2021-09-18 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm Presented by Small World Music as part of BLOK: Slavic Music Meet A daylong outdoor celebration featuring some of the finest Eastern European musicians in Canada. The lineup includes the unique chamber folk quintet Medusa, with their array of strings from around Europe; and Turkwaz, immersed in style ranging from […]
2021-09-19 8:00 pm, 7: 00 pm doors. Opening set by Nimkii Osawamick Presented in partnership with Lula Music and Arts Centre Fusing bilingual socially-conscious spoken word, beatboxing, Indigenous kuisi bunsi flute (aka Colombian gaita), turntablism, and Bronx-style 70s salsa, alongside Afro-Cuban and Colombian drumming, Beny Esguerra & New Tradition delivers an interactive multidisciplinary performance exploring […]
2021-09-17 8:00 pm, 7: 00 pm doors. Opening set by Catchfiyah Presented in partnership with Lula Music and Arts Centre Ammoye celebrates the release of her new album ‘Water’, on Lulaworld Records. Singing songs of love, life, and justice, the 5-time JUNO nominee delivers a future-forward reggae sound that incorporates old-school rocksteady, dancehall, dubstep, gospel, […]
2021-09-16 8:00 pm, 7:00 p.m. doors. Opening set by Danae Olano Presented in partnership with Lula Music and Arts Centre JUNO-Award winning OKAN fuses their Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk, and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage, and love. Led by Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne, the group enthusiastically embraces Cuban genres and musical […]
2021-09-15 7:00 pm Online Five remarkable women unite their talents and traditions to explore music from across Asia. This documentary tells the stories of the artists, who hail from China, Korea, Japan, and Iran as they gather, develop new repertoire and find common ground in music. It culminates with a stirring performance at one of […]
2021-09-14 7:00 pm Online The two-time JUNO Award nominees will showcase songs from Until When, their first album in nine years. The core band of Aaron Lightstone (oud, guitars), Tamar Ilana (vocals), Justin Gray (bass), Sundar Viswanathan (winds) and Rakesh Tewari (drums) will be accompanied by Shawn Rompre (electronics). Presented as a part of 25 […]
2021-09-13 7:00 pm Online Presented in partnership with Raag-Mala Toronto Recorded live at the Small World Centre, this performance provides an immersion into Indian Classical Music and showcases a Jugalbandi (duet), from the outstanding presenters. Accompanying Pankaj Mishra (Sarangi) and Andrew Kay (Saxophone & Himalayan Singing Bowls), is Abbas Janmohammed (Tabla). Both Andrew & Abbas […]
2021-07-03 8:00 pm Online Presented by Small World Music as a part of Uma Nota’s Mixto Festival 2021. The first day in this three day festival is a special evening presentation in a transformed west-end Toronto outdoor lot featuring music, food vendors, custom visual art installations and more. This block party happens rain or shine, […]
2021-07-03 8:00 pm Online Five remarkable women artists unite their talents to create new and unique repertoire that bridges China, Korea, Japan and West Asia. The group combines strings, winds and percussion with erhu, gyageum, shinobue, daf, darbuka and cajon. Bringing together their collective experience in traditional musical in 21st Century Toronto, we witness the […]
2021-07-02 8:00 pm Online Taking their name from the word for heart or soul in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, Juno-Award winning OKAN fuses their Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love. Having recently worked with Bomba Estereo, Lido Pimienta, Hilario Duran and Telmary Diaz, OKAN has […]