Jim Byrnes lives and breathes music. For nearly fifty years he’s crooned, drawled, belted, hollered and sweet-talked more songs into a microphone than most people ever get to hear in a single lifetime. His evocative, smoky vocals are found in a truth that doesn’t come overnight. The sheer joy you can hear in the music he creates is a reason to celebrate Jim Byrnes as a living musical treasure.
World-renowned composer and Kora Virtuoso Tunde Jegede, Cree hoop-dancer and musician Jessica McMann and international classical violinist Daniel Bhattacharya combine for a unique collaboration.
Oktopus is a major presence on the Canadian world music scene, primarily devoted to klezmer and distinguished by a novel approach that incorporates various components of the classical and Quebecois repertoire, with some jazz and Balkan accents.
La Cafamore is a classical music chamber group based in Rossland, which regularly tours the Kootenays. This concert will be an exploration of the string quartets of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.
Mînowin is a new multimedia dance work that integrates narrative, movement, song, performance, and multimedia design, connecting to landscapes from contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms.
Singing vibrant duets with heart-filling harmonies, writing deadly songs and playing their iconic handmade banjos, Pharis & Jason Romero continue to blow away audiences since their first record release in 2011.
Begonia’s Alexa Dirks has never been able to fit into the box of being a "conventional woman". “I’m loud, I’m awkward and I’ve always taken up space. I've done things my whole life that some people would tell me weren't appropriate 'for a girl'.” That narrative that once tore Dirks down is now what empowers her to take charge of her own story, in her own way.
LUNA SOUND is a wild night of music that kicks off LUNA Festival weekend. LUNA SOUND features hip hop, blues, punk rock, RnB, EDM and everything in between, with 10 bands across 4 uniquely LUNA stages. Dance the night away and prepare to be blown away by spectacular and diverse Canadian musical talent.
