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Burger Wars in support of NEO Kids Foundation!
During the month of August, we have invited restaurants/cafés in Greater Sudbury to participate in a burger frenzy to battle for the title of ‘Best Burger’ in town, while raising funds for NEO Kids Foundation! How it works- Burger lovers will visit as many of the participating restaurants as possible in August and vote for their favourite burger on our website www.sudburyburgerwars.com For every burger sold at each location, $1 will be donated to NEO Kids Foundation to help keep our children closer to home. NEO Kids Foundation raises funds to purchase vital pieces of equipment, conduct life-changing research, and increase awareness for children’s health needs in Northeastern Ontario. #burgerwars #neokidsfoundation
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James and the Giant Peach
From the composers of The Greatest Showman, La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen comes this incredibly moving and heart-pounding rendition of one of Roald Dahl’s fantastic tale of a boy, his insect friends and their amazing journey across the ocean on a giant piece of fruit! When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities, but after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.
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ESG (legendary no-wave group from the Bronx!) Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Skoden!) Milk & Bone (electro pop duo from Montreal!) Hubert Lenoir (your "French-Canadian nightmare!) Yonatan Gat (w/ members of the Eastern Medicine Signers!) Charlotte Cardin (r&b powerhouse!) Reykjavíkurdætur (Islandic female hip-hop collective!) Ric Wilson (Chicago's disco-rap superstar!) Cartel Madras, Steven Lambke, Naya Ali, Camilla Sparksss, Xarah Dion, Police des moeurs, Pale Lips, Art d'Ecco! + murals still to be announced! + art installations still to be announced! + a bunch more locals still to be announced! EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED Up Here is an urban art and emerging music festival in weird and wonderful Sudbury, Ontario designed for curious minds. Early Bird Passports on sale until midnight on April 30th for only $90. Regular passports go on sale on May 1. uphere.com/passports 🔵🔺🔶💚 ESG (groupe légendaire no-wave du Bronx!) Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Skoden!) Milk & Bone (duo électro-pop de Montréal!) Hubert Lenoir (votre cauchemar québecois!) Yonatan Gat (avec des membres des Eastern Medicine Signers!) Charlotte Cardin (la bombe du r&b!) Reykjavíkurdætur (collectif hiphop féminin de l'Icelande!) Ric Wilson (la superstar disco-rap de Chicago!) Cartel Madras, Steven Lambke, Naya Ali, Camilla Sparksss, Xarah Dion, Police des moeurs, Pale Lips, Art d'Ecco! + murales! + installations d'art! + une trollée d'autres artistes locaux à venir! ATTENDEZ-VOUS À L'INATTENDU Up Here est un festival d'art urbain et de musique émergente dans l'étrange ville de Sudbury, Ontario créé pour les curieux d'esprit. Les passeports Early Bird sont encore en vente pour seulement 90$ jusqu'à minuit le 30 avril. Le passeports réguliers vont en vente le 1er mai. uphere.com/passeports
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Mudmoiselle Sudbury
A Mudmoiselle faces every day with fierce optimism. She’s not afraid to get her hands dirty (scratch that, she’s not afraid to get anything dirty). And she believes that obstacles only make her stronger. But most importantly, a Mudmoiselle wants to drag cancer through the mud. If that sounds like you, then swap your heels for runners, change your push-up bra for a sports bra, and chuck your pantyhose out the window. Whether you’re a survivor or want to support a fighter, it’s time to join your fellow Mudmoiselles in raising funds for Canada's most promising cancer research and vital cancer support services. Because when life gets messy, we stick together.
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Downtown Sudbury Art Crawl in partnership with Up Here Festival
Saturday, August 17, 11am-4pm Downtown Sudbury Art Crawl in partnership with Up Here Festival Urban Art + Music Festival and Downtown Sudbury & Sudbury Art Council // Conseil des art de Sudbury in and around Downtown Sudbury Free admission (additional workshops, activities etc. may have a fee set by the venues but all welcome to view, peruse). Pop Up! Music performances at many of the venues. ABOUT THE ART CRAWL: The Downtown Sudbury Art Crawl (DSAC) is a grassroots, pedestrian-friendly cultural experience for the city of Greater Sudbury in and around the downtown core. DSAC features artists at venues such as art galleries, artist studios, businesses and organizations. DSAC celebrates visual and other art forms including literary and musical arts. We seek to create opportunities for artists to exhibit, sell, exchange ideas and to raise awareness about their creative processes. www.facebook.com/downtownsudburyartcrawl The Downtown Sudbury Art Crawl would like to acknowledge financial support by the Greater City of Sudbury, Downtown Sudbury as well as its participating venues. Thank you to our partners, participating venues, and to the artists for your energy and commitment in highlighting the importance of visual art and other art forms in Greater Sudbury. photo: Christy Smith, Plein Air artist presented her work at Victoria's Custom Framing & Stitchery on Sat June 1 (credit: Leesa Bringas)
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UP HERE: Cartel Madras / Naya Ali
CARTEL MADRAS Cartel Madras is a Calgary-based hip-hop sensation shaking things up across the country. Hailing from South India, sisters Contra and Eboshi explore sexuality, identity, freedom, race, colour and gender through their catchy, provocative tunes. NAYA ALI Ethiopian-born and Montréal-based rapper Naya Ali burst onto the Québec hip-hop scene like a breath of fresh air two short years ago. Spitting gritty rap then switching it up, her flow, depth and delivery promise versatility in a uniquely hard-hitting and melodic way. Her entry into the game is sure to make a mark. TICKETS / 19 + 15$ advance / 20$ at the door uphere.com/tickets UP HERE Up Here is an urban art & emerging music festival in weird and wonderful downtown Sudbury that takes place from August 16-18, 2019. Follow Up Here festival. RSVP Up Here 5. 🔵🔺🔶💚 CARTEL MADRAS Cartel Madras est une sensation hip-hop basée à Calgary. En provenance du sud de l'Inde, les soeurs Contra et Eboshi sont des rappeuses saluées. Elles développent divers récits entourant les femmes de couleur et les livrent de manière explosive et captivante. Sexualité, identité, liberté, race, couleur et genre sont des thèmes récurrents à explorer à travers leur musique. NAYA ALI Rappeuse d’origine éthiopienne établie à Montréal, Naya Ali arrive comme un vent de fraîcheur sur la scène hip-hop québécoise. Dotée d’une personnalité flamboyante et d’un flow sans pareil, Naya Ali est capable de nous transporter d’un univers cinglant à un monde parfois sombre, parfois plus tranquille, mais toujours sans compromis. BILLETS / 19 + 15$ à l'avance / 20$ à la porte. uphere.com/tickets UP HERE Up Here est un festival d'art urbain et de musique émergente qui se passe du 16-18 août 2019 dans l'étrange ville de Sudbury, Ontario. Suivez Up Here festival. RSVP Up Here 5.
