Our three featured artists are francophone, though this language is a different lived reality for each of them, and has a different place in their creative music: from Myriam Gendron’s re-imagining and transformation of traditional French songs, to Farida Amadou’s improvised and noise music, and to Radwan Ghazi Moumneh’s melding of buzuk (Lebanese lute) and Arabic modal singing with effects, electronics and synths.

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Unwritten Weekend is also strongly rooted in the local scene. The festival brings together more than 30 artists with ties to the region and celebrates the creativity our community hosts across the friendly spaces of its four partner venues.

 

Through new creations and collaborations, meetings across generations, and multidisciplinary performances, the festival highlights this local scene. There’s a little bit of music for everyone.

 

Hear the road-worn songs of Inuk singer-songwriter Willie Thrasher, the improvised psychedelics of EarthBall, Amanda Sum’s “confessional jazzy pop” songs, the sound experimentations of Bahar Khazei (with XEL) and Mauricio Pauly, DJ sets by Sammy K and friends from Dandelion Records, Francis Baptiste’s indie songs sung in a mix of English and Nsyilxcən, the improvisations of the 8EAST collective friends, drone-jazz collages by Lettr Openr, and a new supergroup of artists who don’t live in Vancouver anymore but remain close friends of the city (Rafiq / Babin / Toren / Gaucher).

 

At The Hargrove, we’ll also present installations, art, and photography by Sarah Nash Wong, Travis Kirton, XEL, Joy Mullen, and Gordy Li.