The Cultural Centre kicks off 2012 with supergroup, the African Guitar Summit!
Last years Memeza Africa show brought a full house audience cheering & waving to their feet. This year, the Cultural Center supports Black History month with the award winning African Guitar Summit, featuring nine of the most celebrated guitarists of African origin.
The group arrives in Fort St John January 23 for their only show in the cold north (their talent is hot enough to warm the entire city!)
Come early for preshow drumming with Fort St John’s Pan African group. Visions for Change, a group of 38 high school students will also be on hand to talk about their spring trip to
Ghana and the work they’ll be doing in an orphanage there. And then, the show we're all waiting for starts at 7:30.
History was made in 2004 when the super group African Guitar Summit assembled at the CBC studios to record what has been widely hailed as the greatest recording ever to come out of the fertile African music scene in Canada.
This is a really special show. Not only is it superb entertainment, it’s a great way to celebrate the growing cultural diversity in our community and bring people together with music.
African Guitar Summit is selling out venues across the country…huge venues like Massey Hall where entire audiences are jumping to their feet. I’m hoping that here in the Music Capital of the North we can fill the theater for them too. It takes a lot to get these kinds of groups here and we need everyone’s support to make it work …trust me this is worth coming out for!
See them. Experience this superb and truly incredible performance live on stage at the Cultural Centre …and take note: while you take in the rich, harmonized vocals, the movement, the rollicking guitar lines and unmistakable African flavor, you’ll need to look around at your surroundings to remind yourself you’re in Fort St John and not in the artists’ African home. It will be that easy to forget!
The show starts at 7:30 and the tickets are $40.00 Adult, $35.00 Seniors/Youth, $25 12 and under. Tickets are available at the box office, by phone at (250) 785-1992 or online.
You may be on the ball and have finished your Christmas shopping or you may be like lots of people and are still rushing to find that perfect gift!
It's never too late to give a totally unique gift of a totally awesome experience! The North Peace Cultural Centre has loads of fantastic shows and cultural experiences coming up in the new year and it's the perfect time to grab some tickets.
In the new year you can look forward to an amazing music cultural experience when the African Guitar Summit performs on January 23rd - said to be the finest Canadian guitarists of African origin. Or get the kids and take in a singing and dancing show with The Backyardigans on January 19th. Also upcoming is Motus O - Circus Terrifico, performing hilariously unkempt micro-version interpretations of favourite ballets, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker!
These are just a few of the great shows coming up but that's not all! Mat Anderson, Carlos del Junco, Caladh Nua, and the Arrogant Worms - the next months at the Cultural Centre are going to be full of music, dance, theatre and the best cultural experiences you could ever wish for.
So maybe think about giving the gift of a Cultural Centre experience, whether it be in music or dance or theatre... I can promise you, it will be the highest quality and greatest time!
Tickets for upcoming shows are available at the box office, by phone at (250) 785-1992 or online. Or you can save 25% AND receive additional perks on specific shows by purchasing one of NPCC season passes - either the Touchstone Series pass, International Series Pass, or Guitar Guru’s Pass.
Your launch to Black History Month!
History was made in 2004 when the super group African Guitar Summit assembled at the CBC studios to record what has been widely hailed as the greatest recording ever to come out of the fertile African music scene in Canada. Following their Juno win for World Music Album of the Year in 2005, the group has performed to sell-out audiences throughout Canada, and at memorable events such as Bob Geldof’s Live 8 (shown on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks). The CD also charted in the top 10 most downloaded albums for a period on iTunes’ Today’s Top Album chart, and in the top 20 of the World Music Charts Europe.
The star-studded collective unites the talents of 9 musicians, each an expert in their individual style. The African Summit features: From Guinea, the smooth fire of Juno Award winner Alpha YaYa Diallo, with his countryman Naby Camara on balafon from Ghana, the elder master of the guitar, Pa Joe, with “golden voice” Theo Boakye, and the heartbeat of drummer Kofi Ackah; from Kenya, the Fiesta guitar of Professor Adam Solomon; from Burundi/Rwanda, the bluesy Mighty Popo; and from Madagascar the quicksilver guitars and harmonies of Donne Roberts and multiple Juno Award winner Madagascar Slim.
Their debut CD “African Guitar Summit” was honoured with a Juno as World Music Album of the Year at the 2005 Juno Awards in April. Their second album, "African Guitar Summit II", garnered a 2007 Juno award nomination in the same category.
Considered the finest Canadian guitarists of African origin, the African Guitar Summit brings a veritable honey pot of picking and riffing that's as authentic as any ancestral drum rhythm. See them live on stage at the Cultural Centre. Experience this superb and truly incredible performance…and take note: while you take in the rich, harmonized vocals, the movement, the rollicking guitar lines and unmistakable African flavor, you’ll need to look around at your surroundings to remind yourself you’re in Fort St John and not in the artists’ African home. It will be easy to forget!
The show starts at 7:30 and the tickets are $40.00 Adult, $35.00 Seniors/Youth, $25 12 and under. Tickets are available at the box office, by phone at (250) 785-1992 or online.
