SONIC GRACE: Blue Lotus Trio & Naad Ensemble
Blue Lotus Trio, are inspired by their passion for Indian music, Sufi poetry, Turkish rhythms, and the direct language of the love song. They are joined on this sublime evening by Naad Ensemble, world and spiritual music collective.
GHAZAL – Kayhan Kalhor & Shujaat Khan
In this first Ghazal Ensemble tour in over a decade, Iran’s kamancheh (spiked fiddle) master and India’s sitar (stringed lute) virtuoso continue their longtime collaboration.
LES YEUX NOIRS – Klezmer Gypsy Concert
Hailing from France, brothers Eric and Olivier Slabiak lead Les Yeux Noirs in exhilarating, winding musical journeys, most often conducted at a pedal-to-the-metal, breakneck speed!
AFRICA Fete! FESTIVAL
AFRICA Fête is a three Day Festival of African, Afro-Brasilian, Afro-Haitian & Afro-Peruvian Music & Dance.
Co-presented with NEW WORKS, with the support of TD Then & Now, and Granville Island Cultural Society.
AFRO-CUBAN PERFORMANCE & DANCE PARTY
Evening in two parts: Afrocuban dance & live Music Performance with Dancer Silfredo la O Vega and Rumba Calzada bnd, followed by Caribbean Dance party with DJ Marc Fournier till late!
AFRO-CUBAN DANCE WORKSHOPS – Silfredo la O
Silfredo is a professional dancer in the Afro-Cuban and Haitian tradition, as well as popular Latin dance and modern.
Experience Africa! ADANU HABOBO & Guests
Come and get an African experience in Vancouver with Adanu Habobo and special guests Awal Alhassan (Ghana) and Kurai Mubaiwa (Zimbabwe) plus a 4-piece horn section to liven the mood. Authentic cuisine from Ghana will also be sold.
KODO DRUMMER ONE EARTH TOUR: MYSTERY
The Kodo Drummers of Japan return to Vancouver with their groundbreaking new program, Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery. Mystery fuses the dynamism of taiko expression, with the wondrous beauty and true charm that lie within rituals expressing the worship of myriad gods and reverence for nature that have been traditions in Japan since ancient times.
CARAVAN 15TH ANNIVERSARY
Caravan World Rhythms is turning 15 years old. There will be lots of world music friends, Balkan Brass band and flamenco music and performers throughout the night! Come join in the celebration.
GORD GRDINA’S HARAM & VASHAAN PERSIAN ENSEMBLE
A special evening bringing together two of Vancouver's most innovative and captivating world music groups. Opening the night will be the Persian-Sufi Vashaan Ensemble, with special guest Sufi singer Soleyman Vaseghi, The second part of the evening features Gord Grdina's 12-piece powerhouse group HARAM, performing Arabic music, from Iraqi folk to Egyptian radio music, reinterpreted by Vancouver's most creative jazz musicians.