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Bloom 2019
#Bloom2019 is a new, multi-venue music festival taking place in downtown Sudbury. It is dedicated to presenting many styles of exciting music, with roots all over the world - it's a musical world party! Bombino • Shad • Kobo Town • Pierre Kwenders • The Battle of Santiago • Mehdi Cayenne • Greyson Gritt • The Young Novelists • Marc Nadjiwan • Chippy Nonstop • Gurpreet Chana :: The Tabla Guy • LAL • JUMPLE • Oonga • Catherine Taddo • Marc Meriläinen • + a few surprise artists & pop-up shows • FULL SCHEDULE: nlfb.ca/bloom/schedule • PASSES: nlfb.ca/bloom --------------------------------------------------------- SUDBURY, ON, January 16: BLOOM 2019 ANNOUNCES ITS FULL LINE-UP Northern Lights Festival Boréal has already announced West African guitar hero Bombino as a headliner. Since the last announcement, he has become the first Nigerien artist to be Grammy nominated. Just another of many reasons to check out his infectious Tuareg desert blues-rock-groove. Juno nominated hip-hop innovator Shad was also announced as a co-headliner. Both will play The Grand on March 8th, along with The Battle of Santiago. Concert tickets are now available. 2018 Juno winners Kobo Town will join the lineup. They create an infectious blend of witty social commentary, calypso, dancehall reggae and trombone-heavy brass. Fronted by émigré Trinidadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town have been a repeat favourite at NLFB’s summer festival. Ottawa’s Mehdi Cayenne has an impressive repertoire of post-punk songs that blend world, pop, folk rock and funk in his very particular way. His lyrical (and often theatrical) brand of francophone rock has already blown away Sudbury crowds, and Bloom 2019 is thrilled to welcome him back to the Nickel City. Award winning First Nations rock band NADJIWAN will also perform, celebrating 25 years together. One of Canada’s most sought after tabla players, Gurpreet Chana,...
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NLFB Meltdown Competition 2019
IT'S BACK! The annual Meltdown Competition is an event where emerging artists from Northern Ontario compete for their chance to play a paid gig at Northern Lights Festival Boréal 2019 (Jul. 4-7). Each artist has 15 minutes to impress the judges. This is an open audition with a Band and Solo categories. The public is encouraged to drop by and watch. This event is scheduled as part of our new festival, Bloom 2019! Think you have what it takes? APPLY NOW: http://bit.ly/2RBmVVo This is an excellent opportunity for emerging Northern Ontario artists to gain valuable exposure, and perform their best music in a fun environment! Past winners have included Hello Holiday, Spencer Jose, The Keyframes, and Patricia Cano. Bloom 2019 Pass Holders - Free admission Other patrons - donation (suggestion: $5-15)
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Looking for a way to enjoy all this snow and discover nature within the city? Come join us March 10th for a guided winter walk by local Winter Ecologist Dr. Gerard Courtin through the magnificent Ponderosa Wetland at Rotary Park.
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Blue Man Group
At Blue Man Group, you’ll rock, laugh and party. As three bald and blue men explore our world, together we’ll discover music, comedy and surprises at every turn. By the end of this spectacular journey, you’ll be saying “I don’t even know what just happened but I loved it!” 35 million people of all ages and cultures know what Blue Man Group is really about. Now it’s your turn! Blue Man Group performances are euphoric celebrations of human connection through art, music, comedy and non-verbal communication. Since debuting at New York’s Astor Place Theatre in 1991, the live show has expanded to additional domestic residencies in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas and Orlando, an international residency in Berlin, and multiple North American and World tours. Blue Man Group is universally appealing to a broad range of age groups and cultural backgrounds, and continually injected with new music, fresh stories, custom instruments and sensory stimulating graphics. Sudbury Community Arena Tickets on Sale – Friday, February 1, 2019 at 10 a.m. In person at the Sudbury Arena Box Office (240 Elgin Street), Online at www.greatersudbury.ca/tickets, and by Telephone at 705 671-3000 Ticket Prices: Splash Zone (limited number of seats!) – $102, $88 (child) Reserved Adult - $97, $87, $67, $52 Reserved Child - $83.50, $75, $57, $45.50 Reserved Student/Senior/Military - $88, $79, $61, $47.50 Reserved Family Pack (minimum 3 tickets, maximum 6 tickets, select sections) - $86.50, $77.50, $60 Group pricing is available (12+). Contact the box office for information.
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Bloom 2019: Pierre Kwenders
Pierre Kwenders will headline March 10 following the NLFB Meltdown Competition 2019. Fun fact: he sings and raps in FIVE different languages! This show is 19+. Government issued IDs may be required. TICKETS: www.nlfb.ca/tickets FULL SCHEDULE: www.nlfb.ca/bloom/schedule Afro-Canadian singer/songwriter Pierre Kwenders’ music is a response to a world that so often asks people who fit comfortably in multiple boxes to pick only one. Born in Kinshasa, Kwenders draws on his wide-ranging experience to make personal music with multiple points of entry, rather than paring it down to fit recognizable genres. While Pierre’s music ranges from icy R&B to futuristic hip-hop, his style is rooted in Congolese rumba, the ubiquitous sound of The Democratic Republic of Congo. Like Kwenders, the genre’s identity transcends location: It began in the 1960’s as central African artists’ take on Afro-Cuban rumba, which in turn grew out of African sounds imported to Cuba through the slave trade in the 17th century. But Pierre is as influenced by the sound of Congolese rumba as he is by the attitude of artists like the late Papa Wemba, who pushed the genre forward by finding ways to incorporate new ideas. Kwenders takes a similar approach to R&B and hip-hop.
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