The Pe帽a Buler铆a Flamenco Club, in collaboration with the 麻豆传媒映画Asian Heritage Month Society, is hosting the 8th Annual International Jondo Flamenco Festival, May 6, 14, 16, and 25 at multiple locations across Vancouver.
It will include two breathtaking performances, a two-day competition for the very first time in Western Canada, and screening a documentary Por El Flamenco for the first time in Canada.
ZYRYAB Internationally renowned artists from Iran fuse classical Persian instrumentation, harmonies, and aesthetics with flamenco. This new collaborative work by Pirouz Ebadypour, aka Pirouz de Caspio, displays the natural musical and cultural relationship that exists between flamenco and Persian music from musical melodies and scales to presentation style. May 6
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FLAMENCO! A two-day dance, guitar, and singing competition in front of a panel of five judges and a live audience in an intimate setting. This event is in its pilot phase and provides an excellent and exciting opportunity for those timid underdogs. May 14 to 16
FLAMENGUITOS DEL NORTE An explosive group of 10 flamenco artists from Toronto showcasing the very traditions of flamenco three female singers, two guitarists, and five dancers. May 25
POR EL FLAMENCO A documentary on flamenco, filmed on location in Granada, Spain by Shem Shemy.
Tickets available at or 604-767-5522. Festival info: .
