August @ Lula
RALPH IRIZARRY AND SON CAFE OCTOBER 6 AND 7
"Ralph is a star of the future who never forgets the Latin basics. This band is burning!" - Tito Puente Timbales master Ralph Irizarry christened Lula Lounge three years ago and has honoured us with a visit each year since. Born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents, Irizarry is a self-taught genius of percussion who has played with such giants as Sonora Ponceña, Cachao, Celia Cruz, Juan Luis Guerra, Ruben Blades and Ray Barretto.
This October he’ll introduce us to his latest musical venture -- the 10-piece NY salsa orchestra SonCafé. The 2005 release “Bailando con... Azucar!” simultaneously exhibits a sweet maturity and the cutting edge energy of a New York City power salsa band. Thesee shows will sell out so reserve early. Tickets on sale now. $35 in advance and more at the door.
TWO HOT SUMMER SERIES CONTINUE AT LULA
MOVIMIENTO! - The Urban Latino funk, hip hop and reggaeton explosion.
It’s not too late to come and check out our Thursday summer series. Movimiento is a co-production by Small World Music and Lula Lounge that explores the next wave of the Nuevo Latino Movement. Upcoming shows include Brazilian drumming with Maracatu Nunca Antes, Colombian Wayové in their last concert before returning to Caregena, Sol Azul and Southbound2. The series goes out with a roar as Panamanian-born artist Fito Blanko returns to Lula Lounge to perform his international reggaeton hits. Each concert will be preceeded by an 8:30 screening of EMI Music’s definitive reggaeton documentary that features Don Omar, Tego Calderon, and Daddy Yankee.
CRISTAL CUBAN FRIDAYS CONTINUE
Each Friday until August 19, Lula Lounge and Cristal present Cristal Cuban Fridays featuring the popular Café Cubano as well as seasoned singer and bandleader Evaristo Machado with his salsa orchestra. On Friday, August 19, Lula welcomes the very special guest Adonis Puentes. Lead singer of the popular duo The Puentes Brothers, Adonis makes his debut at Lula Lounge, to unveil music from his new solo album Vida. For those recently bitten by the salsa bug, we’ve lined up dance instructors from Mambo Tribe, Rhythm and Motion, iFreestyle.ca and more to help you master the salsa basics, check out a different style every week. $45 Dinner, dance lesson and show packages are also available every Friday.
 SALSA AND HELP ERADICATE HUNGER IN THE GTA You may already know that July and August are generally slow months for food bank contributions. In order to help Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank obtain the resources it needs over these summer months, we’re making Evaristo Machado’s concert on August 12 a fundraiser for the food bank. Daily Bread is dedicated to helping feed hungry people and ending the need for food banks. Through its member agencies, it distributes up to one million pounds of food each month to as many as 100,000 people. It advocates for changes to help people struggling with hunger through research and an annual survey conducted in food banks across the GTA. Print this paragraph and bring it to Lula Lounge on August 12th and Lula Lounge will donate $5 to the Daily Bread Food Bank when you pay our $10 cover. Admission includes the dance 9 pm beginner salsa lesson. Non-perishable food item donations are also encouraged.
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE NO HOME
Canadian Comedy Award Nominee Martha Chaves presents her hilarious, moving and poignant one-woman show work in progress, recounting her recent trip to her native Nicaragua which involved a public fight about poetry with the wife of the country’s “dictator in the making” accidentally “outing” an old friend and an earthquake happening right on the night of her first Stand-up comedy routine in Spanish, at a book launch. After offending several segments of the population and being told to go back where she came from, Martha wonders, where is it that I am from? Martha will present the show in Spanish at 8 pm and in English at 9:30. She swears it’s all-true (well, almost) and has video to support the account of her offenses.
Martha Chaves nos trae al Lula lounge un recuento de sus aventuras en su reciente viaje a Nicaragua. Después de 26 años de ausencia Martha va a Nicaragua a acompañar a la afamada escritora Nicaragüense Gioconda Belli a presentar su novela “El pergamino de la seducción” y a hacer “Stand-up” comedy en Español por primera vez. En el corto viaje, Martha hace temblar la tierra, ofende con su acto a viejos amores, a tíos, a amistades etc e involuntariamente se mete en un debate público acerca de la poesía de la mujer de un candidato a la presidencia y es acusada de que su humor es Anglosajón!!! Ironía porque en Canadá, es considerada humorista étnica Martha jura que casi todo es cierto y que tiene las pruebas de sus ofensas en video y periódicos.
