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Lula LULAWORLD 2019
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LULAWORLD 2019
& CONCERTDINNER
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International guests, local super stars and emerging projects fill this year’s edition of the LULAWORLD festival with Latin blues, soul and salsa, as well as Brazilian forró, samba and MPB. With almost 150 artists participating in over thirty performances, lessons and workshops, the 14th annual edition of the festival has something for every music and dance lover. Beyond the festival, the Lula summer and fall concert series promises to be the most exciting to date, with a focus on touring Afro-Latin artists presented in partnership with Uma Nota Culture, the new Mixto festival and Odelia Artists.
Full line up at lula.ca.
Tracy Jenkins & José OrtegaCo-Artistic DirectorsLula Lounge / Lula Music and Arts Centre
We acknowledge that the land on which we program is the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Métis, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
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Lulaworld Stage Dance workshop with Samba Jess - 2018 - Photography by Anna Encheva
Director - Jose NievesLMAC Co-Artistic Directors - Tracy Jenkins and José OrtegaGeneral Manager - Vasilios CranisChef - Randal HarrisonFOH Managers: Todd Bruder, Nicole Enman, Amber MacKereth, Sara Sorochan-RulandReservations - Olga Dominguez Sound Engineer - Howard LauriePhotographer - Anna EnchevaAdmin - Kristyn Gelfand
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Opening night JUne 6
Direct from Chile, powerhouse vocalist delivers Latin-infused blues, R&B and soul,
meshed with jazz-inspired violin by Ernesto J. Espinoza. With Jerónimo Acuña, Oriana
Barbato & Luis Orbegoso.
Lulaworld 2019 kicks off with an eclectic mashup featuring preview performances highlighting Lulaworld’s international lineup at Dundas West Fest June 7th & 8th.
Co-presented with CiUt 89.5doors 7pm ConCert 8pm
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A pioneer of the Afro-Colombian champeta guitar style makes his Canadian
debut backed by Toronto’s Soukustek, performing the joyful music of the
Colombian-Caribbean “pico” culture.
A 9-piece, 3 horn deep funk explosion, with a rough, tough and soulful flair that
motivates people straight to the dance floor, The Soul Motivators deliver a fresh revival of
a rich retro sound.
LULAWORLD 2019
SEE THEM AT THE COAT CHECK DISPLAY
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Expect hard-hitting, super-charged Nuyorican-style salsa when Venezuelan-born, NYC-based Benavides (of Pedrito Martinez Group fame) joins Luis Orbegoso & Alto Voltage for a night of high-energy repertoire born in the great salsa cities of Toronto and New York.
Mortadella is Donkey Meat, Tales of an Italian-Canadian Weirdo features tall tales about DIY lamb slaughter, Padre Pio & canning pasta sauce. An evening of Italian Canadian storytelling with music by Viva Mexico Mariachi Band and Juno-winner Dominic Mancuso Trio with special guest Suzie Vinnick.
Percussionist Magdelys Savigne gathers an international lineup featuring Telmary Diaz (Havana) & Gabriel Garcia (L.A.) for a night of Cuban dance music with inflections of hip hop, changui, pop and jazz.
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With four exquisite recordings to her credit, Brazilian pianist
Bianca Gismonti has toured extensively interweaving her
own compositions with an ongoing exploration of the repertoire of her father, the great composer, pianist and guitarist Egberto Gismonti.
Fusing MPB, funk and Afro-Brazilian elements, São Paulo-
based trans artist Liniker Barros and her powerhouse band return with a new album after a hugely
successful international tour that included a sold out concert at Lula last summer. With opening set by
Jerusa Leão’s Saravah!
Percussionist, master dancer, educator, and lead vocalist of the
Santa Cruz-based group SambaDá, Dandha da Hora from Salvador,
Bahia, has shared the stage with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and
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Havana-based Cubadisco-winner, Yulasi Miranda Ferrer joins Toronto vocal stars Adis Rodriguez and Marta Elena Perez for a night showcasing three leading Cuban women singers, backed by collaborator Sean Bellaviti and his celebrated Conjunto Lacalu ensemble.
Direct from Montreal, this award-winning Nuyorican and Puerto Rican-inspired salsa orchestra is led by Guyanese trombonist Giany Huyghues Despointes, performing original compositions and arrangements featuring baritone saxophone and three trombones.
