Presented by Jazz Sudbury & Northern Lights Festival Boréal. Sponsored byMikeys X-Treme Sales and Service, Arctic Spas (Sudbury), Collège Boréal: Celebrate the season with an adventurous musical trip around the world! 3x JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String deliver an exuberant performance featuring band originals, world-music inspired classics, and seasonal favourites to warm your heart on a cold winter’s night. From fiery fiddle tunes to a Caribbean sleigh ride, this surprising and delightful holiday fiesta heats up when Sultans of String bring their signature sound to well known gems such as Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, The Huron Carol (with newly-translated Indigenous lyrics), a djembe-driven Little Drummer Boy, a Feliz Navidad ska party, a Turkish twist on Greensleeves, as well as a Gypsy-jazz inspired Django Christmas, and a Rumba Flamenca-fuelled Jingle Bells. Shimmering guest vocalist Rebecca Campbell (Bruce Cockburn, Emmylou Harris, Jane Siberry) joins the band for this special performance. The band’s new, companion CD features Rebecca and other wonderful special guests including jazz siren Nikki Yanofsky, The Chieftains’ Paddy Moloney, Richard Bona (Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock), the Prague Symphony, a Turkish string collective, JUNO winners Alex Cuba, Benoit Bourque of La Bottine Souriante, Grammy winners Sweet Honey in the Rock, and more. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door (HST included). Tickets are available online, at the Jazz Sudbury office (96 Larch), the Northern Lights Festival Boréal Office (19 Grey), Jett Landry Music & Gloria's Convenience. All ticket sales are non-refundable. For further information visitjazzsudbury.com. General admission/seating. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7:00pm. This is an all ages event. Albums available for purchase. If you have specific accessibility requirements please feel free to let us know. “Energetic and exciting music fest from a band with talent to burn… the very epitome of world music: no boundaries, no rules!” - Maverick Music Magazine, UK...

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Two of clubs, playing this Friday December 15 at the Taphouse , come out with some friends, order from a great menu, then grab a bottle of wine and sing along with us, let me know if you need a table for your office party.

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Ashley’s album release event will take place on December 15th at Little Montreal; doors will open at 9:00pm. Tickets can be purchased for $5 at Little Montreal, Fusions Bar & Restaurant (formerly Algoma Tavern), or from Ashley Woodruff/Rob Murphy. The event will include opening acts: “Piano Bar Gone Wild”, and “What Time Is It?”, as well as featured visual artist, Faith Middaugh. Ashley will then be taking the stage, to showcase her new album. There will also be prizes from the sponsors who we would like to give a special thanks to. -Talk of the Town -Freebird Yoga & Tattoo -Fusions Bar & Restaurant -Sudbury Renovators & Builders -Etched Memories -Lot 88 Steakhouse & Bar -Murphy Productions -Chic of all Trades -Nickel Range Hairstyling

December's performance presents the Northern Brass Quartet. Come out and experience some Christmas cheer to the joyful and upbeat music of the ensemble. Backgrounder The group was founded in 1980 as a quintet, but has established itself as an ensemble of two trumpets and two trombones. Members for the last twenty years include Richard Perras and Peter Scherzinger, trumpets, as well as Charlotte Leonard and Catherine Valiaho, trombones. Their repertoire ranges from the Renaissance and Baroque to jazz and contemporary music. Both Leonard and Scherzinger have composed and made arrangements for this ensemble. The quartet has performed in many venues and churches across the region, including the Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian and Nipissing Universities, as well as with many other groups including the Bel Canto Chorus. The "Keys to the Library Concert Series is a fundraising project to purchase a piano with the aim to continue to present monthly musical performances and musical literacy sessions. Please come out and support local musicians and this fundraising endeavour.