Past Events

LARA WONG & MELON JIMENEZ – Flamenco Jazz

Thursday, Jul 31, 2025

Show 7pm
Doors 5:30pm (dinner service available)

Hermann’s Jazz Club

Rooted in flamenco and tinted with jazz, Melón Jiménez & Lara Wong’s music echoes flamenco’s nomadic roots—from India to Africa to Latin America. Together, they share a unique musical dialogue between the Indian bansuri and the flamenco guitar—mysterious, bold, and passionate.

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Balkan Vibes: Dumai Dunai and Super K

Thursday, Jul 24, 2025

Show 9pm / Doors 8:30pm

The Cobalt

An evening of Eastern European vibes, featuring Slavic dub-punk missionaries Dumai Dunai from Montréal with local Balkan surf rockers Super K. Dumai Dunai brings the deep grooves of dub with the raw ecstasy of the blasting horns of Balkan wedding brass bands, and the joys and sorrows of Ukrainian village polyphony. Super K is a four-piece, instrumental group whose songs intertwine melodies inspired by traditional Balkan music with contemporary sounds of surf, psych and synth

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TIO CHORINHO with FLAVIA NASCIMENTO – Free Brazilian Concert – Vancouver

Thursday, Jul 24, 2025

7pm – 8:15pm (Approximate)

Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza (šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn)

Flávia Nascimento & Tio Chorinho is an epic pairing of two of Canada’s top Brazilian roots music artists. Hailing from the rich musical wellsprings of Bahia in northeastern Brazil, Flávia is a prolific performer at major festivals, concert halls, and street parties everywhere, wowing audiences with her soulful voice and boisterous presence.

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AL QAHWA – Free Middle-Eastern Concert – Vancouver

Thursday, Jul 24, 2025

4:30pm – 5:45pm (approx)

Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza (šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn)

Al Qahwa, a dynamic ensemble of virtuoso musicians from Toronto, for an unforgettable musical journey that bridges cultures and hearts. Led by the mesmerizing vocals of Egyptian-born Maryem Tollar, who also enchants audiences with her mastery of the riqq (Arabic tambourine) and qanun (Arabic table harp), the band features Ernie Tollar on evocative wind instruments, Iranian-born Naghmeh Fahrahmand on dazzling percussion, and Sudanese-born Waleed Abdulhamid on bass and vocals.

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Dumai Dunai – Balkan/Ukrainian Free Concert – Victoria

Wednesday, Jul 23, 2025

7pm-8:15pm

Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park

Montreal's Slavic dub-punk missionaries Dumai Dunai have been winning the hearts of audiences all over the world since they first burst onto the scene in 2022. With members from Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Canada, the multi-lingual seven-piece combines the deep grooves of dub with the energy of punk rock, the raw ecstasy of the blasting horns of Balkan wedding brass bands, and the joys and sorrows of Ukrainian village polyphony.

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Inn Echo (PEI) – FREE Celtic Folk Music Concert – Victoria

Wednesday, Jul 23, 2025

5pm-6:15 (approximate)

Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park

Making waves on the national stage as 2025 JUNO and Canadian Folk Music Award nominees. From their intricate arrangements to their undeniable chemistry and electrifying musicianship, PEI's Inn Echo has cemented themselves as a force in contemporary folk, Celtic and trad music. For Inn Echo, a lilting fiddle is the voice, with its accent and expression. A strong and nimble percussive acoustic guitar attack is a foundation on which the fiddles climb. You will hear blues, pop, and dub in the music, artfully woven by the fiddles who are master chameleons after all. There’s no denying the Celtic roots within, but this is something new.

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THE ZAWOSE QUEENS – from Tanzania

Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025

Show 8pm / Doors 7:30pm

Wicket Hall, Victoria

There is spirit and fire in the music of The Zawose Queens, coming direct from Tanzania! There's the vibrations of the ancestors, coming through on traditional instruments — soaring chizeze fiddle, buzzing illimba thumb piano, ngoma drums that chatter and thunder — and voices that go deep, high and out there. There's the connection to nature, to ceremony and ritual, in their dance-inspired fusion, their blend of the organic, harmonic and modern-day electronic. There are lyrics that tell, in their native kigogo, of the passion for music, the wonders of life. Of pride in environment, in tradition. In their East African roots.

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Fandango at the Coda: El Balcón & Locarno

July 11-12, 2025

Doors 9pm / Show 9:30pm

The Coda

Two-night offering of Latin / Mexican vibes from Montreal to Vancouver. Friday, July 11: Locarno (Vancouver) Saturday, July 12: El Balcon (Montreal)

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BOHEMIAN BETYARS -direct from Hungary

Friday, Jun 13, 2025

Show 8pm-11pm
Doors 7pm

Vancouver Hungarian Hall

Since its inception in 2009, Bohemian Betyars has captured the hearts of a considerable audience not only in Hungary but worldwide with its speed-folk-freak-punk style, an electrifying and energetic musical experience. Their concerts radiate a raw, instinctive, and life-affirming atmosphere that frees emotions, resonates deep within, and gets every foot dancing.

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ETRAN DE L’AIR – Saharan Blues from Niger – Vancouver

Friday, Apr 11, 2025

Show 7:30pm / Doors 7pm

The Pearl, Vancouver

Etran de L’Aïr welcomes you to Agadez, the capital city of Saharan rock in Niger. Playing for over 25 years, Etran has emerged as stars of the local wedding circuit. Beloved for their dynamic repertoire of hypnotic solos and sun blazed melodies, Etran stakes out a place for Agadez guitar music and Desert Blues rock.

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