Tofino Concerts and Music News for February 2008
The following concerts in Tofino are happening in the month of February 2008.
Tickets are available at Tofitian, Long Beach Market (Esso) and at the Common Loaf.
Visit our Tofino concerts page for concert listings for the current month. Also check our Tofino events for listings of all local events and the Tofino festival page for our festival event calendar.
West Coast Winter Music Series
Dec. 1, 2007 to Apr. 5, 2008
Clayoquot Sound Theatre
Call 725-3373, Doors 7:30pm
Now in its eighth year, the West Coast Winter Music Series is planned and programmed by a dedicated group of volunteers who just happen to love music of all kinds, but classical music in particular. They are a non-profit group whose revenues are put back into paying the artists and providing travel and accomodation fees for them to perform in Tofino. For more information on tickets and or subscriptions contact Judi at 725-3373.
Movement in Sound
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Clayoquot Sound Theatre
Call 725-3373, Doors 7:30pm
Movement in Sound is a journey with four artists as they explore the movement of sound across the earth through music, spoken word and dance. Prashant John founded Tandava and has performed and collaborated with musicians in India, Bangladesh, S.E. Asia and North America in genres from folk, rock, and jazz to world music. Patrick Pennefather is a multi-award winning composer, his musical styles have been equally influenced by western and world music traditions. Alison Denham is an inspired dancer and choreographer. As recipient of the 2006 Isadora Award, she created a dance solo performance, Dirty Laundry, a semi-biographical impressionistic portrait of women in the choreographer's life. Sheinagh Anderson, born in Scotland is a natural Celtic singer. She expanded into sacred music touring the cathedrals of Germany and France.
Haley Sales &
Justin Nozuka
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tofino Legion
Tix $12 • Doors 9:00 pm
(double feature with Justin Nozuka)
A rising star in the roots music scene Hayleys has been garnering a lot of attention where ever she goes. Originally from Portland and now a Vancouver Island farm girl Hayley grew up in a life that was saturated with music. Her father, an ex-hippie was a performing guitarist and ran a recording studio out of their home. Hayleys music is blues, folk and rock, a deliciously rich blend of music to warm your hearts. Her guitar style is sensual and electric and wildly syncopated. Don't miss this opportunity to see her up close and personal.
Justin Nozuka & Haley Sales
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tofino Legion
Tix $12 • Doors 9:00 pm
(double feature with Haley Sales)
Blending elements of neo-soul, folk, old-time blues and pop, Justin has the guts of Ray LaMontagne and the soul of Lauryn Hill. This guitar slinging aficionado has the street smarts of an urban swinger and the heart-bending soul of a gospel preacher, and is adept at blending a dark, bluesy Americana vibe with warm, acoustic soul where bits of old folk music and flamenco tunes swirl in and out of earshot. Half Japanese, half American Justin Nozuka was born in New York and grew up in Toronto, Raised by a single mother, Justin was the sixth of seven children. As a teen, he spun Motown, folk and hip-hop as he fleshed out his music skills learning guitar at boarding school. During his short career, Justin has already snagged stage time with John Cale, Crowded House, Ziggy Marley, Sam Roberts, Jully Black and Xavier Rudd.
Grupo Fantasma
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Tofino Legion
Tix $15 • Doors 9:00 pm
Grupo Fantasma's style of music is like a good knife; sharp and dirty. Hailing from places as far-flung as New York City and Laredo, Texas, these drunkards, geniuses, and freaks are transforming traditional Latin styles of music with their skillful songwriting, inventive arrangements, and exuberant live shows. Incorporating funk, mambo, merengue, cumbia, dancehall, dub, and other elements into their mesmerizing performances, Grupo Fantasma routinely plays to houses packed with people shaking ass. They are the finest and funkiest latin orchestra to come out of the United States in the last decade. The band successfully obliterates the cliches that often plague the current Latin music market, all the while keeping their feet firmly planted in the traditions that they love and deeply respect.
Patricia Hoy with Alexander Suleiman
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Clayoquot Sound Theatre
Call 725-3373, Doors 7:30pm
An evening of Brahms, Rachmaninov & Piazzolla with cellist Alexander Suleiman, winner of the Brahms International Competition and critically acclaimed pianist Patricia Hoy. Patricia Hoy has won numerous competitions and was the inaugural recipient of the Los Angeles Arts Council Distinguished Young Artist Award. Cellist Alexander Suleiman has been praised by the press as "a soloist who fascinates musicians and audience alike with unique and powerful interpretations that at first shock by their newness and then delight as their logic reveals new realms of meaning". He has won several first prizes in the piano and cello categories.
Tofino concerts in February 2008 from Tofino Time Magazine. Shows at the Tofino Legion and other music events in Tofino.
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