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UP HERE: The Great Greater Sudbury Water Fight
We had a wacky idea. What if we organized a big giant epic water fight? How many people would show up? Let's find out. Welcome to the first annual Great Greater Sudbury Water Fight! DING DING! 💦 It will be a big fun game of Capture the flag 🏳 but with water guns. 🔫 Open to all ages, shapes and sizes. Unless you're a jerk. No jerks, please. 🚫 They are no fun, and this is all about fun. It all goes down on Saturday August 17th at the Tom Davies Square courtyard. Our friends at The New HOT 93.5 and Rewind 103.9 will be live on location providing music for the game. RULES 1. BYOWG - Bring Your Own Water Gun! 2. No water balloons. We don't need more plastic garbage. 3. Don't be a jerk. This is obviously just for fun. 4. No bare feet. 5. Use of goggles and non-slip footwear is highly recommended. We will have refill stations. We will split everyone who shows up into two big teams. We will get wet, so don't forget your towel!
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UP HERE: ESG / Hubert Lenoir / Pale Lips
Don't miss ESG's last Canadian show ever at Up Here 5! The New York no-wave legends will be sharing the stage with Québecois sensation Hubert Lenoir and Pale Lips. Presented by Downtown Sudbury. ESG You know ESG even if you don’t know you know these underlooked influencers of everything from punk and art rock to funk and hip-hop. They have one of the most sampled songs in history, snagged by 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., J. Dilla, Liars and at least 400 others. Formed in the Bronx 40-some years ago by three sisters and a few friends, ESG have released five albums since. Their minimalist, funk-inspired post-punk was inspired by James Brown and the Latin rhymthms spilling in from their childhood streets. Their tunes are equally at home on the dance floor as they were in the cheeky no wave scene of the late ’70s. Today, their sparse, raw, percussion-led sound continues to inspire and influence new generations. HUBERT LENOIR The self-proclaimed “French-Canadian nightmare” Hubert Lenoir blends glam-rock, pop, R&B and soul. His first album Darlène is a “postmodern opera about the coming of age of a generation.” He is a messenger of a new era, free and uncontained by any and all “norms.” PALE LIPS Delivering a satisfying mix of poppy, rock ’n’ roll anthems with a pinch of punk attitude, Pale Lips have set themselves apart as a four-piece that always delivers a good time. Looks like the Runaways, smells like the Ramones, tastes like Chuck Berry ... Hey, look what I almost stepped in! It's the Pale Lips, from Montréal! TICKETS / All-Ages 30$ advance / 35$ at the door Free for children 12 and under. uphere.com/tickets UP HERE Up Here is an urban art & emerging music festival in weird and wonderful downtown Sudbury that takes place...
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UP HERE 5: Fet.Nat / Andy California / Camilla Sparksss
Weirdos unite! This might be the most eclectic triple-bill we've ever booked and you'll love it. Presented by Stack Brewing. FET.NAT Born of the hotbed of Hull and Ottawa’s experimental scene in 2010, FET.NAT are a force to be reckoned with. FET.NAT is a gang of prodigious musicians that kidnapped a pissed off french slam poet. Their music can sound utterly disorganized at times but is always in control, bending space and time with elastic rhythms. By mixing free jazz, noise, krautrock, punk and even Créole and Afro-beat influences, FET.NAT is a ludique quartet that is always looking for novelty in their creation. CAMILLA SPARKSSS Barbara Lehnhoff (artistic alias Camilla Sparksss) is a Swiss-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and visual artist. She was born in 1983 on a frigid, -27⁰ Celcius December day in Kenora, a small town on Lake Superior. She had a pet bear as a child and, yes, her father flew a float plane. She is know based in Switzerland. Her work is a collage of experimental, lo-fi electronic pop and melodic genre mashups performed with turntables, fat synthesizers and cutting vocals. ANDY CALIFORNIA Andy California is the last true savior of rock ’n’ roll. Along with a fist full of others who were actually there for, and brought up on, 20th century noise, he’s an essential and spiritual component of the great force of primal, rhythmic skronk, and possibly the only man left with the sincerity and inalienable right to deliver it. TICKETS / 19+ 15$ advance / 20$ at the door uphere.com/tickets UP HERE Up Here is an urban art & emerging music festival in weird and wonderful downtown Sudbury that takes place from August 16-18, 2019. Follow Up Here festival. RSVP Up Here 5. 🔵🔺🔶💚 FET.NAT FET.NAT est un groupe de talents apparemment sans limites...
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