On Saturday, August 13th, 2022, we will be hosting Culture Matrix: Black Arts Festival, in Downtown Sudbury. This community-based event will be hosted in collaboration with Up Here: Urban Arts Festival. The all-ages programming will be split into three dynamic sections: healing (12PM-2 PM), kinship (2:30PM-4:30PM), and celebration (7 PM-12AM)

Starting at 12  PM (FREE) — healing related-programming will curate spaces of wellness, healing, and critical dialogue through restorative activities such as group yoga rooted in cultural traditions and hip hop healing which merges practices of mindfulness with poetry and music. Location: Outdoors on Durham St. 

Starting at 2:30 PM (FREE) – Kinship-related programming will emphasize joy, care, and a sense of belonging through a community arts activity and a dance workshop. Location: Outdoors on Durham St. 

Starting at 7 PM (TICKETED) – Celebration related-programming will kick off with exciting local talent followed by internationally acclaimed performers including Haviah Mighty, Juno-award-winning artist and Canadian rapper, Naya Ali, Franco-Canadian rapper, and Prince Manny Dingo, Canadian performer and drag king. Location: 27 Larch St, Place des Arts.

This event will uplift, center, and privilege Black, Indigenous, and racialized performers, artists, and facilitators in a way Northern Ontario has never seen before. 

For more information about the event, performers and vendors please visit: blmsudbury.ca

Thank you to our community partners for supporting this arts and culture programming!

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