TWASblog – All Eyes on Culture!

June

14 – Cliff Cardinal and the Sky-Larks (NXNE), 9pm @Painted Lady, 218 Ossington Ave., Toronto

15 – Words, Music and Black Experience feat. Donna Bailey Nurse, ahdri zhina mandiela, and D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, 5pm @ Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto

16 – Fantahun Shewankochew Album Release Concert 8pm@Alliance Francaise, 24 Spadina Rd. (north of Bloor), Toronto

17 – Independent Jewish Voices 15th Anniversary Concert w/Tabiba & UJPO Pop-Up Klezmer Band, 7:30pm @United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St., Toronto

17 – Queen of the Road The Calypso Rose Musical written and directed by Rhoma Spencer, 6pm @Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto

17 & 18 – Na-Me-Res Pow Wow @Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd., Toronto

18 – Al Qahwa “Weyn Allah” CD Release, 7pm @Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave., Toronto

21 – Bass Fest ’23 with Rich Brown, Lauren Falls, Mike Downes, George Koller, and Waleed Abdulhamid, 8pm @Revival, 783 College St., Toronto

28 – Barnes & Woldemichael, 8pm @Hirut Cafe, 2050 Danforth Ave., Toronto

July

6-9 – Beaches Jazz presents Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside, Jimmie Simpson Park Mainstage

7-9 – Afrofest 2023 @Woodbine Park, Toronto

8-9 – Salsa on St. Clair @St. Clair Ave. from Winona to Christie

14-16 – Salsa on the Beach @Woodbine Park, Toronto

20-23 – TD Weekend (Beaches Jazz) @Woodbine Park, Toronto

27-29 – Beaches Jazz StreetFest @Queen St. East (between Woodbine & Beech)

6-9 – Sunfest @Victoria Park, London

29-30 – Festival of South Asia, Gerrard Street, Toronto

August

3-7 – Toronto Caribbean Carnival @Lakeshore Blvd./Exhibition Place

11-13 – Habari Africa @Harbourfront Centre