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Kommuna Lux & Bučan Bučan – Ukrainian Klezmer & Balkan Music Dance Party!

Friday Nov 1, 2024

Show 8:00pm – Midnight
Doors 7:30pm

Edelweiss Hall
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Join us for an uplifting evening of Klezmer music from Odessa, Ukraine with Kommuna Lux (on tour in support of Ukraine), and Victoria's Balkan Dance Party legends, Bučan Bučan! Come fall in love with Odesa, Ukraine, the Pearl of the Black Sea! Kommuna Lux brings you the heritage music of their beloved hometown. Klezmer, Balkan, and Urban Chanson, with a dash of Ukrainian Folk and powered by rocket fuel, Kommuna Lux impacts the crowd with a nostalgic, high-energy Big Band sound from the bygone days of speakeasies and rum runners.

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JEREMY LEDBETTER TRIO – Latin Jazz Trio

Saturday Nov 2, 2024

7:30pm

Charlie White Theatre
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Forged in a cauldron of raging, inspiring contemporary jazz, the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio pushes the boundaries of jazz and world music, providing an undiluted display of rampaging energy and captivating musicianship. Joined by Grammy-winning drummer Larnell Lewis of Snarky Puppy and renowned electric bassist Rich Brown, who offer the perfect counterpart to Ledbetter’s iconoclastic energy at the piano. This is a group very much at home tackling intricate lines and rhythms, drawing from jazz, rock, funk and varied Latin genres.

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KOMMUNA LUX – Ukrainian Klezmer @ Chutzpah Festival

Saturday Nov 2, 2024

Show 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Doors 7pm

The Pearl, Vancouver
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Caravan World Rhythms partners again with the Chutzpah! Festival to present a festive evening of world music, bringing Ukrainian klezmer sensations Kommuna Lux to Vancouver, with a rousing, danceable concert event. This award-winning music collective performs in their own unique style, which they call "Odessa Gangsta Folk" - thrilling klezmer music and common gangster folk songs from their hometown.

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African Chamber Music

Saturday Nov 30, 2024

Show 7:30 – 9:30pm
Doors 7pm

Artspring – Salt Spring Island
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A one-of-a-kind musical experience that reimagines the rich traditions of Zimbabwe, Ghana, and South Africa through the intimate sounds of chamber music. This concert offers a reflective exploration of African music, blending traditional instruments like the mbira, uhadi, and percussion with the accompaniment of a string trio.

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ANDA UNION – Indigenous Mongolian Music

Friday Mar 14, 2025

Show 7:30pm / Doors 7pm

Massey Theatre
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Anda Union’s thoroughly addictive combination of Mongolian musical styles is a reflection of their roots. Hailing from differing ethnic nomadic cultures the nine strong band unite tribal and music traditions from all over Inner Mongolia. Anda Union bring a wide range of musical instruments and vocal styles together in a fusion that Genghis Khan himself would have been proud of

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ANDA UNION – Mongolian Throat-Singing

Saturday Mar 15, 2025

Show 7:30pm / doors 7pm

Farquhar at Uvic
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Anda Union's thoroughly addictive combination of Mongolian musical styles is a reflection of their roots. Hailing from differing ethnic nomadic cultures the nine strong band unite tribal and music traditions from all over Inner Mongolia. Driven by their thirst to discover the power and magic of the rich and powerful Mongol traditions and culture, they have been stunning people all over the world with their music for the last fifteen years.

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Amir Amiri Ensemble – Victoria

Saturday Feb 8, 2025

Show 7:30pm / Doors 7pm

First Met Church, Victoria
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The Amir Amiri ensemble is an ensemble of virtuoso musicians from the Persian tradition: Amir Amiri (santur), Abdul-Wahab Khayyali (oud), Reza Abaee (ghaychak), Omar Abu Afech (Viola), and Hamin Honari (percussion). Inspired by the diversity and fluidity of the many musical influences of Iran, the Amir Amiri Quartet creates an engaging and distinctive sound fusing the refinement of traditional and spiritual Persian music with folkloric and modern elements.

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Amir Amir Ensemble – Salt Spring

Sunday Feb 9, 2025

Show 7pm / Doors 6:30pm

All Saints United Church
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The Amir Amiri ensemble is an ensemble of virtuoso musicians from the Persian tradition: Amir Amiri (santur), Abdul-Wahab Khayyali (oud), Reza Abaee (ghaychak), Omar Abu Afech (Viola), and Hamin Honari (percussion). Inspired by the diversity and fluidity of the many musical influences of Iran, the Amir Amiri Quartet creates an engaging and distinctive sound fusing the refinement of traditional and spiritual Persian music with folkloric and modern elements.

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