Afrika Djelly Jam Session @ The Blakbird, Toronto, ON - Sun Oct 5th!

TO's favourite & only African music, dance class, live band, open mic & DJ party. Ever. Award-winning musicians collaborate on original soukous, R&B, zouk, afrobeat, makossa, reggae, blues, azonto, kwaito, spoken word... everything creative fresh & original.
By demand we've returned - running twice a month: 1st and 3rd Sundays, supporting the SESIA arts exchange project. ADj features wild combinations of dancers, singers & musicians from Ghana, Senegal, India, Nigeria, Kenya, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Trinidad, Ireland, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, S. Africa, Congo.... even Toronto.

"If we told you who was coming, we'd have to charge more!"

(Leaked info: Members of Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble will be coming through so bring your voice, bring a drum, bring your vibes, shake your bum... )

Hosts:  TO-based actress Osho; former AfroFest President/ Artistic Dir & CKLN DJ Kobena Aquaa-Harrison & crowd favourite DJ Moussa.

Supported by Lagoon Music, African Musicians Association, African Invasion Movement #AIM, Africandrum Artsandcraft, Shaw Percussion, Abandze Embassy

Good people, good music, good food, good vibes!

Time:  8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Cover:  $ PWYC

LOCATION :  812b Bloor Street West, Visit Website

Afrika Djelly Jam Session @ Pero Restaurant and Lounge, Toronto, ON - Sun Aug 17th!

TO's only African music, live band, open mic & DJ funraising party. Ever. Award-winning musicians and dancers collaborate on original soukous, R&B, zouk, afrobeat, makossa, reggae, blues, azonto, kwaito, spoken word... all live. everything creative fresh & original. It`s how we do! Bring your voice, bring a drum, bring your vibes, shake your bum...

By demand we are now running twice a month: 1st and 3rd Sundays, supporting the SESIA international arts exchange project in Ghana. ADj has so far featured wild combinations of dancers, singers & musicians from Ghana, Senegal, India, Nigeria, Kenya, Jamaica, Cote D'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Trinidad, Ireland, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, S. Africa, Congo.... even Toronto.

"If we told you who was coming, we'd have to charge more!"

Hosts: TO-based actress Osho, former AfroFest President/Artistic Director & CKLN DJ Kobèna Aquaa-Harrison  Live SoundsofAfrica" personality Kokofele & crowd favourite DJ Moussa.

Supported by Lagoon Music, African Musicians Association, African Invasion Movement #AIM, Africandrum Artsandcraft, Shaw Percussion, Abandze Embassy

Good people, good music, good food, good vibes

"Blakbird"
Location:  Pero Restaurant and Lounge, 812 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON near Ossington

Time:  8:30p

$10/ pwyc. Performers VIP free with sign up

Facebook event page here

Batuki Music Presents African Guitar Summit @ Lula Lounge, Toronto, ON - Thurs Jun 27th!

Indulge in the sounds of the finest Canadian guitarists of African origin! This star-studded collective unites the talents of 9 musicians, each an expert in their individual style and together creating musical magic with African Guitar Summit. Experience live this superb and unique achievement for African music; the mix of musicians who are distinct in cultural backgrounds and languages yet sharing stories and singing one another's praises, the inspiration of these skilled hands and voices joined in common to reach the summit. A truly incredible experience!

Doors Open: 8:00PM
Show Starts: 9:00PM
Admission: $25 @ Door, $20 Adv

Prix fixe or a la carte menus available.To reserve a table for dinner please use open table or call 416 588 0307. Tickets ordered through Batuki Music do not guarantee seating.

Location:  Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

More info and tickets:  http://www.lula.ca/events/2013/june/ags.html

Oliver Mtukudzi and The Black Spirits Live @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON - Sat Apr 6th!

Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi is a truly great guitarist, vocalist, performer and composer. Zimbabwe’s pride, most successful artist and national treasure, Oliver is gifted with a deep and gusty voice plus a talent for writing songs that reflect on the daily life and struggles of his people. ‘Tuku’ as he is known, began performing in 1977 and has earned a devoted following across Africa and beyond, all the while incorporating elements of different musical traditions. A member of Zimbabwe’s Kore Kore tribe, he sings in the nation’s dominant Shona language as well as Ndebele and English.

Tuku (along with Angelique Kidjo, Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo) is one of the most successful African recordings artists globally, having sold hundreds of thousand of records on Putumayo, Heads Up/Telarc and Sheer Sound. Tuku is an alumni of Acoustic Africa II (2011 edition) and a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern and Southern Africa, focusing on Young People’s Development and HIV and AIDS Prevention. April's concert marks the return to Toronto of one of Africa’s musical giants.

Tickets:  $30

Time:  9p

Location:  The Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON

Tickets available at:

https://smallworldmusic.thundertix.com/performances/763841/orders/new

Afrika Djelly Jam Session @ Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON - Thurs Mar 28th!

SESIA Arts Project presents the only INTERACTIVE African music, live band, DJ, food party. Ever. Always spicy, ever elegant and predictably, unpredictable.

The original TV show format that re-defined ‘open-mic’ with interviews and fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime collaborations from award-winning African musicians, singers, comedians, spoken word artists, dancers… from Nigeria, Sudan, Ghana, Kenya, Cuba, India, Brazil, Angola, Congo, Ethiopia, Guinée, Jamaica & Canada! 

Hosted & backed by Afromadjiik band with Musical Director: award-winning performer, radio host & former AfroFest Pres/Art.Director, Kobena Aquaa-Harrison 

Co-Hosted by multi-lingual Tanzanian star and Tchema Arts Director, Djenabou Mare, with award-winning Hindi/R&B vocalist & songwriter, Ruby Goralia.

The party:
Top musicians from the four corners of African continent, meet & collaborate live with musicians from Canada's diverse arts community.

If we told you everyone who is coming, we’d have to charge more…

Smooth soul sounds of guest DJs pepper your soles with soukous, azonto, coup decale, R&B, neo-soul… ­Late-night kitchen. Uplifting, exciting! Be a bold expression of yourself. It’s YOUR party. We just make it happen.

$10 / $5 VIP list performers
RSVP on FB to get on the advance performer list

Doors 8pm Showtime 9:00pm @ great new venue! 
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W (between Dovercourt & Dufferin), Toronto, ON

Supported by: Lagoon Music, African Musicians Association of Canada, Shaw Percussion