Mark Sepic is an internationally recognized guitarist and composer. His virtuoso finger-style […]
Workshop: Samba Jess
2018-08-194:00 pm–4:30 pm Harbourfront Centre, Boulevard Pavilion and Patio Free Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Jessica Semedo focuses directly on spreading authentic Brazilian Samba, as well as the culture and music from the Luso-African World. Shake to the samba beat with this gifted instructor! “Samba” refers to the prayer and/or invoking […]
Nathaswara Thavil Music of Global
2018-08-184:00 pm–4:30 pm Harbourfront Centre, South Lawn FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Originating in ancient Tamil temple music, the combined power of these unique drums and horns transcends time to stir the soul. Nathaswara Thavil Music of Global Lead: Vidwan Dr. A. Murugathas Group Naatha Parai Canada Lead: Master S. […]
Abhinayakshetra Fine Arts Canada & Nathaswara Thavil Music of Global
2018-08-186:00 pm–6:30 pm Harbourfront Centre, South Lawn FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Originating in ancient Tamil temple music, the combined power of these unique drums and horns transcends time to stir the soul. The parade will be followed by Bharatanatyam Kalakshetra Baani dance. Nathaswara Thavil Music of Global Lead: Vidwan […]
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Workshop: Abhinayakshetra Fine Arts Canada
2018-08-186:30 pm–7:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Karthiha Parthiban leads an interactive dance demonstration of Bharatanatyam dance, the South Indian style known for its theatrical language of gestures. Abhinayakshetra Fine Arts Canada Karthiha Parthiban MFA, Artistic Director Karthiha Parthiban is an Indian classical dance lecturer, […]
Waleed Kush African Jazz Ensemble
2018-08-185:00 pm–6:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Stage in the Round FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. The music of the Waleed Kush African Jazz Ensemble combines the impelling ancient rhythms of Africa with exhilarant, modern jazz improvisations. From Nubia, Sudan, to Harlem. Waleed Abdulhamid: bass, vocals, percussion Brian Dhari: tenor saxophone John […]
Gelax
2018-08-183:00 pm–4:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Stage in the Round FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Layers of dreamy vocal melodies with disconnected lyrics and hypnotic guitar loops merge with accents of crunchy riffs, pumping bass grooves, and exotic beats to make up Gelax. Dubbed as “fantasy rock,” Gelax mixes comforting chords […]
RedTail Spirit Singers & Sacred Wolf Singers
2018-08-177:45 pm–8:00 pm Harbourfront Centre FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Co-presented with Marchande d’idées interculturelles. Rousing powwow music bring together RedTail Spirit and Sacred Wolf Singers from Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. They are accompanied by Ojibwe dancer Matthew Rutledge from Ontario. REDTAIL SPIRIT SINGERS Founded in 2004, RedTail […]
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