TORONTO, CANADA (Top40 Charts/ Small World Music) The tenth anniversary of Small World Music's signature annual program marks a milestone, both for the organization and for Toronto's world music community. Over the past decade, this passionate and dedicated organization has worked with thousands of people to weave the thread of world music through the fabric of the city.
As always, this year's Festival embraces the past and future of global sounds, showcasing new sounds infused with youthful energy and the spirit of cross-cultural collaboration that makes for a Brave New World of Music. The 10th anniversary festival edition truly has something for any world music lover's ears: legends of their genres such as
Asha Bhosle and Shujaat Khan, Hilario Duran, and Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino; international rising stars including A Moving Sound, Sidi Tour� , Lu�sa Maita and Dang Show, and electronic tastemakers and pioneers like Quantic, dunkelbunt, and El Hijo de la Cumbia. As always, Toronto and Canada are proudly and diversely represented by the likes of
David Buchbinder's Andalusia to Toronto, Autorickshaw, Eccodek, Njacko Backo, Boogat, Drumhand,
Prince Enoki's Insect Orchestra, Lemon Bucket Orchestra, and The Tich Maredza Quartet. The festival's centrepiece Small World in the
Square on Saturday,
September 24 at Yonge Dundas Square. Appropriate to the occasion, this most ambitious day of programming in Small World's history will offer 10 mainstage concerts featuring sounds from all over the world -- absolutely free!!
For ticket information, artist bios and audio samples, please visit the Small World website at smallworldmusic.com.
10th ANNUAL SMALL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Schedule of Events
(click date link for each Festival event page)
Thursday September 22
10th Birthday Party & Festival Kickoff Party
with
Prince Enoki's Insect Orchestra
& Lemon Bucket Orkestra (Canada)
@ Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. W.), 9:00 pm
Tickets: free show
Friday
September 23
Funk�t� 1-Year Anniversary
feat. El Hijo de la Cumbia (Argentina) & Dos Mundos DJs
@ Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. W.), 9:30 pm
Tickets: $10 at smallworldmusic.com, Rotate This (801
Queen St. W.), Soundscapes (572 College St.) & Kops Records (229
Queen St. W.)
Friday
September 23
Dang Show (Iran)
@ Armenian Youth Centre Auditorium (55 Hallcrown Place, North York), 8:00 pm
Tickets: $30 at smallworldmusic.com
Saturday
September 24
Small World in the
Square (Pan-Cultural)
feat. Quantic, Autorickshaw, A Moving Sound, Eccodek, Lu�sa Maita, Drumhand, Boogat, Tich Maredza Quartet & more
@ Yonge-Dundas
Square (1 Dundas St. E.), 1:00�11:00
Tickets: free show!
Sunday
September 25
Hilario Dur�n (Cuba/Canada)
Celebrating the First 35 Years
@ Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. W.), 6:00 pm
Tickets: $25 at lulalounge.ca
Sunday
September 25
Pedro D-Lita (Brazil/France)
@ Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. W.), 9:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door
Tuesday
September 27
David Buchbinder's Andalusia to Toronto (Pan-Cultural)
@ Koerner Hall (273 Bloor St. W.)
Tickets: from $39 at the Royal Conservatory website, by phone at (416) 408-0208
or at the Weston Family Box Office
Wednesday
September 28
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (Italy)
@ Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. W.), 9:00 pm
Tickets: $20 at smallworldmusic.com, Rotate This (801
Queen St. W.), Soundscapes (572 College St.) & Kops Records (229
Queen St. W.)
Thursday September 29
Sidi Tour� (Mali)
@ Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. W.), 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20 at smallworldmusic.com, Rotate This (801
Queen St. W.), Soundscapes (572 College St.) & Kops Records (229
Queen St. W.)
Friday
September 30
Bezerka featuring [dunkelbunt] Live (Balkan)
@ The Great Hall (1087
Queen St. W.), 9:00 pm
Tickets: $25 at smallworldmusic.com, Rotate This (801
Queen St. W.), Soundscapes (572 College St.), Kops Records (229
Queen St. W.), Shanti Baba (546
Queen St. W.), The Fairies Pyjamas (29
Kensington Ave.), Centre of Gravity (1300 Gerrard St. E.) & Alternative Thinking Bookstore (758 Bathurst St.)
Sunday October 2
Karevan Ensemble (Iran)
Performing Homeland Variations
@ Harbourfront Enwave Theatre (235 Queens Quay W.), 8:00 pm
Tickets: $20 at Harbourfront Centre Box Office (235 Queens Quay W.), by phone at (416) 973-400 & Pars Video (6083 Yonge St.)
Sunday October 2
Asha Bosle & Shujaat Khan (India)
@ Koerner Hall (273 Bloor St. W.), 8:00 pm
Tickets: from $45.00 Tickets: from $45.00 on the Royal Conservatory website, by phone at (416) 408-0208 or at the Weston Family Box Office.