Percussionist, Mari Parhales debuts a new ensemble featuring Brazilian singer and guitarist Carla Dias and bassist Zeca Polina performing a range of lively genres with a focus on Northeastern Brazil.
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Six albums deep, Juno-award winning jazz, R&B and soul vocalist
and composer Kellylee Evans is celebrated for her “stunning
crystalline voice, both powerful and emotive,” Evans pushes her muse
firmly into the soulful pop territory on her latest release Come On.
Born in Germany and raised in Zimbabwe, a graduate of jazz
studies at the University of Manitoba, vocalist, composer
and arranger, Joanna Majoko has worked with Otis Brown III, David Clayton-Thomas & Jane Bunnett.
Celebrating Venezuelan culture in Canada, Sentir Venezuela presents
a family-friendly afternoon of traditional music, dance and food,
highlighting Afro-Venezuelan rhythms and styles including
calipso, parranda, joropo and Venezuelan waltz.
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LULAWORLD STAGEbeer & drinks tent + street Food!1630 dUndas st westFriday 7pm - 11pm saturday 2pm - 11pm
LULA LOUNGELiCensed oUtdoor patio
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ENJOY CARIBBEAN CHILI, YUCA FRIES, TROPICAL
COCKTAILS, COLD BEER + 9 LIVE BANDS!!!
FREE OUTDOOR EVENTS AND MUSIC FOR THE WHOLE FAMILYdUndas west Fest!lUlawOrld
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DAILYN MARTINEZ OF SHUMDESALSA Explore the rhythms of son and changui from Cuba’s rural countryside.
GABRIEL GARCIA guitarist and founder of the Los angeles-based Changüí majadero performs classic and original repertoire with some of Toronto’s leading figures in Cuban son and changüi.
FORRÓ DANCE LESSON BY ARUÁget ready to dance the to the music of north-eastern brazil. co-presented with tambour soul
MARIA BONITA & THE BANDdirect from bahia, the magnetic singer and multi-instrumentalist Jerusa Leão reunites with her Canadian band for a high energy set of forró pé de serra: a soulful and danceable mix of accordion, fiddle, guitar, song and percussion.
TDOTBANGERZFollowing up on the success of their street performance at last year’s festival, Toronto’s only hip-hop brass band is back, this year on the Lulaworld stage, busting out your favourite trap hits and classic boom-bap knockers with live freestyles from top mCs.and percussion.
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LULAWORLD STAGE SCHEDULE
Lula’s resident community brass band hits the streets heading west from the garrison stage, with a swinging repertoire inspired by new orleans and brazil.
STREET BRASS!SATURDAY JUNE 8 - 1PM
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LACEY HILL soulful singer-songwriter and musician Lacey hill composes her unique blend of folk, blues and rock on the six nations of the Grand River reserve in Southern Ontario. MISTYSA soul, blues, funk and r&b are mixed with Cuban and brazilian sonorities as Mistysa’s powerful vocals are woven with jazz-inspired violin performed by Ernesto J Espinoza and his ensemble.
DANCE MIGRATIONDance Migration brings the true spirit of Bravzilian samba to dundas west.
ROMMEL RIBEIROsinging in portuguese, French, spanish and english, award-winning, montreal-based brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, mixes elements of mpb with african, reggae, funk & jazz.
EXCO LEVI & HIGH PRIESTFive-time Juno-winner, Exco Levi has been dubbed the “local reggae king” by the toronto star for his internationally-celebrated roots reggae and dancehall sound.
CUBAN SING-ALONGSingers of all ages and levels are invited to learn a classic Cuban song and sing with us. If you want to practice, you can visit lulaworld.ca and watch the video!
TELMARYon the cutting edge of Cuban hip-hop and urban music, 2019 Juno-nominee Telmary Diaz returns to Toronto for her first full concert in 5 years, after performing at some of Europe and Asia’s most renowned festivals and venues.
CHAMPETA LESSON W JANETH SARMIENTO Learn the moves of this intoxicating Afro-Colombian craze before the concert begins.
SOUKUSTEKToronto’s premier champeta group, led by guitarist and producer tury morey, is reunited with long-time collaborator Claro torres (aka maestro Claro) from barú island, Colombia.
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