Arts & Culture, Community, Fundraisers, Music |
June 06, 2019
SHE ROCKS IN SUPPORT OF VOICES FOR WOMEN
Feminists assemble this is your night to celebrate in good company for an amazing cause! For the second year Voices for Women Sudbury Sexual Assault Centre will host She Rocks, a celebration of women in music! A stellar assembly of local female artists have banded together for the cause; and with your help will raise much needed funds to support services, and programming for women impacted by sexual violence in our community. You can catch the show Friday June 7th 6:30-11:30PM at the Sudbury Theatre Centre, with performances from Angie Nussey, Jennifer Holub, Sarah Craig, DarlenYa and Groovy Betty.......
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing on Saturday, June 25th with the Sudbury Studio Singers. They will be hosting a special variety concert at 7:30 p.m. at Andrew’s Place, 111 Larch Street. The chamber choir will perform a new set of four pieces – all titled to match the theme of the evening – composed by conductor, Robert Hall. This is a sneak peak of the piano and choir work for Sudbury. On the actual anniversary of the moon landing, July 20, the work will be premiered in Saskatchewan. Kevin Class will present moon-related selections and......
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The Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards are back in full force for their biennial celebration of the north’s cultural contribution to the arts! We have an amazing and largely unrecognized community of creators in our area and NOMFA aims to shed light on their hard work and dedication. In addition to the awards ceremony, NOMFA will also play host to a number of showcases, panels and workshops. Connecting and empowering members of all parts of northern Ontario’s media and art sectors. You can get in on the action May 23rd – 25th with several chances to check out......
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Up Here festival is back to rock the city with its FIFTH anniversary edition! First things first – the iconic geodesic dome + pop-up bar will be returning! That’s right you can enjoy musical performances, art installations, DJ sets and more all for free under the open sky on Durham as they turn the strip into a veritable playground! While we’re still waiting on news on the installation artists and muralists who will be joining us for the fest August 16-18th the gang has given us the low down on some of the musical performances we’ll get to see.......
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Northern Lights Festival Boréal is just around the corner! I know, its almost impossible to believe after this long and dreary winter we’re almost ready to dance under the stars at Bell Park again. Kick off the season with Sudbury’s unofficial summer launch party NLFB July 4-7th! Celebrating its 47th anniversary this year NLFB boasts the title of longest-running outdoor music festival in Canada (not a bad record) and features four days of music from across the globe. This year’s festival headliners include Sam Roberts Band, K’Naan, Bedouin Soundclash, and Basia Bulat. The entertainment doesn’t stop there though, the......
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Its been a chilly winter and there’s even more to come but hang tight, NLFB has just the fest to get you moving in time for spring! In 2019 Northern Lights Festival Boréal will be presenting its very first edition of Bloom, a multi venue world music festival taking over the downtown core March 8th – 10th ! NLFB has made a name for itself in its 45+ years for bringing different flavours of music to their summer festival each July at Bell Park. This new venture sees them focusing on bringing together sounds from across the globe and......
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sUp Here 4 is right around the corner and about to blow both our minds (and eardrums) with all the weird, wonderful and often surprising spectacles we’ve come to expect from their crew! Mark your calendars for August 17th – 19th because you are officially booked. One of the best things about Up Here is that the music selection, which runs the gamut from punk, electronic, hip-hop to just plain old experimental. With so much selection (not to mention overlapping show times) it can be tough to decide what acts to check out over the weekend. Lucky for you......
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Northern Lights Festival Boréal is on the horizon! In just a few more days Sudburians will be treated to not three but FOUR jam packed days of fun in the sun at Bell Park! But the fun doesn’t end at the park. The William Ramsey will be ready for boarding on Saturday and Sunday afternoon if you feel like cooling off on the water and a slew of after hours shows will keep you out well into the night (if you think you can handle it). From hip-hop to acoustic and even surprise performers there’s almost as much to......
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With mother nature teasing us with the promise of warmer weather to come we can’t help but get excited for all the music festival fun the summer has in store for us here in Sudbury. Northern Lights Festival Boréal (NLFB) has been working hard all year carefully selecting an electrifying lineup of performers for the 2018 festival – they are after all the kick off to your summer in the Nickel City! After a record breaking turnout for the 2017 edition, NLFB is adding an extra night of festival fun for the second year in a row with a......
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Each year Northern Lights Festival Boréal (NLFB) challenges its audience to expand their musical horizons, introducing attendees to music from all sorts of different cultures, disciplines and wonderfully weird sounds. Heading into 2018 it’s clear to see this year will be no exception. NLFB Executive/Artistic Director Max Merrifield is taking us on a journey into his own music collection and the African music that has captured his imagination. “For the past few years, I have been fascinated with various styles of music from the African continent, I wanted to share that sincere love with the festival audience,” says Max,......
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