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Día Del Taco Fest, rapper Brother Ali return for Fargo Brewing events
FARGO — Hip hop star
Brother Ali returns to Fargo Brewing for an outdoor show
on May 21.
The rapper came to fame in 2007 with his album “The Undisputed Truth” and the singles “Truth Is” and “Uncle Sam Goddamn.” He recently released “Brother Minutester Vol. 1,” a collection of one-minute freestyles,. He also recently released the singles “Goin’ Through It” and “More Than This.”
MaLLy, Hiahli and DJ Last Word open this ID-only show, which starts at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets range from $20 to $50.
Singer/guitarist Damien Jurado will also play The Hall at Fargo Brewing on June 2. The prolific artist just released his 20th album in 25 years, “The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania.”
Tickets for this ID-only show range from $20 to $30.
Contributed / Urban Toad Media
Fargo Brewing also announced the
4th Annual Día Del Taco Fest on June 18
. The event brings a number of taco vendors to set up food trucks and tables to sell food. Margaritas and specialty Fargo Brews will also be available to purchase.
The event also includes a hot sauce challenge and Below Zero Wrestling.
Tickets range from $12 to $40.
Tickets for both events are on sale at jadepresents.com, (866) 300-8300 or at the Fargo Brewing Taproom.
From Jazz Fest to Rifflandia, live events gearing up to return this summer
The long list of Greater Victoria events returning this summer includes TD Victoria International Jazz Festival, Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival), the Victoria Fringe Festival and Rifflandia.
Victoria nightclubs and lounges are back at full capacity, with hour-long waits on weekends at venues where dancing is permitted.
Large-scale concerts, including summer festivals, are up next. The long list of Greater Victoria events returning this summer includes TD Victoria International Jazz Festival (June 24-July 3), Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival (June 30-July 5), the Victoria Fringe Festival (Aug. 24-Sept. 4) and Rifflandia, Sept. 15-18.
“Touring in North America is in the middle of a big reboot right now,” said Rifflandia producer Nick Blasko, whose event returns after a three-year absence. “We’re not looking to take a step backwards.”
Some longtime mid-Island favourites are also returning, including Courtenay’s Vancouver Island Music Festival (July 8-10), and Lake Cowichan’s Laketown Shakedown (June 30-July 2) and Sunfest (July 28-31), which each attract around 10,000 people.
Festival manager Mike Hann, who oversees both Lake Cowichan events, is confident audiences will return. “A solid base of people are ready to socialize and have fun,” he said. “I think, overwhelmingly, people are ready to move on and get back to a place where they can feel that social connection.”
Last year, Greater Victoria hosted a single summer music festival: Langford’s All Ways Home Festival, which drew 2,000 fans to Starlight Stadium. The producers of that event, Stephen Franke and Morgan Brooker, are building on that experience with the Phillips Backyard Concert Series, a trio of two-day events at the Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. on Government Street.
Lineups for May 14-15, July 9-10 and Aug. 13-14 will feature acts Future Islands, Half Moon Run, The Beaches, and St. Paul and the Broken Bones, among others. With a capacity of 3,000 people, the series will be the first event to test the post-pandemic waters, just three months after capacity restrictions were lifted.
Franke doesn’t believe further restrictions are forthcoming. “We are not selling tickets hoping things are going to happen — we know things are going to happen.”
Producers still face a raft of challenges, however, from severe staffing and supply-chain shortages to insurance and licensing concerns.
A number of venues are also coming back to life. Hermann’s Upstairs has begun hosting live events again, after more than five years of inactivity, while the popular Capital Ballroom returns May 10 with a concert by Godspeed You! Black Emperor — its first full-capacity event since March 13, 2020.
Strathcona Hotel co-owner Grant Olson has used the pandemic downtime to renovate Distrikt, the city’s biggest nightclub. Olson said the result is a multi-purpose event space combining music, food and art, with a re-launch under a new name set for May. “We want to make it so when you go down you go: ‘Wow, this is a nice room,’ ” he said.
Derek Tusche, co-owner of Hecklers Bar & Grill on Gorge Road East — the top comedy club in the city — has been doing big business for years, especially on Saturday nights. Last week, Tusche added live music hosted by Mike Roma under the umbrella of The Outlaw Sessions and the event sold out on opening night.
“I have seen a lot of places lose their shirt on live music,” he said. “So if we are going to do it, I’m going to jump in and do it the way I think it should be done.”
It’s the latest pandemic-generated development at the 170-person venue. Tusche added a second comedy show on Saturdays to meet demand, and has begun booking local DJs to up the energy on Friday nights. “I think live music is only going to go up,” he said.
