A Look At This Year’s Epic Aboriginal Day Live Lineup
After celebrating last year’s 10th anniversary with performances by Buffy Sainte-Marie, A Tribe Called Red and Dragonette, APTN raised the bar for its annual Aboriginal Day Live lineup. This year’s edition is taking things to a whole new level.
On June 21, ADL will host events in eight cities, marking the largest celebration of National Aboriginal Day in Canada’s history. In all, more than 70 acts will take the stage over the course of a seven-hour concert spanning from coast to coast to coast. In addition to mainstream headliners like Nelly Furtado, Daniel Lanois, Digging Roots, Classified, Taboo and Lightning Cloud, the celebration will feature sunrise ceremonies, round dances, multi-language entertainment and the first ever Inuit throat-singing choir. A special Aboriginal Day Live emerging artist pre-show from each host city will also be live-streamed on aboriginaldaylive.ca.
Here’s a look at the complete lineup for each city:
HALIFAX
Don Amero
Pre-show (6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.):
Karolin Johnson
Illustrated
Wolf Castle
Concert (8 p.m. to 10 p.m.):
Don Amero
Tribe of One
Kathia Rock
Pat Vegas
Saali and the Ravenhearts
MONTREAL
Daniel Lanois
Pre-show (5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.):
Omer Awashish Band
Matiu
Concert (7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.):
Dalannah Gail Bowen
Daniel Lanois
Marijosée
Sinuupa
OTTAWA
Pre-show (5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.):
Shawnee
Relic Kings
Shawnee
Amanda Rheaume
Concert (7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.):
Elisapie
Florent Vollant
Genevieve Fisher
Rhonda Head
Zachary Richard
TORONTO
Pre-show (5 p.m. to 8 p.m.):
Emerging artists TBA
Eekwol
Concert (8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.):
Derek Miller
Eagle & Hawk
Eekwol
Willows
Classified
WINNIPEG
Pre-show (6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.):
Skyler
Sonia Eidse
Neon Dreams
Chuck Copenace Group
Renée Lamoureux
Concert (8 p.m. to 10 p.m.):
Burnt-Project 1
Daniel Roa
Nelly Furtado
Nelson Tagoona
Neon Dreams
Asham Stompers
YELLOWKNIFE
Pre-show (6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.):
Mob Bounce
Kristen McArthur
Crook the Kid
Concert (8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.):
Digawolf
George Leach
JB The First Lady
Mob Bounce
Nadia & Jason Burnstick
EDMONTON
Pre-show (6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.):
Lightning Cloud
Celeigh Cardinal
Bebe Buckskin
Nelson Little
Xandrah
Concert (8 p.m. to 10 p.m.):
Charlie Major
Gérald Laroch
Iskwé
Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt
Lightning Cloud
Northern Cree Singers
VANCOUVER
Pre-show (6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.):
Taboo
Rellik
Carsen Gray
Napoleon
Concert (8 p.m. to 10 p.m.):
Digging Roots
Missy Knott
Radio Radio
Taboo
The Trade-Offs
Spakwus
For more information about ADL 2017, visit aboriginaldaylive.ca.
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