RIHANNA - The Umbrella Girl.
May 5: “Jazz Lives” concert – Convocation Hall – 416.978.8849. Al Jarreau heads a lineup of local and international jazz giants and future stars. 8 PM
May 13: Ellis Marsalis (piano) and his quartet plays Koener Hall. Included in his band is son Jason on drums. Marsalis is the father of professional musicians Wynton, Brandford and Delfayeo.
May 15: Celebrating Jay: A magical evening of music, tribute and celebration in honor of over 40 years of Jamaican legend Jay Douglas. Jay’s guests include Jackie Richardson, Joe Sealy, Bob & Wisdom and many others. Royal Theatre, 508 College St., Toronto. 7 PM. Tickets at various community outlets or call 416.538.0889.
June 6-7: Rihanna is at the Air Canada Centre in support of her smash-hit 2010 album “Loud”
June 11: 8th Annual Barbados Charity Ball. Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Rd., Toronto. From 6 PM. Info., etc. www.barbadosballcanada. com
Aretha Franklin The Queen of Soul
TD Toronto Jazz Festival June 24 – July 3
Aretha Franklin and her 14 musicians and the 10-piece Toronto Jazz Festival Orchestra will perform at a free concert June 24th to kick-off the TD Toronto Jazz Festival’s 25th anniversary. The concert will be held at the Toronto Star Stage at Metro Square next to Roy Thomson Hall (55 John St., Toronto).
This year’s festival includes several top performers including opera singer Jessye Norman who will sing traditional jazz tunes, Senegal’s Youssou N’Dour, the Count Basie Orchestra, the Robert Cray Band, Bootsey Collins, Dee Dee Bridgewater who will present “To Billie with Love” a tribute to Billie Holiday, and the world premiere of Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo’s duo project “Songs of Mirth and Melancholy”.
The festival’s 350 free and ticketed shows will be spread out across 40 locations – bars, nightclubs, theatres, etc., including the Koener Hall and the Sony Centre, and will feature 1,500 musicians
For information, tickets, etc. check www.torontojazz.com.
Bear Creek Summer Music Festival – June 4 – September – call 1.888.860.7888 for tickets or information
June 28: 5-time Grammy winner Lionel Ritchie will perform at the Rexall Centre – York University, 1 Shoreham Dr. (Keele St. South & Steeles Ave.)
July 9: Audra McDonald, 4-time Tony award winner, 2-time Grammy winner and the star of Ragtime, Carousel and TV’s Private Practice and Brain Stokes Mitchell, Tony Award winner for Kiss Me Kate and star of Ragtime and The Man of LaMancha join an all-star cast to present “The Very, Very, Best of Broadway. One Night Only!
AROUND THE TOWN VANCOUVER
Soca Chutney Radio Program
Every Thursday on AM 650, 8 to 9pm
Coordinator: Orvis-Noel Music Spun by DJ’s Carl
Soundvibes: Nasty Jag & Junior “Pops”
info@socachutneyradio.com Tel:604-209-5081
Spring Bling Dance
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 8 pm – 2 am
Location: Fleetwood Community Centre 15996 – 84 Ave, Surrey
A Night in Magical Timbuktu
A gala evening for a safer Africa held at Vanocuver’s Performance Works on May 6th.
The evening will feature 3-time Juno award winner Alpha Yaya Diallo and Cameroon dancer
Jacky Essombe. Global TV’s Lynn Colliar and Bev McEwan be our Masters of Ceremonies.
call 604-739-4708. For more information A Night in Magical Timbuktu | A CNIS event for a safer Africa
34th annual Vancouver International Children’s Festival
Embark on a Journey of discovery with the 34th annual Vancouver International Children’s
Festival at its new home on Granville Island, on new dates May 30-June 5, 2011. Featuring
acclaimed performances from Canada and around the world including Australia’s Circa
with their hilarious hit show 46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes, the kicks, stomps, claps and chants
of Step Afrika! (USA), the wondrous light and movement spectacle Farfalle (Butterflies) from
Italy, the heel kicking folk’n’roll from Québec’s Mauvais Sort, the poetry and music of Scenes
from a Tree, plus Marnie Grey and her Music with Marnie Band and much, much more. Tickets now
on sale! Visit www. childrensfestival.caor call 604-873-3311
Caribbean Dinner Cruise
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011 Location: MV “Queen of Diamonds” from Plaza of Nations
Time: Boarding 7 pm – Departing 8 p.m. Music by Lover’s Choice Supreme Sounds with Daddy
Mikey & Carl Sound Vibes Ticket Members $40 – Non-members $45 Presented by Barbados
Cultural Association of BC Cost includes Dinner RSVP Contact:
604-275-8617 or 604-469-3777; www.barbadosbcassoc.com
UN International Year for People of African Descent
Yvonne Shorter Brown cordially invites you to see The UNESCO documentary, SLAVE ROUTES: A GLOBAL VISION and to hear her read from her newly published book, DEAD WO MAN PICKNEY: A Memoir of Childhood in Jamaica at the Vancouver
Public Library Alma Van Dusen Room, 350 West Georgia Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 7:30 – 9:30 pm Event is FREE. Limited seating is available on a first-come basis. Autographed books available for purchase!
Canada Africa Partnership on AIDS (CAP AIDS)
BIKE to CAP AIDS ANNUAL BIKE-A-THON!
Date: June 19, 2011, meet at 10am | Location:
Trout Lake Park, Vancouver | Register at WWW.CAPAIDS.ORG
