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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   JULY 07, 2023  |   The Indian Eye 28


         Bollywood greats and local talent to perform




              at the Annual Vibrant Brampton Festival





        RENU MEHTA                                                                                            of life, culture, art, and tradition,”
                                                                                                              says Sandeep Prabhakar, co-founder.
        Brampton, ON
                                                                                                                  In addition to Punjabi and Bolly-
               owntown Brampton is all set                                                                    wood celebrities, some of this year’s
               to come alive to the sights                                                                    acts from 100+ Canadian artists in-
        Dand sounds of South Asian                                                                            clude “Hips Don’t Lie”, “Canada
        culture with Vibrant Brampton on                                                                      Dhol Tasha”, “ Smoke Wagon Blues
        July 21 and 22. Organized by the                                                                      Band”, “ Nritya  Kala Mandir” Na-
        non-profit  group  Arts  and  Culture                                                                 chdi Jawani Bhangra, R&B United
        Initiative of South Asia (ACISA), the                                                                 Band, D-Code Dance & Entertain-
        8th annual Vibrant Brampton Festi-                                                                    ment Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone and
        val presented by TD Bank will bring                                                                   her band of indigenous artists.
        a fun-filled outdoor family festival to                                                                   Like last year, the finale round
        the Garden Square in Brampton.                                                                        of Vstar Talent Hunt & Mentorship
            The two-day FREE outdoor                                                                          Program for upcoming Canadian
        festival at Garden Square will kick                                                                   Artists will be held at Cyril Clark Au-
        off with Bollywood Playback singer                                                                    ditorium on July 15.
        Aaman Trikha’s Live-in concert sup-                                                                      “Vibrant Brampton continues to
        ported by several other local artists                                                                 give opportunities to the upcoming
        promising to make you sway to the                             Aaman Trikha                            local Canadian talent. #VSTAR is
        South Asian music and myriad per-                                                                     a platform which identifies and men-
        formances.  The musician will sing                                                                    tors upcoming local talent. This year,
        his hit numbers supported by the                                                                      we  are  celebrating  its  4th  iteration,
        talented Avengers Band and per-                                                                       where several upcoming artists sent
        form duets with award winning local                                                                   their entries to participate in this
        talents including Raina Sen, Prabha                                                                   program,  the  finale  of  this  hybrid
        Subhadra and Sumana Ganguly.                                                                          event will take place on July 15th”
        With several hit Bollywood songs to                                                                   says Ricky Bajaj, Founding Director,
        his credit including chartbusters like                                                                ACISA
        Prem Lila featuring Salman Khan                                                                            FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
        and Hookah Bar featuring Akshay
        Kumar, he got his big entry into Bol-                                                                •  June 28 & 29 @7 PM EST: Catch
        lywood with  the song  Go  Go  Gov-                                                                     exclusive streaming of top 30 up-
        inda from the film Oh My God and                                                                        coming Canadian artists for round
        now has over 200 songs in Bollywood                                                                     two of the #Vstar Talent Hunt &
        movies for superstars like  Amitabh                                                                     Mentorship Program on Facebook
        Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman                                                                        Live (@vibrantbramtonfest)
        Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn,
        Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt  and                                                                       •  July 15 @5pm EST:  #Vstar Tal-
        many more.                                    Falak Shabir                      Jassi Sidhu             ent  Hunt  &  Mentorship  Pro-
            The  finale  of  the  outdoor  festi-                                                               gram. live event at Cyril Clark
        val on July 22 will bring an eclectic                                                                   Auditorium  (Free  tickets  to  first
        mix of programming that will include   de, Rog, Soniye, Rabba Ho will per-  munity arts projects on both days for   100 visitors. (Get your tickets
        high energy performances by Punjabi   form for audiences.           kids under 12. To engage the whole   at    https://www.facebook.com/
        Pop Singer, the king of UK Bhangra                                  family, the festival offers free hands-  events/809611614120695)
        music Jassi Sidhu, who along with    “We’re back in person for you   on  Bollywood  &  Salsa  dance  work-  •  July 21 pm: Watch Aaman Trikha
        appearances in Hollywood (Bend It                                   shops. The whole family can enjoy
        Like Beckham, Breakaway) is the   for our eighth year!” says festi-  this event, all with free entry, free   and over 50 other artists perform
                                                                                                                live at the FREE Outdoor Festival
        first  Punjabi  Artist  to  collaborate   val co-founder Arpan Banerjee.   parking and free family activities!  @Garden Square Brampton. En-
        with a Bollywood Icon on a Punjabi,                                     An amalgamation of culture and
        Jassi has always been a pioneer in  “Sway and swing to the hit num-  diversity in Ontario, Vibrant Bramp-  joy sumptuous food, explore down-
        the Punjabi music industry. His hits   bers of Falak, Jassi and Aaman,   ton  promotes  local  talent  and  in-  town Brampton and shop local
        like Veerji Vyon Chaleya, Chandi-                                   cludes an exciting line-up of budding  •  July 22 pm:  Watch Jassi Sidhu,
        garh Kare Aashiqui are well known  eat delicious food, enjoy shop-  artists and well-known names in the   Falak Shabir and several other Ca-
        and have garnered millions of views   ping at the Garden Square in   entertainment industry that appeals   nadian artists perform live at the
        worldwide                                                           to all.                             FREE Outdoor Festival @Garden
            For  Punjabi  music  lovers,  Paki- Brampton.”                     “Vibrant Brampton aims to pro-   Square Brampton. Enjoy sumptu-
        stani Punjabi Pop Heartthrob – Fal-                                 mote cross-cultural understanding   ous food, ethnic shopping, explore
        ak Shabir, best known for his hit Solo   Like every year, there will be   with the hope of bringing a diverse   downtown Brampton and support
        tracks Ijazat, Tu Mera Dil, Yaar Mila   face-painting, balloons, and com-  community  together  in  celebration   local businesses.


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