Hamilton Arts Week - Sultans of String - Walking Through The Fire

Award-winning First Nations, Métis, Inuit artists from across Turtle Island joined by Billboard charting/6x CFMA winners Sultans of String!

By Sultans of String

Date and time

Sunday, June 9 · 7 - 9pm EDT

Location

The Westdale

1014 King Street West Hamilton, ON L8S 1L4 Canada

About this event

  • 2 hours

Presented by Sultans of String and The Westdale Theatre

A Hamilton Arts Week 2024 Signature Event - FREE with registration !!!

Walking Through The Fire brings the magic of collaboration to the stage, with award-winning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from across Turtle Island joined by Billboard charting/6x CFMA winners Sultans of String!

Walking Through the Fire is a musical multimedia experience unlike any other. From Métis fiddling to an East Coast Kitchen Party, rumba to rock, to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest, experience the beauty and diversity of music from Turtle Island with Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk of the Métis Fiddler Quartet, Ojibwe/Finnish Singer-Songwriter Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), and Coast Tsm’syen Singer-Songwriter Shannon Thunderbird, as well as virtual guests joining in on the big screen including Elder and poet Dr. Duke Redbird, the Northern Cree pow wow group, Inuit Throat Singers Kendra Tagoona & Tracy Sarazin, and more!

A central theme running through Walking Through The Fire is the need for the truth of Indigenous experience to be told before reconciliation can begin in earnest. Embedded in the title of the show is the energy of rebirth: fire destroys, but it also nourishes the soil to create new growth, beauty, and resiliency. Walking Through The Fire ensures that we emerge on the other side together, stronger and more unified.


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Sultans of String

3x JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String thrill their audiences with their global sonic tapestry of Spanish Flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and Django-jazz, celebrating musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity. Their goal is to tell Canadian stories through the lens of global groove music, while presenting in concert halls, festivals, and public spaces. They aim to energise and engage audiences in the arts. Band includes Chris McKhool, Kevin Laliberté, and Drew Birston.