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FESTA PLURAL: Brazilian Edition featuring amarElas and DJ André Brasil
June 24 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Join us Saturday, June 24th, when VLACC will launch FESTA PLURAL, an inclusive music and poetry event. This first edition will highlight Brazil’s music and spoken-word performance with amarElas, a female singers’ band. Some special poetry reading and two sets from DJ André Brasil will make this an uplifting evening for all. Local Brazilian poet Luciana Freire D’Anunciação will join the band on stage to perform a couple of her poems:
The venue is St James Community Square in Kitsilano, a former church with beautifully wood-panelled space that makes for wonderful acoustics and a warmly welcoming atmosphere. Cash bar available.
FESTA PLURAL: Brazilian Edition will be a 3-hour event kicking off the summer with contagious Brazilian music, starting slow and easy, but building to a summer-samba pitch.
Formed just last year, amarElas is a band led by female singers that have already made a big splash performing in and around Vancouver. These four superb singers present a diverse repertoire of Brazilian and other international songs, original and covers, exploring feminism, immigration, and identity themes with verve and vivacious wit. This event will be an opportunity to present songs made by women, for them, famous for their voices, and also pay tribute to one of the most important singers and songwriters of Brazil – Rita Lee.
About Luciana Freire D’Anunciação:
Luciana Freire D’Anunciação is a Brazilian artist who has worked and lived between Brazil and Canada for the past 14 years. She is a performance artist who develops interdisciplinary projects with dance, theatre, video, photography, installation, sound and text, which have been presented in venues, dance, theatre and films festivals in many countries across the Americas and Europe. She holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from Simon Fraser University and is in continuous training in many dance practices; she teaches dance/performance classes and workshops as community engagement.
When: Saturday, June 24, from 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Where: St James Community Square in Kitsilano – 3214 10th Ave W, Vancouver BC V6K 2L2
Tickets are on a sliding scale of $15 to $25. Please choose the one that fits your budget better.
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