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Walking Through the Fire - Indigenous Collaborations with Sultans of String
In-person
Indigenous Music Performance Singing Truth and ReconciliationDate and time
Location
Port Nelson United Church
3132 South Drive
Burlington, ON
Directions: Accessible Venue, and Lots of free parking on site.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
Award-winning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists performing with 3x JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String, WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE is a musical multimedia event unlike any other! From Métis fiddling to an East Coast Kitchen Party, rumba to rock, to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest, experience the beauty and diversity of music from Turtle Island with Alyssa Katrine of the Métis Fiddler Quartet, Ojibwe/Finnish Singer-Songwriter Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), Coast Tsm’syen Singer- Songwriter Shannon Thunderbird, plus virtual guests joining in on the big screen including the Northern Cree pow wow group, Inuit Throat Singers and more!
Organizer
Sultans of String
This multi-award-winning, 3x Juno-nominated and Billboard charting band creates “energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” (Maverick, UK).
For two decades, Sultans of String have thrilled audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, Flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian rhythms. The group celebrates musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity, with world rhythms that excite audiences to their feet!
Contact
Chris McKhool