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Swami were in Mississauga, Ontario earlier this month at the Mosaic Fest, and I managed to make it down and snap up some videos of some of their new and older material.
See what you missed/are in store for with their upcoming material.
Back it Up
Chika
Hey Hey
Desi Rock
Ching
Swami are ready to hit up Canada for the first couple of weeks of July on their “Sugarless Tour 2010.”
Playing an assortment of their classic and new material, they will be hitting up the following cities:
July 1, 2010 – Vancouver Jazz Fest, Vancouver, BC
July 3, 2010 – The Waverly, Cumberland, BC
July 6, 2010 – Fernie, BC
July 8, 2010 – Mercury Lounge, Ottawa, ON
July 9, 2010 – Sunfest, London, ON
July 10, 2010 – Sunfest, London, ON
July 11, 2010 – Mosaic Festival, Mississauga, ON
Dates in bold are Free Admission.
For those of you in Vancouver, you can also enter for a chance to win free tickets to see Swami at the Vancouver Jazz Fest here.
As always, check in on Swami’s newly redesigned website for up to date news and info.
The warmer weather is upon us (at least it should be) and with that, comes the kick off to this years music festivals.
The first one, is the RBC desiFest, which hosts a festival in four cities across Canada.
May 29, will see the first one take place in Toronto at Yonge-Dundas Square, providing 12 hours of free music performances.
There is a wide range of genres performing, but you lot should be interested in seeing Black Mahal, The Bilz & Kashif, Roach Killa, Blitzkrieg, Shahid Ali Khan, Navin Kundra and En Karma perform.
The show starts at 11AM. For more details, head on over to desifest.ca
Juggy D, Mumzy Stranger, Avtar Rai and A Slam Productions are touring three Western Canada cities on “The Pandemonium Tour.”
Brought to you by Hush Entertainment
February 25 – Vancouver – Boss Nightclub – 1320 Richards Street
February 26 – Calgary – The Forum – 1140 10th Ave S.W.
February 27 – Edmonton – Blush Lounge – 2940 Calgary Trail
If you’re in the Vancouver area around the 2010 Olympics, and need a Bhangra fix, look out for En Karma, Tigerstyle, Shin (DCS), the UBC Girlz Bhangra Team, and Harbhajan Mann to be all performing at various venues.
Saturday February 13, 2010 – Celebration Site – Surrey 2010 (Free Admission)
En Karma – 8:30PM
KS Makhan – 10PM
Sunday February 14, 2010 – BC Victory Ceremony (On TV)
The UBC Girlz Bhangra team will open for Nelly Furtado before the medal presentations.
Wednesday February 24, 2010 – The O Zone (Free Admission)
Tigerstyle – 8PM – 8:45PM
En Karma – 10:15PM – 11PM
Saturday February 27, 2010 – Quantum Bhangra – Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Tickets start at $38)
Show starts at 7PM
Jay Sean is coming to Mississauga, Ontario on December 19th.
Tickets range in price at $55, $65 and $85.
Click the above image to enlarge.
Tickets can be purchased at Ticketmaster.ca or at the Hershey Centre Box Office.
The concert is brought to you by stoneproductions.ca
RDB will be highlighting the three day Zaika South Asian Food Festival this weekend at the Harbourfront Centre (Toronto.)
Canadian’s, DJ A.P.S. and JoSH will also be playing at this intimate spot.
Friday, August 7 at 9:30PM – JoSH
Friday, August 7 at 11PM – DJ A.P.S.
Saturday, August 8 at 9:30PM – RDB & Nindy Kaur
For more info on the festival, check out zaikatoronto.com
Make sure you guys are ready to sweat, because it’s going to be a boiling hot weekend (literally.)
If you like your Bhangra, you’re in luck, as it will be a busy weekend on both sides of the country.
First off we have D2D performing at Dundas Square (Toronto) tonight at at 8PM.
We also have the ninth annual Masala! Mehndi! Masti! event kicking off today. While there aren’t any UK Bhangra acts coming out this year, there is a lot of Bhangra still to be done. Catch all the info here.
If you’re in Vancouver, then you can catch the final stop of the RBC desiFEST taking place at the Plaza of Nations on Saturday, July 25 at 12PM to 8PM.
Headlining acts include the hometown En Karma Boys.
RBC desiFEST info.