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 […]
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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 […]
Polyphonic Ground Presents RPM x Uma Nota Culture x Manifesto – RPM Records 2 Year Anniversary
2018-08-1110:00 pm–3:00 am 191 Geary Avenue $10 Adv / $15 Doorhttps://www.picatic.com/RPM The Toronto-based, global Indigenous music platform, label, and agency, Revolutions Per Minute, is coming up on the 2-year anniversary of RPM Records—the world’s first contemporary Indigenous music label—and they’re throwing a huge party to celebrate the next phase of the next wave. Featuring music […]
Polyphonic Ground Concert: Ariko / Gaelynn Lea Album Release
2018-09-258:00 pm–10:00 pm Small World Music Centre $20 Adv / $25 Door$20 Adv / $25 Doorhttps://www.picatic.com/GaelynnLea Polyphonic Ground concert co-presented with World Fiddle Day Toronto. NPR Music’s 2016 Tiny Desk Contest winner Gaelynn Lea Music returns to Toronto for an intimate album release concert under the auspices of Polyphonic Ground. The co-presentation with World Fiddle […]
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Azadoota (Assyria/Australia)
Assyrian-Australian band Azadoota’s Canadian debut […]
Film: Chavela
2018-08-193:00 pm–4:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Studio Theatre freefreehttps://www.picatic.com/SWMF18_Chavela Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank, the Small World Music Festival Film Program is curated by Marc Glassman. Chavela (Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi — USA, 2017 (93 min)) Through its lyrical structure, Chavela takes viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life […]
Film: Éthiopiques – Revolt of the Soul
2018-08-191:00 pm–2:00 pm Harbourfront Centre, Studio Theatre freefreehttps://www.picatic.com/SWMF18_Ethiopiques Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank, the Small World Music Festival Film Program is curated by Marc Glassman. Éthiopiques – Revolt of the Soul (Maciek Bochniak — Poland, Germany, 2017) In 1997, the Western world was first introduced to the rich musical history of […]
DJ Lag (South Africa) – Small World Music Festival Afterparty
2018-08-1811:00 pm–3:00 am Luanda House $15 Adv / $20 Door$15 Adv / $20 Doorhttps://www.picatic.com/DJLAG Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank and Lagunitas IPA. Presented in partnership with The Academy Presents and Wintor Massiv. History will remember DJ LAG GQOMking as a pioneer who propelled the quintessentially Durban Gqom sound beyond the confines […]
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Sahba Motallebi and Naghmeh Farahmand (Iran / US / Canada)
2018-08-186:00 pm–7:30 pm Harbourfront Centre, Studio Theatre $42.50$42.50http://my.harbourfrontcentre.com/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=32984 Co-produced with Harbourfront Centre and sponsored by TD Bank. Presented in association with Link Music Lab. Two remarkable rising stars of Persian classical music, among the few women performing it, modern tar and setar virtuoso Sahba Motallebi and renowned percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand. An internationally acclaimed virtuoso on […]
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