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Event Details
Door time: 1:00 pm, Show time: 1:30 pm
Admission: $15 for Adults in Advance. $5 for Students and Seniors at the Door. 10 years and under free.
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Presented by: Lula Music And Arts Centre, and CIUT 89.5 FM + Casa Salvador Allende
Lula and Casa Salvador Allende celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Violeta Parra.
Toronto artists pay tribute to songwriter, activist, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist, Violeta Parra, who is known internationally as The Mother of Latin American folk music. Celebrated as one of the founders of the politically inflected Nueva Canción (New Song), Parra painted, wrote poetry, sculpted, and wove arpilleras (folk tapestries) and is composer of the poignant, Gracias a la Vida (Thanks to Life).
The concert is presented in conjunction with a community mural project at Brock and Dundas which honours Violeta and the indigenous Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina, for whom she advocated in her work.
Musical program TBA.
Featured Program
Lulaworld 2017: June 1 to 11
Celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the world music venue Lula Lounge, the 2017 Lulaworld festival will bring together artists with roots in Cuba, Chile, Tibet, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal and beyond for eleven days of original collaborations and newest projects that cross borders, genres and generations.
This year’s edition of Lulaworld features more than 20 performance including two CD releases, a street mural project, lessons in Brazilian forró, Cuban salsa, and Tibetan dance a panel on music in the media and a community street brass band performance that you can take part in.
All concerts at Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West, Toronto except the daytime concerts on June 3 which will be at the outdoor stage at Dundas West Fest at 1630 Dundas West.
Full line up at lulaworld.ca and lula.ca.