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Gary Diggins Presents: A Birthday Party and Fundraiser

Doors at 7:30 PM
Event at 8:00 PM

No admission fee but donations accepted for YUVA*. 

Interactive. Improvised soundscapes.
Bring or borrow an instrument.
Dress up...elegant, neo-hippie, circus costumes. Imaginative.
Performances by Andrew Giordano from The Youth Circus Project. 

*bringing a group of youths from the red-light district in Mumbai, India

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Voices Together - Rise Up Singing, Annie Patterson, Peter Blood, James Gordon, Sam Turton and Katherine Wheatley

Doors at 7:00 PM
Concert at 7:30 PM

Tickets $20 at Eventbrite or email k@katherinewheatley.com

Annie Patterson & Peter Blood, the creators of Rise Up Singing and their 2015 sequel Rise Again are coming to Guelph! This will be a singalong concert with Annie & Peter and special guests Sam Turton, James Gordon and Katherine Wheatley (all Guelphites who have songs in the book) performing and leading songs out of Rise Again.

This concert will celebrate the life & work of Pete Seeger (next year will be the 100th anniversary of his birth) and the many great musicians working to build a better world through music. Seeger worked closely with Annie & Peter in bringing their songbooks to birth. Peter also edited Seeger's autobiography, Where Have The Flowers Gone (A sing along memoir)

This is a chance to meet the people who "wrote the book" and experience group singing with two of North America's most widely loved songleaders.

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Kazoo! Festival

Doors at 7:30 PM
Show at 8:30 PM

Visit http://kazookazoo.ca for ticket information.

Mas Aya

You may have seen Toronto’s Brandon Valdivia with artists like Not the Wind, Not the Flag, Above Top Secret or Lido Pimienta. MAS AYA may, however, be where Brandon shines brightest. Exploring elements of percussion and meditation, MAS AYA evokes free jazz, afrobeat and tropicalia, spinning it in its own distinct way. With 2017’s Nikan blowing our minds, we can’t wait for MAS AYA to step on stage at Kazoo! Fest.

Castle If

Castle If feels like an intergalactic ride through the cosmos. Self-described as “retro-futuristic, cosmic exotica,” the pulsing yet mellow analog synths will lead you into a trance. With a nod to Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil, Castle If is an infectious trip. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to experience space disco at its finest.

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Silence Presents: Tannis Slimmon and Lydia Persaud

Doors at 7:30 PM
Concert at 8:00 PM

Tickets $10 at the door

Tickets at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/silence-presents-lydia-persaud-tannis-slimmon-tickets-44597036938

Tannis Slimmon 


With musical roots firmly planted in the soil of the Canadian Prairies and the ever-burgeoning music scene in Guelph, Ontario, and with a passion for lyrical vocal harmonies, CFMA’s 2008 Vocalist of the Year Tannis Slimmon has been singing, songwriting, recording and touring locally and internationally for over 30 years. 

With her 3 solo albums and numerous guest vocal appearances on others, including those by Willie P. Bennett, Valdy, David Francey and Rheostatics, her name appears in the credits of over 100 recordings.
In the 1980’s and 90’s, she was a founding member of various roots bands including The Bird Sisters, The Reverbs and Benji. In addition to her own ‘solo’ singer-songwriter performances with her partner Lewis Melville, her current collaborative offerings include Boreal, a trio whose songs welcome winter, and the Ondine Chorus, a unique vocal ensemble whose performances include a mix of composed and improvised works.

In 2004, Tannis traveled to Mali, West Africa, with a quartet of musicians including her partner and producer, Lewis Melville, exploring the role of music in development. She appears in the documentary of the trip, Road to Baleya, directed by Bay Waymen. She subsequently visited Matanzas, Cuba, where she studied Afro-Cuban rhythms with master bata drummer Gilberto Morales-Chong, and has most recently performed with The Silence Collective at an international festival in Gangneung, Korea.
For more info, please visit: www.tannis.ca

Lydia Persaud

Raised on a healthy dose of the country music narrative and the spiritual motivation of gospel hymns, Lydia Persaud is reconnecting with her roots with her debut EP "Low Light". Winner of the 2013 Oscar Peterson Award, Lydia has had an active involvement in the Toronto music scene since her graduation from Humber College's Jazz program. After performing internationally with The O'Pears and Dwayne Gretzky, and backing artists such as Lee Fields, Jill Barber, Royal Wood, Jadea Kelly and Karl Wolf, Lydia has emerged with her own voice in the world of folk-soul.

