Shabazz Palaces w/Sargeant X Comrade & Trippycals - Garden City Grooves Festival Finale
- Lauantaina, maaliskuuta 21
- 19.30-22.30
- White Eagle Polish Hall 90 Dock Street, Victoria, V8V 2A1, Kanada
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Garden City Grooves Festival 2026 wraps on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at White Eagle Polish Hall, Victoria, with a night built around artists who stretch hip-hop, soul and Latin-pop into new shapes. Headlining, Shabazz Palaces is the Seattle project of Ishmael Butler (Digable Planets), central to the experimental hip-hop landscape. On stage, the project folds abstract lyricism, Afrofuturist imagery and electronic textures into pulses drawn from jazz and African traditions. Releases like Black Up and The Don of Diamond Dreams mark that approach; the live format leans on layered beats, processed voices and fluid, suite-like structures.
Calgary duo Sargeant X Comrade carries that spirit through a soul lens. Singer Yolanda Sargeant and producer Comrade sculpt a lo-fi soul sound where warm, unhurried grooves meet grainy, sample-led production. Their album Magic Radio, long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize, anchors a catalogue that balances close-up vocal presence with head-nod rhythm.
Opening, Victoria’s TrippyCals brings bilingual rap, funk-tinged guitar and contemporary Latin rhythms, setting the tone with a bright, dance-forward energy. A finale that connects scenes and influences without blurring their identity.
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White Eagle Polish Hall
90 Dock Street, Victoria, V8V 2A1, Kanada