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FIN DE FIESTA FLAMENCO- “SALVAJE” – Victoria
Thursday, August 16
Hermann's Jazz Club 753 View St., Victoria“Intense, passionate, emotional.” – The London Free Press Direct from Spain – Fin de Fiesta Flamenco dance and music ensemble presents SALVAJE, an untamed new production that explores the wild, unrestrained side of one of the world’s most passionate and intense art forms: flamenco. SALVAJE, means “wild,” and pays homage to flamenco’s rough-and-tumble origins. The searing vocals […]
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KLEZMERFEST: Oktopus & Debaucherauntes
August 11
The Wise Hall 1882 Adanac St.Join us for this festive evening of Klezmer-infused music and you will be whisked away on a vibrant journey, following the trail of the klezmorim across Europe, then eastward to the moving sands and sounds of the Maghreb, and as far east as the Urals, where its soulful renditions of the oral traditions of the Balkans echo the tears of the dispossessed.
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NOREUM MACHI KOREAN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
Thursday, July 19
Norman Rothstein Theatre 950 West 41st Ave.Noreum Machi specializes in the virtuosic percussion music known as Samul-nori. This exciting music, first introduced to the West in the late 1970s by the legendary ensemble, Samul-nori is a modernized-staged adaptation of the ancient Pungmul-nori, famers’ ritual that had its origin in shamanism and animism.
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ENSEMBLE ZAMAN
Thursday, July 12
Revue Stage, Granville Island (Across from Arts Club Theatre)Transcending language barriers, Ottoman music was born out of vast empires as musicians from Baghdad, Cairo, Andalusia and beyond, traveled from court to court. Inspired by these multi-layered influences, Ensemble Zaman, revives a rare repertoire of the Levant region, covering dialects from classical Turkish Sanat Musigi, to classical Arabic chants, the Muwashahat. Zaman’s group leader is […]
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Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni
Wednesday, July 11
Hermann's Jazz Club 753 View St., VictoriaSinging in their native Italian, along with English, French and Spanish, their performances are fascinating travelogues that take listeners across Mexico and Texas, into the American heartland of blues and folk, and beyond into Argentinean Tango, Central European cabaret, and Neapolitan song
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MOHSEN NAMJOO & FARAUALLA
Monday, June 11
Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton St.Iranian music maverick Mohsen Namjoo and his band, with special guests the Italian female a-capella quartet Faraualla will perform Mohsen Namjoo’s new album “On the string of a tear’s bow”.
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FIESTA MEXICOLOMBIANA
Saturday, May 26
Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac St.A Super Fiesta evening featuring three very distinct groups playing the music of Mexico and Colombia… Mariachi, Son Jarocho, Huasteco, Vallenato and Cumbia. With special guest direct from Guanajuato Mexico, Son Del Monton. Get ready to dance to these vibrant groups and later dance the night away to the tropical selections of DJ Marc Fournier.
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CHE MALAMBO – Direct from Argentina
April 11, 2018
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton St.Combining the lightning-fast footwork of Riverdance with the smouldering intensity of flamenco and tango, Che Malambo will storm the stage this spring with a breathtaking new program of fleet-footed precision and intensity
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Ventanas & Lache Cercel Roma Ensemble
Sat February 24
Russian Hall, 600 Campbell St., StrathconaA unique double bill featuring the music and dance of migratory cultures that intersected from Eastern Europe to the Iberian Peninsula, including Sephardic Jewish, Spanish-Roma flamenco, Balkan-Roma, Romanian, Turkish, and more. From Toronto, singer-dancer Tamar Ilana leads the Balkan-Flamenco group Ventanas. From Vancouver, virtuoso Romanian-Roma violinist Lache Cercel leads his Roma-swing ensemble, with special guest Moroccan singer Meriem Ben Amor
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TAMAR ILANA & VENTANAS
Thursday, February 22
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St., VictoriaTamar Ilana and her trans-Mediterranean ensemble Ventanas fuse passion and intimate dialogue, embracing the varied instrumental and melodic traditions of North Africa, the Balkans, Turkey and Spain to create fresh interpretations and original songs
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“ILLUMINATION” – Persian & Turkish Sufi Concert
Sat February 17
Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton St.A sublime evening of Persian and Turkish music, reuniting international-renowned Turkish Sufi musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek with Vancouver’s premiere Vashaan Persian Music Ensemble, and whirling dervish Raqib Burke, Israeli-Canadian guitarist Itamar Erez. They will embark on a new presentation called “Illumination”, led by female santour player and musical director, Saina Khaledi.
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ZIMBAMOTO Album Release
Thursday, November 23
Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac St.After nearly a decade of electrifying festival and club shows across Canada, ZIMBAMOTO is finally releasing its first album, Tambai. Latin fusion band MNGWA will be warming up the night!
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NOMADIC MASSIVE
Thursday, November 2
Rickshaw Theatre, 254 East Hastings St.NOMADIC MASSIVE is a unique crowd-rocking, multilingual hip hop crew based out of Montreal. Known for their explosive shows and sharp socially conscious lyrics, the 10 piece band has captivated audiences worldwide with their own mix of global beats, based on live instrumentation and the art of sampling.
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TRIO DA KALI
Friday, October 6
St. James Hall, 3214 West 10th Ave.Caravan launches its 18th season with sublime and powerful music from Mali, co-presented with the Rogue Folk Club. Trio Da Kali is a group of outstanding musicians from the Mande culture of southern Mali, who come from a long line of distinguished griots, featuring vocals, balafon & ngoni.
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Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra
Sunday, July 16
Red Room Ultrabar 398 Richards St.Montreal’s Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra is an explosion of music and dance, circus and imagination. The band is a creative chaos that fuses Afro-Colombian percussion with the brass and violin melodies of the Roma peoples of Eastern Europe.