Other events with wider-ranging demographics are proceeding with caution. Organizers of Symphony Splash and Victoria Pride Week, and Butchart Gardens, among others, have yet to announce their intentions for 2022.
Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre — which hosted Victoria Royals hockey games at 50 per cent capacity through the winter — is preparing for a busy concert season, booking Carlos Santana (March 30), Imagine Dragons (April 10), ZZ Top (April 22), James Taylor and Jackson Browne (May 11), Avril Lavigne (May 25), and Foo Fighters (Oct. 3).
George Fadel, senior director of marketing for GSL Group, which owns the Royals and operates the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, expects the arena’s concert calendar will get “a whole lot busier” in coming weeks.
Foo Fighters, the biggest band in the bunch, sold out in minutes Feb. 18, which “proves how eager people are to see live music again,” Fadel said. “It’s a very positive sign for our city and for our venue.
“Think about all the things surrounding us — restaurants, pubs — everybody benefits. This is going to have a really strong trickle-down effect.”
Rifflandia, whose lineup will be announced in April, is also expected to attract big names when it returns in September to Royal Athletic Park for daytime programming and the nearby Electric Avenue area at night. “We want to put this festival back on a course for years to come,” Blasko said. “This is an important year for us.”
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Fineqia Presents Ottawa’s South Asian Fest Wins the Best Food Event & Festival Award by Faces Magazine Two Years in a Row
LONDON, UK, Feb. 28, 2022 /CNW/ – The Ontario South Asian Community Association’s (OSACA) annual showcase event, the South Asian Festival (www.southasianfest.net) wins the 2022 Ottawa Award for the Best Food Event and Festival, second year in a row. The festival, which was presented virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions, is the largest festival in North America to celebrate and showcase South Asian heritage and culture.
Nominated for and voted online by the public, the awards are presented by Faces Magazine, an Ottawa-based premium lifestyle print and online publication. This was the 12th annual Ottawa Awards to recognise accomplished businesses and individuals across 300 categories in Canada’s capital city.
The Virtual South Asian Festival is presented as thematic episodes, with the second episode featuring Canadian-born South Asian musician Tesher, known for his viral hit “Jalebi Baby”, featuring international star, Jason Derulo. Along with millions of of TikTok challenge videos, Jalebi Baby has over 172 million views on YouTube and 90 million spins on Spotify.
OSACA hopes to bring SAF back to an in-person event, a 10-day family-oriented festival, open to all communities, sponsored by Toronto-Dominion (TD) Canada Trust bank, North America’s sixth largest bank by branches, as its title sponsor as well as Fineqia International Inc. (“Fineqia”) (CSE: FNQ) (OTC: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA)
Financial support was also provided by the Government of Canada’s Department of Canadian Heritage via its Multiculturalism program, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, the City of Ottawa and the Rangar family.
“This festival is very dear to our hearts and to our community,” said OSACA’s Director Bundeep Singh Rangar. “Although it is bittersweet that we have missed out on so many events due to the pandemic, it is with great pride and joy we continue our beloved founder’s legacy in this alternate format, stay tuned for additional episodes of HunsTV!.”
The South Asian Fest (SAF) was started by Bundeep’s brother, Hunsdeep (Huns) Singh Rangar 15 years ago who suddenly and tragically, passed away in June 2019¹ leaving the family and community with an unfillable void.
Along numerous tributes across the country and the Parliament, Hunsdeep received the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA)’s radio category award at its 41st anniversary awards in 2019. In 2021, a prominent property developer, the Minto Group, named a park in Avalon, a suburb Hunsdeep called home, commemorating his work within the community.
“Hunsdeep’s selfless dedication to bringing people together, organizing community events, fundraising for local causes and sharing his love for our city deserves to be celebrated and will live on as a source of inspiration to us all,” said Cumberland Ward Councillor Catherine Kitts. “I know the Hunsdeep Rangar Park will be a beloved addition to Avalon and a wonderful opportunity for visitors to honour his incredible contributions to our community.”²
Bundeep took over his activities and responsibilities, including the operation of the South Asian Festival, in August of 2019, as Director of OSACA, the driving force behind the South Asian Fest.
The South Asian Fest was supported by the Ottawa’s South Asian community to honour Huns and fulfil the desire of his family and friends to maintain his legacy. A signature radio program Huns had started nearly 20 years ago, is also being continued by his mother Vinnie and Bundeep. It was rebranded from Mirch Masala Radio to Radio Huns (www.radiohuns.ca) in August 2020 to commemorate Huns’s birthday. It airs online and on CHIN 97.9 FM radio in Ottawa every Monday – Saturday, from 5pm – 8pm EST featuring internationally renowned Bollywood Top20 countdown on Fridays, with Sharma G.
