What’s On Calendar
August 1–5, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Thursday, August 2, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Dancing on the Pier: Cumbia and Salsa
Thursday, August 2, 2012
7:00pm– 9:00pm
Dancing on the Pier is a social dancer's dream come true!
Event run: June 28 – August 2, 2012
From L'Acadie to the Land of Faerie
Thursday, August 2, 2012
7:00pm
Celtic and French-Canadian music from fiddler Donna Hébert, guitarist Max Cohen, and vocalist Molly Hebert-Wilson. Thanks to the K.M. Hunter Foundation.
Event run: August 2, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Friday, August 3, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
12:00pm– 6:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
7:00pm– 8:00pm
Together Panman Pat and Percussionist Jeff have been thrilling their audiences with a Caribbean callalloo of musical styles. Tonight they’re doing it "Soul Village style.”
Event run: August 3, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
8:30pm– 9:30pm
A not-to-miss musical tribute to Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts), grandmaster of classic calypso music and one of Trinidad's best-loved calypsonians. Featuring Moses Revolution.
Event run: August 3, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
10:00pm–11:00pm
Winston Bailey, better known by his stage name The Mighty Shadow, is a unique calypsonian and soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago.
Event run: August 3, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Saturday, August 4, 2012
10:00am–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
12:00pm– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
5:30pm– 6:30pm
Afrafranto bring palmwine, a West African brand of charmingly relaxed acoustic folk-style music, to Harbourfront Centre.
Event run: August 4, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
6:00pm– 7:00pm
Composed of veteran mariachi musicians from the GTA , Mariachi Fuego offers a refreshing twist to all their performances while maintaining a high degree of respect in their execution of traditional mariachi repertoire.
Event run: August 4–26, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
8:00pm– 9:00pm
This event has been cancelled. Described as "the hottest dancehall star of the late 1980s," Admiral Bailey's fire is still burning brightly as an incredible performer and master DJ.
Event run: August 4, 2012
Hardcore Band featuring Junior Miller, I-Sax and Peculiar I
Saturday, August 4, 2012
8:00pm
The world famous Hardcore Band featuring Juno Award-nominated Peculiar I, classic reggae vocalist Junior Miller and saxophonist extraordinaire I-Sax Injah.
Event run: August 4, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
9:00pm– 9:30pm
Learn the Jump for Jamaica dance!
Event run: August 4, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
9:30pm–11:00pm
Duane Stephenson simultaneously represents both the past and the future of Jamaican music, both as The Wailers (of Bob Marley fame) frontman and as a successful solo artist.
Event run: August 4, 2012
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Sunday, August 5, 2012
10:00am– 9:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Event run: July 20 – September 23, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
12:00pm– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Event run: June 30 – August 26, 2012
SUNDAY SCENE / Valerie Velardo
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2:00pm
Valerie Velardo is Curatorial Intern at The Power Plant, and she will respond to the current exhibition, Tools for Conviviality.
Event run: August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2:30pm
An amalgamation of some of the top dancers and drummers direct from Tobago!
Event run: August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
3:30pm
Direct from Tobago, master pannist Jaime Ramsey performs solo pieces.
Event run: August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
4:30pm
Trinidad-born Muhtadi, founder of Toronto’s popular Muhtadi International Drumming Festival, introduces you to the originating drum beats and riddims from various regions and countries in this interactive, performative workshop featuring Caribbean rhythms and their lineage from around the world.
Event run: August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
5:30pm
Four performers specialized in griot-type performances of speech, which is accompanied by tambrin music and a particular dance form.
Event run: August 5, 2012
Royal Sweet Fingers Tambrin Band
Sunday, August 5, 2012
6:30pm– 7:00pm
The most popular tambrin band in Tobago will showcase this unique music during their performance for Tobago Day celebrations at Island Soul.
Event run: August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
7:30pm– 8:00pm
Don't miss out as Tobago Calypso King, Michael Baker, as he rocks the Redpath Stage!
Event run: August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
8:00pm– 9:00pm
Fire Fusion plan to rock the Island Soul crowd with a variety of R&B, reggae, hip hop and soca and calypso songs!
Event run: August 5, 2012
A Tribute To The Slickers featuring Derrick "Johnny Too Bad" Crooks
Sunday, August 5, 2012
9:30pm–11:00pm
To commemorate Jamaica’s 50th, Freedom Time Media presents a tribute to The Slickers, a Jamaican rock steady and reggae group from the late 1960s and early 1970s, centred around Derrick Crooks, who had also been one of the founding members of The Pioneers along with his brother Sydney.
Event run: August 5, 2012
There's always something happening at Harbourfront Centre!
- Skating on the Natrel Rink (weather permitting)
- Check out our Visual arts exhibitions
- Visit our Craft & Design Studios
- Check out the greenery at the Toronto Music Garden
For details inquire at the Info Desk or call 416-973-4000.
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