To learn more about each performer, please make sure to check out their full bios in the performers section.
You can also print out this year's event schedule (PDF) from the program.
Host - Nadia Chaney
12:00 - DJ Buzy B
1:15 - Ora Cogan
2:00 - Children Of Takaya
2:45 - Cultural Medicine Cabinet
3:30 - Gabriel Teodros/ Khingz
4:30 - Chervona
5:25 - Mecca Normal
6:15 - UBC Girlz Bhangra Team
7:00 - Invincible
8:00 - LAL
8:45 - Pam the Funkstress
1:30 - Legally Blind
2:30 - JB The First Lady & Christie Lee
3:15 - The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
4:00 - What's Wrong Tohei
4:45 - Scruffmouth
5:00 - Cihuatl-Ce
5:45 - Scruffmouth
6:00 - Purple Rhinestone Eagle
5:45 - Scruffmouth
7:00 - Lonesome Valley Singers
2:00 - Cynthia Oka
2:30 - Cecily Nicholson
2:50 - Carlo Sayo
3:10 - Mia Amir
3:35 - Crystal Smith
3:50 - Fayza Bundalli
4:10 - Wong Wing-Siu
4:45 - Richard Light
5:00 - Junie Désil
5:25 - Cecily Nicholson
5:35 - Cynthia Oka
1:00 - Art Express Bus!
3:00 - Storytelling with Naomi Steinberg
5:00 - Mind Of A Snail Puppet Show
2:15 - Resisting 2010: No Olympics on Stolen Land
4:00 - From Gaza to Gustafsen: The Links Between the Intifada & Indigenous Sovereignty
5:30 - Peoples History of Kanada: Chapter 2 - Internment, Displacement & Stolen Generations
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Following are short descriptions of some of our 2009 performers, with links to their full bios.
Mecca Normal
Legendary punk duo celebrating 25th Anniversary
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http://mecca_normal.tripod.com
Invincible
Fierce independent political female MC straight outta Detroit
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http://www.myspace.com/invincilana
LAL
politically outspoken amalgam of electro-downtempo-soul and South Asian influences from T.O.
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http://www.lalforest.com
Pam The Funkstress (The Coup)
Pioneering female DJ from Bay Area cutting wax
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http://www.myspace.com/pamthefunkstress
DJ Buzy B
Local DJ drops soul funk hiphop & rock n’roll
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http://www.myspace.com/buzybeth451
Ora Cogan
Local folk singer with bluesy-buttery voice
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http://www.oracogan.com
Children Of Takaya
Traditional Welcoming from Tsleil-Waututh
Nation
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Cultural Medicine Cabinet
Community Choir calling out political struggle
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Gabriel Teodros & Khingz
Two of the Pacific Northwest’s most conscious and talented hip hop activists/MC’s
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http://www.myspace.com/gabrielteodros
http://www.khingz.com
Chervona
Gypsy klezmer punks from Portland
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http://www.myspace.com/chervona
UBC Girlz Bhangra Team
High-energy all female Bhangra team
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http://www.ubcgirlz.com/Bhangra/Home.html
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
Foot stompin’ finger-pickin’ roots-blues duo
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http://www.myspace.com/harpoonistaxemurderer
Purple Rhinestone Eagle
Psychedelic female rock trio from Portland
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http://www.myspace.com/purplerhinestoneeagle
Cihuatl-Ce
Powerful Indigenous female hip hop outta Los Angeles
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http://www.myspace.com/cihuatl1
Legally Blind
Radical activist underground punks
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http://www.myspace.com/punklegallyblind
JB The First Lady & Christie Lee
with guest Lee ( MC representingTsleil-Waututh/ Musqueam Nations)
Female MC/ beat boxer representing Nuxalk & Cayuga Nations
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http://www.myspace.com/jbthefirstlady
What’s Wrong Tohei
Noisey rock/punk hybrid led by the irrepressible Joel Tong
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http://www.myspace.com/tohei
Lonesome Valley Singers
Eclectic “death-country” crooners from Victoria
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http://www.myspace.com/davidchenery
Scruffmouth
‘08 Grand Champion of the Vancouver Poetry Slam influenced by hip hop & dub
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http://www.myspace.com/scruffmouth
