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An evening with Lynne Hanson "Canada's own Queen Of Americana" 

Described as a contemporary fusion of mainstream hipness and retro musicality, Hanson’s live performances are driven by high-energy, roots guitar vibes. Her authentic connection with audiences, showcased in solo acts—or with her band, the Good Intentions—is both entertaining and disarming. Known for her charm and humour on stage, Hanson’s spontaneity and honesty enchants.

Too tough for folk and too blues-influenced for country, LYNNE HANSON’s brand of porch music with a little red dirt can turn on a dime from a sunshine, blue sky ballad to a full on thunderstorm of gritty Americana swamp from one song to the next. Her hard living music has garnered her the nickname “Canada’s own Queen of Americana.” And while her deep, bluesy croon has drawn comparisons to Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch, it’s the poetry of her lyrics that really sets her apart.     

A two-time Canadian Folk Music Award winner, Hanson is known for her high energy, roots guitar driven live performances, whether playing solo or with her band the Good Intentions. She has an uncanny way of connecting with her audience with an authenticity that is as entertaining as it is disarming.  Her prolific songwriting has taken her on extensive tours across North America, Europe, and the UK, gracing major festivals such as Take Root, Glasgow Americana, and Maverick Festival.

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CAROLINE STANCZYK & LAWRENCE BARLEY

An entertaining mixture of both Classical and Popular music, the vocal and guitar Duo Ambience Way will be performing everything from opera to pop, as well as some Classical Guitar solos! Caroline Stanyczk and Lawrence Barley.   

Caroline completed her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance Degree at the University of Toronto and has performed with the University of Toronto Opera, Long Reach Opera Workshop, Druid City Opera Workshop, Against the Grain Theatre’s National Opera, and the Celebrity Symphony Orchestra. She has been teaching voice for over four years and is passionate about teaching students of all ages and levels. 

Guitarist/arranger Lawrence Barley, studied both Guitar and Lute with William E. Trotter, at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He has also studied Classical Guitar with Dr. Aaron Brock, Robert Hamilton, and Michael Kolk. He has recently studied with Andrew York of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet in California and Xuefei Yang in England.

KAELEY JADE  will be arriving in Toronto fresh from performing at the 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards in St. John's, NL, and she will be joined by guitarist, vocalist and percussionist Gabriel Gagnon. Doors at 7pm, music at 7:30pm.  Kaeley Jade is an award-winning Métis singer/songwriter, actor, and multidisciplinary artist based in Edmonton, Alberta (amiskwaciwâskahikan). 

Blending lush imagery and hooky melodic lines to create her own brand of pop-forward indie folk music, Kaeley has performed at venues and festivals across Canada, including the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, JUNOfest, BreakOut West, the Canmore Folk Music Festival, NXNE, Coldsnap, and the Tkaronto Music Festival. Kaeley moves between ballads and bops with ease, and she brings an electricity to the stage whether she is playing an intimate acoustic duo set or playing alongside her full five-piece band. 

Her vibrant debut full-length album, Turpentine, has earned her significant recognition in the Canadian music scene—she is a 3x Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee, Western Canadian Music Award Nominee, Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Award Winner, SOCAN Indigenous Songwriter Awards Finalist, and 2023 Henry Armstrong Award Recipient.

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John Willis is a photographer whose personal work and teaching typically fall within the social documentary genre, engaging the communities he works within. He considers volunteer and service community engagement work an essential part of his life. Willis is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship 2010 and an Open Society Institute Community Engagement Grant, among other awards.

Belonging is a term of

affinity, association and kinship.

The Chinese have experienced challenges in Canada since the 1850's, the Exclusion Act barring anyone of Chinese origin unable to enter Canada 1923-1947 and present day covid with Asian racism.

As a Chinese Canadian I want to explore and examine our unique voices of belonging.

Where is the place we call home and how it connects us to where we will be in the future?

CURATOR- Carol SL Mark

ARTISTS-Ash Cong- Bowers, KV Duong, Anson Ng, Freda Tan, Mia Kitty Yu, Jenny Zhang, Mariam Magsi