LOCH ONTARIO
2.00
Now a staple on the Toronto music scene, Loch Ontario brings you a joyful and boisterous, sometimes psychedelic, brew of songs and tunes hailing from the wide folk traditions of Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Cape Breton, and Québec, not shying away from mixing the best qualities of each musical language as they intermingle. Deep celtic melodies, harmonies, and rhythms are woven in such a way as to take you on a journey, making sure friends are met and stories are told along the way. Welcome to our kitchen party!
Loch Ontario are:
Andy Sharp (guitar/banjo/voice)
Billy Boulet (highland bagpipes/scottish smallpipes/uilleann pipes/whistles/harmonicas/feet/voice)
Chris Murray (fiddle/mandolin/voice)
Picture by Cécile Bernard
ARIANA NASR
6.00
Ariana is a captivating singer and multi-instrumentalist from Nova Scotia, now based in Montréal, who shares her passion for music through dynamic live performances. Accompanying herself on the chromatic button accordion, she presents a diverse repertoire that includes French chanson, world classics in various languages, jazz, blues, and the occasional classical aria.
Her musical path began in childhood, studying instruments such as saxophone, clarinet, and violin, and playing in jazz bands and wind ensembles. In 2015, after many years working in an original duo, her love of French chanson inspired her to create and tour an Édith Piaf tribute show - a project to which she still gives nods during her eclectic solo performances.
Since 2016, in addition to her solo work, she has regularly appeared in duo with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Curtis Thorpe as lead singer and soprano saxophonist. Another ongoing project, ASHK, showcases the poetic works of her late father - a Sufi poet from Afghanistan - alongside her sisters Sahara and Kamila Nasr, and brother-in-law Ken Shorley.
For more information about Ariana including live performance video please visit: http://www.ArianaNasr.com
BRACIA & SESTRY PRESENT: ANDRZEJKI
8.00 - doors 7.30
$15/DOOR
join us for andrzejki — st. andrew’s feast — a night rooted in slavic tradition, where the veil between present and future feels thin. once known as an evening of magic, fortune telling, and love predictions, we’re bringing our own take to this ritual gathering.
the evening will feature a live set by dark folk duo willow switch, fortune telling games hosted by ania paluch, and tarot readings offered by andra zlatescu. from time-honoured rituals like pouring hot wax through a key into cold water, to shared dinner, wróżby, and music, it’s a chance to step into mystery, connection, and possibility.
ANIQA DEAR
11.00
aniqa dear is a Toronto-based experimental art pop project rooted in queerness, diasporic identity, grief, and the eternal interplay between belonging and isolation. aniqa dear weaves her intricate melodic sensibilities with ever-shifting synth-infused textures and polyrhythms, resulting in danceable music interlaced with stark vulnerability. With influences ranging from Arabic pop, Bollywood and jazz to the avant-garde, her music is striking and heady, incisive and heavy. She asks intently if you have ever danced into your own abyss, and she invites you in.