Be sure to get your tickets fast... the reason they are ticketing this FREE event is because Jazzy B recently pulled over 60,000 people to an event in Toronto, and the city of Surrey was concerned abo...
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Friday, July 18
Surrey Fusion Festival
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND
FUSION FESTIVAL CONCERT FEATURING JAZZY B WILL NOW REQUIRE FREE TICKETS FOR ADMISSION
Tickets available beginning June 28 at 9:30 am on-line, phone or in-person
The City of Surrey announced today that due to an overwhelming positive response, Surrey Fusion Festival presentation of Jazzy B, KS Makhan and others on Friday, July 18, 2008 at Surrey’s Holland Park will now require tickets for admission for the evening concert.
Tickets are being distributed beginning Saturday, June 28 at 9:30 am through the festival website at www.fusionfestival.surrey.ca, and they are also available via toll-free phone order 1-866-760-8324 or in person locally in Surrey at Robbie’s Video (120th Street). The concert is free but a $2.00 service charge will apply for ticketing services.
Surrey Fusion Festival will be Surrey’s largest 3-day multicultural celebration with 40 international pavilions celebrating music, food and culture. 5 stages of entertainment with headline performers on the World Music Stage and the Celebrations dance stage, all this in a brand new beautiful urban park.
Fusion Festival takes place July 18 to 20, 2008 at Surrey’s magnificent new urban park Holland Park located at King George Highway and Old Yale Road. This will be the largest multicultural event in Surrey’s history as over 60,000 people are projected to attend this free outdoor festival.
Festival brings together many distinct cultural heritages represented by ethnic and community groups hosting pavilions to present the music, food, costume and dance of their country of origin.
Friday Line Up:
Jazzy B
Jaswinder Singh Bains (born April 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Jazzy B, is an Indian Bhangra artist.Jazzy B is easily recognized by fans of Bhangra with his spiky hair and the range and depth of his vocals. However, his ability to be easily recognized has gotten Jaswinder Bains in trouble.
More recently an incident occurred at Bear Creek Park in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada where he was involved in a brawl with two males of East Indian descent regarding the credit of lyrics on his smash hit popular song, "Soorma."
'Ghugian Da Jorra', his successful debut album, was released in 1993 and instantly made him a star. Since then he has become the best-selling Bhangra artist in the world, helping bring the genre to the forefront of the Indian music scene. He has worldwide appeal as he often tours Canada, England, India, the United States, and many other parts of the world where there is a large Desi population.
Jazzy B has released thirteen albums all of which have been produced by Sukshinder Shinda, a talented Bhangra record producer and artist known as 'The Music Man'. Together they have created some of the most popular Bhangra hits, including "Ghugian Da Jorra", "Londono Patola" which is still considered a hit since It put the Canada in the bhangra scene, "Naag", "Tera Roop", "Sardara", "Dil Luteya", and "Soorma".
The 2005 Balle - Romeo Tour, which promoted Jazzy B's album Romeo and Sukshinder Shinda's album Balle, played at various venues around the world including Paramount Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Canada which attracted a record crowd of over 65,000.
Jazzy B's popularity and success in Bhangra can be attributed to his style which is quite different from other artists in the genre. The music videos for his singles "Soorma" and "Romeo" were based on Hip hop music videos and featured Hummer H2s and the Rap group Takeova Ent.
Jazzy B has also said that the reason for his longevity as a successful Bhangra artist is that he works exclusively with Sukshinder Shinda as he does not want to flood the Bhangra market with songs on different producers' albums.
He has been compared Bhangra artist Kuldip Manak, whom he considers a role model. Jazzy B made his acting debut in 2000 with a cameo appearance in the Bollywood film Shaheed Udham Singh[1] which starred fellow Punjabi singer and actor Gurdas Maan as the Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Their music was also featured on the film's album.
In 2006, Jazzy B made another cameo when he was featured in the movie Teesri Aankh[2] performing the Indi-pop song "Chuk De Punjabi". He has expressed an interest in acting and has stated that he would consider bigger roles in the future.
Also performing
KS Makhan
African Guitar Summit
Kiran Ahluwalia
Destineak
Stone Foxx
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