BIG BAND ERA
If you’re a big band romantic, do not miss the Toronto All-Star Big Band’s debut appearance at Lula Lounge on August 21st. Joined by legendary vocalist Tommy Ambrose, the Toronto All-Star Big Band will treat us its swinging tributes of the classics of the 1930's and 40's. There’ll be room to cut a rug so come and help us turn Lula Lounge into a dancehall of the beautiful big band era. The concert will benefit Hip Hip Hooray, an event of the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation. www.canorth.org
PRACTICE YOUR SPANISH AT LULA
Starting in September Lula Lounge will offer our dinner, dance lesson and show package in Spanish. Come and meet others learning Spanish and practice with native-Spanish speakers. We’re sure that a glass of red wine, some delicious food and great company will reveal that you know more Spanish than you think you do. All levels are welcome. Call Ines at 416 588 0307 for details.
JULY UPDATES AND AUGUST SCHEDULE
TUESDAY JULY 26
MEGAN HAMILTON w/ STEVE PUCHALSKI AND SHELBY LYNN AND HER BAND
Doors @ 8:00pm, Show @ 8:30pm, Admission $10/$20 to pre-purchase an album
Local songwriter Megan Hamilton is joined by friends Shelby Lynn and Steve Puchalski to help raise money for Megan’s full-length album.
THURSDAY JULY 28
MOVIMIENTO!: BRAZILIAN & GLOBAL RHYTHMS w/ MARACATU NUNCA ANTES
Doors @ 8:00pm, Show @ 9:30pm, Admission $10
An Afro-brasilian percussion procession that will carry us off to the rhythms of maracatu, coco, samba de roda, baiao and funk.
FRIDAY JULY 29
CRISTAL CUBAN FRIDAYS W/ CAFE CUBANO!
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10, Members FREE! , $45 - 3 course dinner + dance class + show
We’re proud to welcome back a brand new band in Toronto with five performers formerly with Valentin y los del Caribe. They have joined up with other great Toronto musicians to form "Cafe Cubano!". Dance lesson with Sarita Leiva at 9pm.
SATURDAY JULY 30
SALSA SATURDAY w/ RICKY FRANCO
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10 Includes dance class, $45 includes Dinner, Dance Class and Show
This multi-instrumentalist comes with a powerful band that blends a mixture of vibes ranging from sultry R&B slow jams to powerful Salsa Descargas featuring some of Toronto's best musicians. Salsa class with Ana Machado.
THURSDAY AUGUST 4
MOVIMIENTO!: WAYOVE FAREWELL SHOW
Doors @ 8:00pm, Show @ 9:30pm, Admission $10
Urban Latino series Moviemento continues with Colombian group Wayové's last Toronto appearance of the year.
FRIDAY AUGUST 5
CRISTAL CUBAN FRIDAYS W/ CAFE CUBANO!
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10, Members FREE! , $45 - 3 course dinner + dance class + show
We’re proud to welcome back a brand new band in Toronto with five performers formerly with Valentin y los del Caribe. They have joined up with other great Toronto musicians to form "Cafe Cubano!". Dance Class @ 9pm with Caryl and Angus from iFreeStyle.ca.
SATURDAY AUGUST 6
SALSA SATURDAY W/ DIEGO MARULANDA + PACANDE
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10, $45 Three Course Dinner, Dance Class and Show
11-piece group PACANDE returns to LULA LOUNGE Don't miss this fully charged dance party.... COLOMBIAN STYLE! Beginners Salsa Class with Ana Machado @ 9.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10
RED A NIGHT OF LIVE PERFORMANCE
Doors @ 7:00pm, Show @ 8:30pm, Admission $10, Bar menu available
Curated by Lisa Pijuan welcomes you to it's THIRD SEASON. RED showcases some of Toronto's most eccentric and talented performers wrapped within an evening of music, dance, theatre, spoken word, film and puppetry.
