UPCOMING EVENTS
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Sat February 11, 8:00pm
(doors 7:30pm)
MARIACHI TRUBACHI
Russian Hall (600 Campbell St.)
A festive evening music and dance from the Balkans and Mexico
featuring
MARIACHI L0S DORADOS
&
ORKESTAR SLIVOVICA
TICKETS: $17 adv / $20 door.
or in person SOON at Highlife (1317 Commercial Drive).
Join the festival atmosphere at East Vancouver's Russian Hall, learn folk dances, eat traditional foods, drink tequila and sljivovica, and you will be transported to another cross-continental old country village atmosphere.
A co-presentation with Orkestar Slivovica and Transformation Projects.
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Friday February 17
"MONAD"
The Art of Persian Improvisation
featuring legendary musicians
MAESTRO HOSSEIN ALIZADEH
(Tar, Setar)
&
PEJMAN HADADI
(Percussion)
St. James Hall
(3214 West 10th Ave., Vancouver)
Tickets $35 Regular - General Admission
$50 - Reserved VIP seats (nearest seats to stage)
Also available at the Persian Arts and Culture Institute (1583 Pemberton, 778-889-1420), Pars Food Stores (North Vancouver & Burnaby, 604-988-3515), & Mitra store (1425 Clyde Ave., West Vancouver, 604-913-0660)
A night of fiery and meditative improvisation in Persian classical
music. After many years of collaboration the legendary Iranian
composer, Tar and Setar player Maestro Hossein Alizadeh, and renowned Iranian Percussionist/Tombak player Pejman Hadadi, come together one more time to share and perform their music in the U.S. and Canada, based on the music from their CD, "Monad."
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Sat April 7, 8pm
Direct from South Africa
SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR
"African Grace"
Multiple Grammy-winning 30-member South African ensemble.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
Tickets $34-$61 ($5 discount for discount for students) on Sale online at
or call 604-687-2787 ($5 surcharge for phone orders)
Two-time Grammy award winners Soweto Gospel Choir return to Vancouver with their new show “African Grace”. Through vibrant rhythm movement and its renowned vocal harmonies, Soweto Gospel Choir’s inimitable performance style has become a worldwide phenomenon. Since its foundation in 2002, the 30-person Choir has performed to sell-out crowds at the greatest concert halls across the globe and alongside superstars including Bono, Queen, Celine Dion, John Legend, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. The Choir sold out their last two appearances in Vancouver, so don’t miss out on this uplifting and vivacious spectacle that literally takes your breath away!
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Saturday April 14, 8pm
Two Maverick Virtuosos of Indian Music
Together
TALVIN SINGH
(Tabla player from England)
&
NILADRI KUMAR
(Sitar player from India)
Rio Theatre
(1660 East Broadway, at Commercial)
Tickets on Sale Soon.
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Saturday April 21, 8:30pm
Rising Desert Blues Guitar Star
BOMBINO
Venue To be Confirmed
Tickets on Sale Soon
Omara "Bombino" Moctar, a young Tuareg guitarist and songwriter, was raised during an era of armed struggles for independence and violent suppression by government forces. His electrifying jams capture the spirit of resistance and rebellion while echoing with guitar riffs reminiscent of fellow Africans Tinariwen and Ali Farka Touré not to mention rock and blues icons such as Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Page. Already a superstar in the Tuareg community, with the release of Agadez on Cumbancha Discovery Bombino's stature as one of Africa's hottest young guitarists has been revealed to the world.
