Welcome Nowruz and Springtime: A Thousand and One Nights

Link Music Lab Kids presents songs in the spirit of spring, storytelling and arts and crafts as a one-day, family-friendly event about Nowruz, which marks the Persian New Year on the vernal equinox, along with age-old traditions from Turkey and Greece.

It’s the weekend before Nowruz! How do we prepare for rebirth and renewal? Catch a
concert with Hani Niroo on guitar in Farsi, then sing along with Sophia Grigoriadis, Maryem Tollar and Brenna MacCrimmon on tambura, ukulele and percussion as they bring songs from Greece, Turkey, the Arab world and the Balkans. Learn about Haft Seen, colour and paint with Azar Ebrahimi and make arts and crafts with Hanieh Rabbani Abolfazli. Listen to Farbod Maeen’s story about Amoo Nowruz and superheroes! Dance and sing with Begum Boyancı, hear stories about Hıdrellez and then make a red and white Martis bracelet to keep March sunburns away with Vassiliki Tsezou. There will also be yoga with Ghazal Bina in the afternoon for a chance to stretch and relax.

SCHEDULE AT ARTSCAPE YOUNGPLACE:

SMALL WORLD CENTRE, Studio 101

10:30am Begum Boyanci – Songs, dance and Hidirellez stories
11:00am Sophia Grigoriadis, Maryem Tollar, Brenna MacCrimmon – Music
12:30pm Farbod Maeen with Amoo Nowruz and Superheroes – Storytime
1:00pm Hani Niroo – Music
2:00pm Sophia Grigoriadis, Maryem Tollar, Brenna MacCrimmon – Music
2:30pm Ghazal Bina – Yoga

INTERGALACTIC ARTS COLLECTIVE, Studio 103

10am – 3pm Vassiliki Tsezou – Martis Bracelet Making
10am – 3pm Hanieh Rabbani Abolfazli – Arts and Crafts
10am – 3pm Azar Ebrahimi – Colouring and painting

Link Music Lab gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Canadian Heritage. Presented in association with Small World Music.