2019 Media Coverage

Bollywood Singer & Indian Idol Winner SREERAMA CHANDRA and Bhangra King JAZZY B to sizzle the audiences at VIBRANT BRAMPTON!

Brampton, ON (July 9, 2019) – Downtown Brampton is once again all set to come alive to the sights and sounds of South Asian culture with Vibrant Brampton on July 27 and 28. Organized by the non-profit group Arts and Culture Initiative of South Asia (ACISA,) the 4th annual Vibrant Brampton will bring a fun-filled two-day festival to Rose Theatre and Garden Square on July 27 & 28 respectively.

An amalgamation of culture and diversity in Ontario, Vibrant Brampton promotes local talent and includes an exciting line-up of budding artists and well-known names in the entertainment industry that appeals to all – young and the young-at-heart.

“Vibrant Brampton aims to promote cross-cultural understanding with the hope of bringing a diverse community together in celebration of life, culture, art and tradition, says Svetlana Lazareva, Director Multicultural Relations.

The two-day festival will kick off on July 27th at Rose Theatre with SREERAMA CHANDRA Live-in concert along with several other artists performing including Indigenous arts showcase by award winning Canadian artist David R. Maracle and several other artists from different genres promising to make you sway to the diverse music and myriad performances. The Live-in concert at the Rose Theatre is a ticketed event starting from just $10. Tickets are available at www.vibrantbrampton.ca

July 28th outdoor festival at the Garden Square is a free event and promises to bring an eclectic mix of programming that will include South Asian as well as artists from different ethnic backgrounds. The highlight of the outdoor festival is a live performance by the King of Bhangra – JAZZY B, along with his band of musicians, which will make the crowd dance and sing to hundreds of his foot tapping numbers.

Some of this year’s noted performances include acts from award winners Brampton Music Theatre, A New DAEI Group, Pan Fantasy Steel band and Neo House of Movement.

Canadian Bollywood rock band Lakhia Bros 2.0. is set to debut at the festival. Bollywood dance acts by Jadoo Entertainment & Linjo Brothers, traditional Chinese dragon dance by Lian Hua Arts, classical Indian dances by Mudra School of Arts, Shivanjali Dance Academy, Spandan Kala, and Sampradaya Dance. Canadian Pakistani music group R&B United, Bangladeshi dance by Nritto Kala Kendra and Guinness world record holder Punjabi bhangra and gidha (Punjabi folk dances) group, Nachdi Jawani are some of the 200 plus local performers at this year’s festival.

“Dance to the beats of Bollywood or sway to the diverse music from rest of the world or get a taste of the mouth-watering cuisines from South Asia, Mexico, Middle-East and North America or buy a souvenir, it will be a day to remember”, says Ricky Bajaj, Founder & President of the non-profit festival.

ACISA’s mandate is to promote the diversity of South Asian art forms; break cultural barriers; imbibe the evolving cultural values of Canada; and communicate and share the philosophy of diversity” as quoted by board Chair, Sandeep Prabhakar.

The non-profit group, ACISA also hosts annual Visual Arts of South Asia (V.A.S.A) arts festival –www.vasaartsfestival.ca for visual art lovers and META Brampton- www.metabrampton.ca, a unique digital music & media festival catering to the millennials.

Learn more at www.acisa.ca

MEDIA CONTACT:

Harpreet Kahlon or Japinder Kaur at info@acisa.ca

About Jazzy B

Punjabi singer, actor, filmmaker Jaswinder Singh Bains aka Jazzy B was born in Punjab, India and moved to Vancouver when he was 5 years old. A great fan of the legendry Punjabi singer Kuldeep Manak, his first album was released in 1993 with the name “Gugiyan da Jora” followed by The Canadian Spice the very next year. Folk ‘N’ Funky, Folkal Attraction, All Eyez on Me, Stayin’ Real Surma, Oh Kehri, Tera Roop. Romeo and Maharajas are some of his albums.

Bollywood actor & producer John Abrahum started career from his song Surma released in 2000. In 2001 his song Oh Kehri from the album of same name featured Celina Jaitley. He is known for his song Dil Luteya with Apache Indian from his album Romeo. Esha Gupta featured in his song Glassy from album Rambo in 2008. Surveen Chawla first appeared in his song Naag 2 in 2010 and then in Mitran De Boot in 2014. In 2015 he worked with international rapper Snoop Dogg in song Most Wanted which is featured in MTV India. His song Sat Rangey played in the background of Hollywood movie Deadpool in 2016. He becomes the first South Asian entertainer to have his name added to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame StarWalk in Vancouver. His latest song “Ajj Singh Garjega” for Akshay Kumar‘s movie Kesari has been a blockbuster.

About Sreerama Chandra

Sreerama Chandra Mynampati is a professional singer, winner from Hyderabad who debuted his playback career in the Telugu film industry. Sreeram won the fifth season of music reality show Indian Idol 5 and was awarded by one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan. Sreerama’s first blockbuster hit song was with Himesh Reshamiya for the Movie Khiladi 786. The song “Balma” threw a completely different light on his vocal skills as it challenged and popularized Sreeram in Bollywood. Thereon he went on to singing various hit songs in Bollywood such as “Subhanallah” from Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, Allah Duhai Hai from Race 2 and many more in various languages.

MEDIA COVERAGE

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/9457588-vibrant-brampton-returns-with-jazzy-b-and-sreeram-chandra/

https://www.theasianconnectionsnewspaper.com/62740-2/

https://www.inbrampton.com/event/at-the-market-learn-to-dance-with-vibrant-brampton

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/whatson-story/9488918-contest-enter-for-a-chance-to-win-vvip-tickets-to-see-sreerama-chandra-perform-at-the-vibrant-brampton-festival/

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/8693126-vibrant-brampton-returnsjuly-27-and-28/

https://canadianimmigrant.ca/living/culture/vibrant-brampton-festival-returns-with-exciting-lineup

https://suhaag.com/lifestyle/entertainment/vibrant-brampton-returns-with-exciting-lineup/?fbclid=IwAR2iKtr380d6GKIsG4ADIuRgrwJHe-sHZOXOttNt73i5SBCv5Q0g_ntXp40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99jH-jliXxM

https://downtownbramptonbia.ca/vibrant-brampton-returns-july-27-and-28-brampton-guardian/