The Virtual South Asian Festival features; Hon. Jim Watson, the Mayor of Ottawa, former Minister of Employment and Social Development Mr. Pierre Poilievre, His Excellency Ajay Bisaria, the High Commissioner of India along with Radio Huns hosts Vandana Kaushal Kuricha, Dj Meetaballs, Dj iLon and HOT899’s premiere host Kenny B filming both in London UK and various notable sites in the city of Ottawa including City Hall, the TD Place and the rooftop of LIV Apartments overlooking the city.
OSACA’s TeamHuns members include Jagdeep Singh Perhar, Becky Dipa Khan, Lovejot Singh Deo, Farid Pirzada, and Ilon Tyan, who produced and directed the episodes along with Bundeep Singh Rangar.
For more information and to view the available episodes, please visit www.southasianfest.net.
About OSACA
The Ontario South Asian Community Association (OSACA) was founded in 2009 as an Ottawa-based, Not-for-Profit Corporation with a mandate to promote Cultural Awareness through an Annual Event showcasing South Asian Talent in the National Capital Region targeted towards the Canadian Mainstream.
About Fineqia International Inc.
Fineqia International is a listed entity in the Canada (CSE: FNQ), US (OTC: FNQQF) and Europe (Frankfurt: FNQA). Fineqia International outlines the Company’s corporate governance, culture, processes and relations by which the Company and its subsidiaries and investments are controlled, directed and governed. Fineqia International oversees and ensures the overall success, planning and growth of the Company and all of its subsidiaries.
Fineqia provides a U.K. relegated platform and associated services to support and administer debt and equity security issuances such as corporate mini-bonds. The Company’s strategy involves investments in and acquisitions of companies developing and propagating blockchain based financial solutions, adjunct to its core business of placing debt and equity securities. Fineqia brings an issuing company’s debt or equity offerings to the market by distributing and marketing securities for subscription by investors such as accredited investors, high net worth individuals, family offices and fund managers. Fineqia does not provide investment advice and instead seeks to provide transparency by objectively outlining the potential risks and returns of various financing opportunities.
For more information, visit www.fineqia.com
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Carrot Fest, Santa Claus Parade set to return to Bradford West Gwillimbury in 2022
Excitement is in the air as the municipality plans for 19 events in town this year
Finally, Carrot Fest is coming back to Bradford.
Everyone’s favourite vegetable-themed summer festival is planned to return after a two-year pandemic-induced absence this year, taking place Aug. 19 and 20.
It’s one of 19 events planned for 2022 in conjunction with the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury’s Events and Marketing Division. Bethany Kuboniwa, leisure events and marketing supervisor provided councillors with an overview of what’s in store this year during the Feb. 15 committee-of-the-whole meeting.
Six of the events are new this year, including Volunteer Appreciation on April 20, Touch a Truck on May 18, the 10th anniversary of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Leisure Centre on May 28, National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, Multicultural Day on June 27 and Youth Movie Night at a date to be determined.
As well the Santa Claus Parade is set to return in 2022, booked for Nov. 19. Once again, the local Santa Claus Parade will be a night-time affair.
For Coun. Ron Orr, seeing all the events outlined in the report was reason to get excited.
“After two years of what we’ve gone through with COVID… I think it’s going to give you a lot of positive feelings going forward for all our mental health,” he said.
Pre-COVID, overall event attendance was on the rise, with a 30 per cent jump between 2016, where nearly 50,000 people attended local events and 2019, which saw more than 70,000 people attend. Town staff are confident that the enthusiasm for community events remains as pandemic restrictions are lifted and what is hoped to be a more normal spring, summer and fall appears on the horizon.
Not only was attendance on the rise, but sponsorship was also increasing, going up by almost 80 per cent between 2015 and 2019. This year, the town is looking to bring in $125,000 in sponsorship to help put the events on.
A more fulsome town sponsorship policy is in the works and will be brought before council for approval later this year.
“The policy will seek to outline the sponsorship process including sponsorship selection, first right of refusal, and sponsorship benefits,” a staff report stated. “This is an important process to acknowledge as the sponsorship program grows.”
New advertising opportunities will also be explored by the town this year, including on-ice logo advertising and Zamboni wrapping.
Kuboniwa also gave councillors an overview of the proposed road closures for special events in 2022. While there is little difference from past closures for events, such as the Our Lady of Fatima procession, Carrot Fest or the Run for BWG, the recommendation approved by the committee allows for the town’s Director of Community Services Terry Foran to have authority to make minor changes to the planned closures as required.
All events and associated road closures are contingent on the status of provincial COVID-19 restrictions at the time.
