Halifax Jazz Festival’s live shows are just the summer fun we need Local favourites like Asia & Nu Gruv perform at Grand Parade Aug 5-8. Don’t listen to that feeling in your gut or the fallish chill in the air: Summer isn’t over yet. Want proof? Look no further than Halifax Jazz Festival’s recent revival of live, in-person performances. After an early festival slate that featured regional all-stars performing virtually (like Kim Harris, P’tit Belliveau and Measha Brueggergosman, to name a few), the venerable summer showcase has announced, thanks to easing COVID restrictions, a slate of free performances will be held this weekend at Grand Parade (1770 Barrington Street). The nightly, 7pm showcases kick off with the sonic storm of Alan Silyboy & The Thundermakers Thursday, while festival mainstay Asia & Nu Gruv will bring big dance party energy Friday evening. Saturday’s headlined by indie rock favourite The Town Heroes, and Sunday’s openin
Halifax Jazz Fest announces first wave of acts
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TD Halifax Jazz Festival Unveils Initial 2021 Lineup with P tit Belliveau, Ben Caplan, Blackwood
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Published Apr 13, 2021
For most English-speaking Canadians, Francophone music is synonymous with household names like Céline Dion and indie darlings like Coeur de pirate products of Quebec s insular yet lucrative entertainment industry.
If you look a little further east, you ll find another French-language music scene that more than makes up for its smaller size in talent. The Acadians of the Maritimes have their own unique cultural identity and accents, distinct from the Québécois. In the late 2000s and through the 2010s, they broke major ground in the Quebec music scene, topping the charts and winning awards in spite of some very real cultural barriers. That thriving scene has persiste
Festival International de Louisiane announces schedule for Virtual Festival 2021
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Festival International de Louisiane has released the schedule of performances for Virtual Festival 2021, which is streaming Friday, April 23 - Sunday, April 25. Festivalâs second annual virtual edition, and 35th annual overall, will feature more than 50 original performances from artists representing more than 15 countries, interspersed with archival footage from Festivals past.
Following the traditional opening ceremony on Friday night, Virtual Festival will feature The Reminders, a hip-hip duo rising in prominence with a positive message from Belgium and the United States, and Thomas Dutronc, French jazz guitarist, vocalist and son of French icons Jacques Dutronc and Françoise Hardy.