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sākihiwē festival at The Lyric Threatre
The sākihiwē festival is kicking off its outreach concert series with a collaborative performance lead by music director MJ Dandeneau. The group, which includes pow wow step music producer Boogey The Beat, singer/songwriters Ila Barker and Sierra Noble, hip hop crooner Sebastian Gaskin, and hoop dancer Shanley Spence will perform under the "sākihiwē travellers" banner at the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park on Thursday, July 11, 2019.
Each artist will hit the stage with some of their own songs and collaborate on a couple pieces to give audiences a taste of the great music coming out of the local Indigenous music community.
sākihiwē festival and Assiniboine Park Conservancy present...
the sākihiwē travellers
(MJ Dandeneau, Boogey The Beat, Ila Barker, Sebastian Gaskin, Sierra Noble, and hoop dancer Shanley Spence)
Thursday, July 11, 2019
The Lyric Theatre at Assiniboine Park, 55 Pavilion Crescent
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Free | Outdoors | Everyone Welcome
Bring blankets and chairs
The performance is a part of the Assiniboine Park Conservancy's Summer Music Series, which runs June 27 to August 29.
Aboriginal Music Manitoba would like to acknowledge the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council for their financial support of the sākihiwē festival's outreach concert series.
