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Small World in the Square feat. QUANTIC & many more! at Yonge Dundas Square

Toronto Event Date: Sat, September 24, 2011

01:00 PM

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yonge & dundas, downtown
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Small World in the Square feat. QUANTIC & many more!

Small World Music Proudly Presents:

Small World in the Square
featuring: QUANTIC – BOOGAT – LUISA MAITA – & MANY MORE!

  • full line up below **

As part of the 10th Annual Small World Music Festival
Sponsored by: TD Bank Group & CBC Toronto

Saturday, September 24 @ Yonge-Dundas Square, 1:00PM – 11:00PM

  • FREE EVENT FREE EVENT FREE EVENT FREE EVENT FREE EVENT *

For more info, MP3s, videos & more, visit:
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123

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Small World in the Square is our ‘festival within a festival’. It’s the most ambitious single day of programming in our history, and a fitting celebration of our 10th anniversary. Appropriate to the occasion, we’ll feature 10 mainstage concerts, including seven by Canadian-based artists, as well as workshops in the InterAction tent. Even better, it’s all free! This musical celebration of our city will be hosted by CBC personalities including Garvia Bailey, Matt Galloway, Anne-Marie Mediwake and Dwight Drummond, bringing the Beat of the Globe in the Heart of Toronto!

Mainstage schedule:

1:00 – 1:45 Tich Maredza Quartet (Zimbabwean Roots)
2:00 – 2:45 Drumhand, Canada (Pan-cultural percussion)
3:00 – 3:45 Eccodek, Canada (Global groove)
4:00 – 4:45 Vox Sambou, Haiti/ Canada (World hip hop)
5:00 – 5:45 Autorickshaw, India/ Canada (Retro Bollywood)
6:00 – 6:45 Njacko Backo, Camaroon/ Canada (Cameroonian drumming)
7:00 – 7:45 A Moving Sound, China (Chinese contemporary)
8:00 – 8:45 Luisa Maita, Brazil (New Brazilian)
9:00 – 9:45 Boogat, Canada (Latin/French Hip Hop)
10:00- 11:00 Quantic, UK (Global beats & rhythms)

InterAction Workshop Tent:

Complementing the spectacular concert lineup are seven interactive workshops in our InterAction Tent, giving people the opportunity to go behind the music, connect with the artists and learn more about their work.

12:45 – 1:00 Art Starts
Discussion and demonstration of Art Start’s programs for under-served youth, from music to visual arts.

1:45 – 2:00 Eccodek
Discussion and demo of electronica in world music with Juno Award-nominated Andrew McPherson.

2:45 – 3;00 Drumhand
Hands-on, kid-friendly percussion led by Drumhand founder and African music instructor Larry Graves.

3:45 – 4:00 ManifesTO
Hip hop dance demo, highlighting young Toronto artists, presented by ManifesTO Festival.

4:45 – 5:00 Autorickshaw: Bollywood Bonanza
A (very) brief history of the music of India’s greatest export presented by Suba Sankaran & Ed Hanely.

5:45 – 6:00 A Moving Sound
The Sounds of Asia; instruments and cultural context of Taiwan and China.

6:45 – 7:00 Njacko Backo
Legends and rhythms of Cameroon, geared, set to the kalimba soundtrack of Njacko Backo.

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For more info, MP3s, videos & more, visit:
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123

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Links to All 10th Annual Small World Music Events:
http://www.smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116

Thursday, Sept. 22: Prince Enoki’s Insect Orchestra & Lemon Bucket Orkestra
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120

Friday, Sept. 23: Funkété 1 Year Anniversary feat. El Hijo de la Cumbia
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118

Saturday, Sept. 24: Small World in the Square feat. Quantic, Boogat, Luida Maita + Many More!
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123

Sunday, Sept. 25: Hilario Duran & Guests
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133

Sunday, Sept. 25: Pedro D-Lita
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135

Tuesday, Sept. 27: Andalusia to Toronto
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=134

Wednesday, Sept. 28: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114

Thursday, Sept. 29: Sidi Touré
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131

Friday, Sept. 30: Bezerka feat. [dunkelbunt] & The Secret Swing Society + Many More!
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=119

Sunday, Oct. 2: Karevan, Homeland Variations
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=132

Sunday, Oct. 2: Asha Bhosle & Niladri Kumar
http://smallworldmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115



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