THURSDAY AUGUST 11
MOVIMIENTO: SOL AZUL + SOUTHBOUND 2 + DJ's MARCUS VISIONARY and GERALD BELANGER
Doors @ 8:00pm, Show @ 9:30pm, Admission $10
SOL AZUL CD RELEASE PARTY. SOL AZUL release their debut full-length CD in tandem with THE VISIONARY REMIXES double vinyl. The Sol Azul project is spearheaded by Toronto musician/producer D’Arcy McGuire with the help of the prolific Toronto junglist crew VISIONARY. Southbound 2 creates a high energy groove of electronica and house, funked up with a latin twist.
FRIDAY AUGUST 12
CRISTAL CUBAN FRIDAYS W/ EVARISTO MACHADO!
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10, Members FREE! , $45 Three Course Dinner, Dance Class and Band
Evaristo returns to Lula with his luscious orchestra to perform original and classic compositions that combine salsa and traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms. Dance Class with Mark-Anthony from Mambo Tribe.
SATURDAY AUGUST 13
SALSA SATURDAY W/ CAFE CUBANO!
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10, $45 includes three course dinner + dance class + show
We’re proud to continue presenting this band. With five performers formerly with Valentin y los del Caribe. They have joined up with other great Toronto musicians to form "Cafe Cubano!". Dance lesson at 9pm.
THURSDAY AUGUST 18
MOVIMIENTO! CLOSING PARTY WITH FITO BLANKO.
Doors @ 8:00pm, Show @ 9:30pm, Admission $10
Panamanian-born Fito Blanco rocks the dancehall with his infectious Reggaeton sound. Don't miss the culminating night of our Movimiento series exploring the today's Urban Latino movement.
FRIDAY AUGUST 19
CRISTAL CUBAN FRIDAYS CLOSING NIGHT W/ ADONIS PUENTES!
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10, Members FREE! , $45 - 3 course dinner + dance class + show
Lead singer of the popular duo The Puentes Brothers, makes his debut at Lula Lounge, to unveil music from his new solo album Vida. Continuing his quest to modernise son music while maintaining it's roots and essence. Dance lesson with Jennifer Aucoin at 9pm.
SATURDAY AUGUST 20
SALSA SATURDAY W/ CACHE
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10, $45 Three Course Dinner + Dance Class + Band
TORONTO’S FIERCEST SALSA BAND! CACHÉ plays hardcore Salsa music inspired by the art of vintage salsa sound of the 1970's. Salsa dance class with Ana Machado.
SUNDAY AUGUST 21
MPC MUSIC PRESENTS THE TORONTO ALL-STAR BIG BAND WITH SPECIAL GUEST TOMMY AMBROSE
Doors @ 6:00pm, Show @ 7:00pm, Admission $20
MPC Music presents this evening in support of Hip Hip Hooray, an event of the Canadian
Orthopaedic Foundation www.canorth.org
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24
MARTHA CHAVES PRESENTS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE NO HOME
Doors @ 7:00pm, Show @ 8:00pm, Admission PWYC - suggested donation $10, 8 pm in Spanish, 9:30 in English
A true and hilarious account of Martha's recent visit to her native Nicaragua.
THURSDAY AUGUST 25
MARTHA CHAVES PRESENTS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE NO HOME
Doors @ 7:00pm, Show @ 8:00pm, Admission PWYC - suggested donation $10, 8 pm in Spanish, 9:30 in English
A true and hilarious account of Martha's recent visit to her native Nicaragua.
FRIDAY AUGUST 26
BRAZILIAN BEAT MIGRATION
Doors @ 8:00pm, Show @ 9:30pm, Admission
This favourite Toronto funk band presents Steve Wonder covers and original material.
SATURDAY AUGUST 27
SALSA SATURDAY w/ RICKY FRANCO
Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 9:00pm, Show @ 10:00pm, Admission $10 Includes dance class, $45 includes Dinner, Dance Class and Show
Billed as Canada's #1 Latin R&B Sensation, Ricky Franco returns to Lula with his salsa powerhouse P-Crew Orchestra. Salsa class with Ana Machado.
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