Gigs
Gladstone Hotel, Queen St. at Gladstone. Opening reception, followed by After Party: Samba Squad and Uma Nota Enter the urban jungle, party with your plants as well as with artists and designers for this unique event! Gladstone Hotel’s 3rd annual Grow Op exhibition greets spring with open arms fromApril 23rd to 26th, 2015. Curated by Victoria Taylor and Graham Teeple with Britt Welter-Nolan, this four-day exhibition celebrates innovative ideas and conceptual responses to landscape, gardens, art, and place-making under this year’s theme, the culture of landscape. Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga Ignite Toronto 2015 Pan/Am ¡Con Espiritu! With Spirit! Mississauga Festival Choir celebrates the upcoming Pan Am Games with a concert focused on the folk and indigenous music of the Americas and the Caribbean. From the North to South Pole, travelling through North, Central and South America, this evening features Venezuela native and international recording artist Eliana Cuevas and her Latin ensemble along with the phenomenal Samba Squad. The concert also features Mississauga Festival Youth Choir, a group dedicated to world music. Celebrate the arts and the this international event with the music of Latin and North America! Tickets: $35, $30 (students/seniors), $15 (children under 12) Dundas Square Samba Squad plays the kick-off to this fun dance event in Dundas Square. Mark your calendars! Sharing Dance Day is taking place in Toronto and Winnipeg on Sunday, May 24. It’s not too late to join us for rehearsals! Rehearsals are held at Canada’s National Ballet School every Tuesday and Friday. Some rehearsals will be live-streamed so you can learn the routine when you want! Burroughes Building, 639 Queen St. West, Toronto Cocktail Reception, Food Stations, Silent Auction, Raffle and live musical entertainment by Samba Squad DUNDAS STREET WEST AT DOVERCOURT PARADE OF 100 DRUMMERS: LulaWorld Festival presents Grand Bateria Express! This brings together Toronto’s seven Brazilian drum troupes and YOU for a special performance at Dundas West Fest. Parade goes along Dundas St. West from Dovercourt to Lansdowne. Musical Director: Rick Shadrach Lazar High Park Outdoor Stage Samba Squad will play the opening of the production of Julius Caesar, as part of Shakespeare in High Park series. We will play two previews, July 2 and 7, as well as eight performances: August 1, 4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20. http://www.toronto.com/events/shakespeare-in-high-park/ St. Clair Ave. near Bathurst. Street will be blocked off. Come out and show your street dance moves! Feel the heat. Good food, friendly crowd. Showtimes for Saturday: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (parade), 7-8, 9-10PM Showtimes for Sunday: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (parade), 7-8PM Mel Lastman Square 40 minute performance by Samba Squad, as part of the PanAm Games! Pan Am Games Community Celebration July 8, 1-2pm Join us to see the Pan Am Torch Relay as it arrives at Mel Lastman Square. Come and celebrate the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Victoria Park London ON Once again, Samba Squad returns to London’s wonderful Sun Fest! This is one of the country’s top festivals. You owe it to yourself to check it out! All performances are FREE. Nathan Phillips Square Toronto 50 drummers from the Grand Bateria Express (Musical Director Rick Shadrach Lazar) and 12 horn players (led by Chris Butcher from the Heavyweight Horns) will play a rousing opening to the PanAm Games. Markham Pan Am Centre, Outdoor Main Stage Unionville, Main Street, Markham Samba Squad parades, performs on the Main Stage, as well as performs for the Street Animation Performance. Queen Street at Woodbine, street is blocked off. Joyous street festival! Thomson Memorial Park, Scarborough Another wonderful Pan Am Show! Nathan Phillips Square, Round stage on the Pool Samba Squad collaborates with choreographer Debra Brown in a special performance for the PanAM Games. Dancers will splash around in the pool as well as on the stage. Dates: Fri. Aug.7: 1:30-2 and 9-9:30PM Sat. Aug.8: 4:30-5 and 8:30-9 PM Sun. Aug.9: 12-12:30PM Barrie Heritage Park Barrie, ON Dance Workshop with Samba Squad and Dance Migration at 6PM Concert performance: Samba Squad with guest:Dance Migration: 9PM http://www.barrie.ca/Culture/Festivals/Pages/Rhythmfest.aspx Nathan Phillips Square at Toronto City Hall Samba Squad 30-members strong will lead the athletes into the square for the closing ceremonies. This will be televised. Yonge-Dundas Square Toronto Samba Squad will perform a 45-minute show on the stage at Yonge-Dundas Square in support of Epilepsy Toronto. – See more at: http://www.seetorontonow.com/annual-events/scotiabank-buskerfest/#sthash.mHKskyCH.dpuf Blue Mountain, Collingwood, ON Samba Squad will play two shows for the Blue Mountain Summer Sundown Week-end. 576 Parliament St. between Carlton St. and Wellesley Sts, Toronto, in front of Nettleship's Hardware. STOP Community Food Centre, 1884 Davenport road, 4 blocks west of Lansdowne Come out: dance to the beats of Samba Squad, eat delicious healthy food, lovingly prepared, under the trees in the garden; admire the wonderful outdoor oven, mosaicked by Red Pepper Spectacle. New Venue for this Event: Harbourfront Centre on the WestJet Stage Do you love books and music, plus a September stroll along the waterfront? For more info: www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/toronto Toronto Metro Convention Centre, North Building http://www.cafdn.org/teddybearaffair/the-gala/ A Gala Fundraiser for Children’s Aid Foundation Children’s Aid Foundation helps vulnerable kids across Canada overcome the obstacles in life that hold them back 360 Geary Ave., a few blocks west of Dufferin, north of Dupont Samba Squad’s Inaugural Party at Geary Lane Studio Sweet vocals, Wicked Grooves, Bad-Ass Brass w/DJ Jason Palma and special guest Sarita Leyva Doors open at 8:30PM, Show 9:30 Cover $10 B4 10PM/ $15 after 10PM2015
Grow-Op Party at Gladstone Hotel
9PM-2AM
Samba Squad at Living Arts Centre
8PM
This concert is an official event of the TO 2015 Pan Am Games IGNITE! program.
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centrehttp://mfchoir-ignite.weebly.com/Sharing the Dance
2-3PM
12th Annual Fundraiser: Assaulted Women's Helpline
6:30PM
GRAND BATERIA EXPRESS
Noon till 3PM
Shakespeare in High Park
7:30-8:30PM
Salsa on St. Clair
Sat. 1-10PM, Sun. 1-8PM
Pan Am Games Celebration
1-2PM
London Sun Fest
July 9: 6PM, July 10: 3PM, 7PM
Grand Bateria Express plus Heavyweight Horns
7:30PM
Markham Pan Am Celebration
2-5PM
Beaches Jazz Fest: Street Fest
Thurs. Fri. Sat. 7-11PM
Samba Squad joins Ballet Creole
10AM-4PM
PanAM Dance-Drum Collaboration
See below
Barrie Rhythm Fest
6 and 9PM
Parapan Closing Ceremonies
8PM
Busker Fest at Yonge-Dundas Square
5PM
Blue Mountain Summer Sundown Week-end
4:30 and 6PM
Cabbagetown Festival
Saturday: 6-10PM, Sunday 2-6PM
Annual Good Food for All at STOP Community Food Centre
1:45PM
Word on the Street
11AM
Teddy Bear Affair
7PM
Samba Squad Inaugural Party
9:30PM
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