We are beyond excited to present a special Sunday event at Beaver Point Hall on November 6th! Qairo brings the large scale full experience & full band to Saltspring for an evening of passion and masterful artistry. We had Deborah & co through Mateada in the spring and we were blown away. Tickets are $25 advance & $30 at the door. More about LCF below.

Qairo is a fiery and dynamic ensemble that combines the emotional charged vocals and pulsing rhythms of flamenco with the infectious melodies and ear-popping tonalities of the Mediterranean diaspora. From Spain to Turkey to India (with stops along the way), Qairo is music for dancing — no matter where you’re from. It’s Turkish micro-tones played on an Indian bansuri flute, original flamenco verses “sung” by a clarinet, Balkan rhythms punctuated by Andalucian guitar, and flamenco footwork pounded out like improvised jazz. Qairo is guitar, oud, clarinet, bansuri, saxophone, cajon, electric bass, cante (flamenco song) and baile (flamenco dance) acting like they belong on stage together — and pulling it off.

The ensemble’s tight-knit and eclectic members hail from France, Spain, Canada and Turkey and have roots in Italy, China, Japan and India. Singer Alejandro Mendía (Bordeaux), flautist Lara Wong (Madrid), and dancers Lia Grainger (Toronto) and Deborah “La Caramelita” (Bordeaux) met in Seville in 2012 and toured Canada and Europe for years with their flamenco ensemble Fin de Fiesta Flamenco. In 2019, ready to incorporate new musical and choreographic influences into their work, the four artists joined forces with flamenco guitarist Manuel Vazquez (Bordeaux) and clarinetist and saxophonist Dorian Zavatta (Izmir, Turkey).

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