Spring of 2017 found Lydia touring solo through Spain, then returning to Canada to play shows in Canada's East Coast. "Low Light" features some of Canada's finest musicians such as Robbie Grunwald (Jill Barber, Good Lovelies), Joel Shwartz (Birds of Chicago), Josh Van Tassel (Great Lake Swimmers), and Drew Djurecka (Jill Barber). Lydia's intimate songwriting paired with subtle instrumentation inspired by her process of writing with voice and baritone ukulele is a highlight of the EP. Influenced by songwriters Eva Cassidy, Michael Kiwanuka and Ray Lamontagne, Lydia combines folk story-telling with a soulful vocal delivery.

You Tube links:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdtdg1ydb9Y&feature=youtu.be&t=21s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdtdg1ydb9Y

Website:
www.lydiapersaud.com

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Silence Presents: The LYNNeS

Doors at 7:30 PM
Concert at 8:00 PM

Tickets $20

The LYNNeS are Juno award winning songwriter Lynn Miles and award-winning songwriter Lynne Hanson. The two Canadian heartbreak poets are multi-instrumentalists (piano, acoustic, electric guitar, mandolin), fusing tight vocal harmonies with hauntingly gritty lyrics. Individually they have toured North America and Europe, and their debut album Heartbreak Song For The Radio will be released February 2018.  

www.thelynnes.com/

Lynn Miles is one of Canada’s most accomplished singer/songwriters, with fourteen albums to her credit, the winner of four Canadian Folk Music awards (including 2011 English Songwriter of the Year), and a 2003 Juno award for Roots and Traditional Solo Album of the Year. Her song “Black Flowers” appeared on Claire Lynch’s Grammy nominated album “North By South.” “Lynn Miles makes being forlorn feel like a state of grace” - John Pareles, NY Times

Lynne Hanson has been playing her brand of “porch music with a little red dirt” for the past 10 years, has released 6 albums, won the Colleen Peterson Award for songwriting, and been nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award. “Lynne seems headed for that record territory inhabited by seasoned songwriters such as Nancy Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Gauthier and Lucinda Williams” - Barry Hammond, Penguin Eggs

LINKS:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCXbPVAzNK8

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Silence Presents: Kitchen Orkestra 

Doors at 7:30 PM
Concert at 8:00 PM

Tickets $10/PWYC

KITCHEN ORKESTRA BIO 

Silence welcomes Kitchen Orkestra back to Guelph!

"Kitchen Orkestra's unique instrumentation pairs with inspired performances to deliver sizzling, diverse expressions of world folk music. This band offers a lovely and lively audience experience!"

Influenced by tastes of Balkan, Celtic, Bluegrass, and Latin music, Toronto-based Kitchen Orkestra engages, entertains, and entices audiences with surprising Folk arrangements and lively original music. Proud of their unique mix of fiddle, mandolin, vocals, upright bass, cajon, and percussion, these four inspired musicians enjoy testing the creative possibilities of their instruments and combining them artfully, cooking thoughtful blends of grooves, textures, instrumental melodies, and vocals. 

By casting strong flavours and vivid stories into musical moods - ranging from danceable, to contemplative, to cinematic - Kitchen Orkestra delivers an engaging experience that will whet any musical appetite. 

This quirky Canadian folk quartet released their first album, Entree, as a heartfelt snapshot of the music the band has been creating and performing in the past year. While their repertoire is diverse, their performance ultimately offers a quality of raw danceability, musical expression, and sincere storytelling. 

"A Kitchen Orkestra show is an entertaining and satisfying experience that often teeters on the interactive... a kitchen party is for all to sing and dance, after all!"Kitchen Orkestra's show was an absolutely electric performances in our series!" 
-Steve Ireson, host of Fork & Fiddle Fridays

"A show sure to delight any musical appetite!" 

"A unique, creative blend of folk sounds and textures." 

"From familiar to exotic sounds, from silly to serious moods, from instrumentals to vocal numbers, this group treated me to an exciting sonic safari...their pieces are each so different from one another, and yet their music exists effortlessly together as a whole, unified by some common quality." 

"Their music is so imaginative and evocative, oftentimes inspiring complete stories that play out in my head as I listen!" 

Kitchen Orkestra is: 
Hayley Ryerson- Violin, Vocals 
Graham Mansfield- Mandolin 
Felix Mills- Percussion 
George Chenery- Upright Bass 

KITCHEN ORKESTRA LINKS

www.kitchenorkestra.ca/video.html

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Alex Fournier Trio

Doors at 7:30 PM
Concert at 8:00 PM

Tickets $10 at the door

Alex Fournier is bringing his sextet to Guelph for the first time, on the first day of his super-short mini-tour. 

Bea Labikova - Woodwinds
Aidan Sibley - Trombone
Tom Fleming - Guitar
Ashley Urquhart - Piano
Alex Fournier - Bass/compositions
Mark Ballyk - Drums

https://soundcloud.com/alex-fournier/triio-noisemaker