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 […]
Category: 2018
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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MacCrimmon, Gzowski & Singh
2018-08-177:00 pm–7:45 pm Harbourfront Centre, Stage in the Round FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Turkish and Balkan music kicks off the weekend, as celebrated singer Brenna MacCrimmon is joined by percussionist Jaash Singh and guitarist John Gzowski. BRENNA MACCRIMMON Brenna MacCrimmon has been studying and performing the music of Turkey […]
Surefire Sweat
2018-08-192:00 pm–3:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Stage in the Round FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Surefire Sweat is made up of a diverse and multi-generational roster of Toronto-based artists. The music, composed by Juno-nominated drummer, Larry Graves, is original and draws on an amalgam of Funk, Jazz, Brass Band, Blues and […]
TDot Batu feat. Cibelle Iglesias & Salviano Pessoa
2018-08-194:30 pm–5:30 pm Harbourfront Centre, Stage in the Round FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. TDot Batu is a tightly knit Afro-Brazilian percussion batucada inspired by the rich rhythmic tradition born out of the fusion of samba and reggae from Salvador, Bahia. As an integral part of Toronto’s Tropical music scene, […]
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Soukustek
2018-08-187:00 pm–8:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Stage in the Round FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. SOUKUSTEK was born under the gaze of the Caribbean Sea surrounding the Coastal city of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia. “It is a combination of life experiences, dreams and joys that have fed off of our […]
Workshop: Brenna MacCrimmon
2018-08-184:30 pm–5:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Brenna MacCrimmon’s fascination with Turkish and Balkan music has taken her to Turkey, Europe and Japan among other places to perform and work with diverse musicians. She will play a few tunes and tell the stories of how […]
Baobá
2018-08-193:00 pm–3:45 pm Harbourfront Centre, Boulevard Pavilion and Patio FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Baobá is a trio formed by Toronto’s top female percussionists taking traditional beats to the next level. Empowered by the natural musicality that flows from South American bodies, Anita Graciano, Y Josephine and Mari Palhares, representing […]
WOMADness at Harbourfront Centre: an Archival Excavation (1988-1992)
2018-08-1812:00 pm–10:00 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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Panel Conversation: WOMAD 30
2018-08-181:00 pm–2:30 pm Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room FreeFree Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. WOMAD 30 – A panel looking back at the 1988 music festival that changed the perception of music in Toronto. W.O.M.A.D – World of Music Arts and Dance was the brainchild of UK punk promoters (including artistic director […]