Just danced our feet off to OKAN at SXSW. Find them on Spotify and book this fabulous Afro-Cuban Juno-award winning band out of Toronto! okanmusica.com

Yo quiero llorar pero no puedo.

🥁We had stellar performances by telmaryyhabanasana , zaki ibrahim , OKAN , Aysanabee , Balkan Paradise Orch and Battle of Santiago

🎶 Thank you to all the partners and to the team who made this possible.

OKAN fuses Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love.

See OKAN live at Club SAW during our #OttawaWinterJazzFestival on February 3rd. 🎟 Get your tickets today: ottawajazzfestival.com.

Cuban- and Iranian-Canadians stand in solidarity in Toronto on International Human Rights Day.

One speaker slams the Canadian government for maintaining relations with the Cuban dictatorship, “ignoring that the paradise for the Canadians is a prison for the Cuban people.”

Tickets are almost sold out for our 11AM in person concert with OKAN but you can still register for the 2PM dementia-friendly online performance broadcast live from Meridian Hall. Follow the link below to register:

bit.ly/3W7rX9M

Our next Xenia Concert features Afro-Cuban music! A whole bunch of instruments can be part of an Afro-Cuban band. Check out the December 10 concerts featuring Afro-Cuban duo OKAN to see some of them. Register here: ow.ly/mTyS50LNNp2 Xenia Concerts

This Week at the Playhouse:

Nov. 4 - OKAN
Nov. 5 - Silver Wave Film Fest (tickets at the door)
Nov. 6 - Motown Soul
Nov. 9 - comedian Derek Edwards

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Today on #InTheKeyOfC , hear tunes from OKAN Mustafa Royal Wood Paige Warner & LOTS more! 5pmET/4CT across Ontario on all CBC Radio 1 stations outside of the #GTA , and everywhere else on the CBC Listen App. More info here: ow.ly/ezal50JS7Cb

“Because of love. We fell in love. And I stayed because I wanted to show that I could make it in the city and become a musician. All the things that I’m doing now.” In OKAN Kitchen

✍️ @Ivyknight
📸Ksenija Hotic

From the Music issue // March 2021
westendphoenix.com/stories/in-oka…

See you soon CP24. Thanks so much Toronto Jazz Fest for the opportunity. Promoting our next concert June 24th. #okanmusica

“Because of love. We fell in love. And I stayed because I wanted to show that I could make it in the city and become a musician. All the things that I’m doing now.” In OKAN Kitchen

✍️ @Ivyknight
📸Ksenija Hotic

From the Music issue // March 2021
westendphoenix.com/stories/in-oka…

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🌞 IT’S TIME FOR A TICKET GIVEAWAY! 🌞

Share your favourite #TDSunfest memory in the comments below for a chance to win a pair of tickets to JUNO Award-winning duo OKAN, hitting the stage tomorrow night at WolfPerformanceHall! 🙌🏻

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OKAN will be here Saturday night and it's going to be a party 💃 Get ready to dance in your seats, #LdnOnt !

This Toronto-based band fuses Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms. Don't miss this event in partnership with Sunfest London!

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zakishabrown is next with a song that's about loving your own company and not feeling alone *while* being alone. I'll also share Zakisha's perspective on solitude.
And then you'll hear OKAN telling us about their songwhich honours Yemaya, the Orisha of the Oceans.

#Cuba #Canada THANK YOU MP Tony Baldinelli for presenting PETITION E-3573 in Parliament House of Commons calling on the Gov of🇨🇦to advocate for the release of ALL political prisoners in🇨🇺support democracy/apply Magnitsky sanctions on #humanrights abusers in🇨🇺
petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…

New song our sounding right now at Big City Small World