Enchanted Evenings at Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden & Wild Rice Start July 6

Chinatown’s landmark Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is a gorgeous venue for outdoor summer concerts: when you’re there—the starry lights twinkling, the music pouring over you—it feels like you’re a world away from the city. It’s magical.

Every summer, in July and August, the Chinese Garden hosts Enchanted Evenings on Friday nights, a series of outdoor world music concerts performed at the Garden’s exquisite outdoor and indoor spaces.

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Enchanted Evenings at Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden & Wild Rice Start July 6

A Psychedelic Take on Middle Eastern Music, May 31 at the Biltmore

Ready for one of the most bizarre, undefinable and sublime shows of the year?

Middle Eastern rocker Omar Souleyman is coming to Vancouver’s Biltmore Cabaret on Thursday, May 31.  Hailing from northeastern Syria, Souleyman performs wearing a traditional Arab headdress, oversized sunglasses and huge mustache.   And he brings down the house.

Souleyman’s music mixes Arab rhythms and lyrics with club beats and synthesized sounds.  He sings Middle Eastern songs in Kurdish and Arabic and enjoys a cult following for his high-energy, carnival-style shows.

Bjork loves him.  He’s recorded with the Gorillaz.  And – best of all – he’s most famous in his homeland of Syria as a wedding singer.   Continue reading:
A Psychedelic Take on Middle Eastern Music, May 31 at the Biltmore

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