To kick off the evening, Kin Balam’s eclectic performance will blend Indigenous Mesoamerican instrumentation, Flamenco guitar, and socially-conscious hip-hop. Tanaz Roudgar will end the night with transcendent, experimental poetry. Enjoy a soulful musical experience as these two unique artists fill MOA’s Great Hall with spirit-nourishing music and poetry.

Please note: This event was previously promoted with a performance by Anjalica Solomon. Unfortunately, Anjalica will no longer be performing due to illness.

Presented in partnership with UBC Campus and Community Planning’s Harvest Feastival, a family-style feast followed by an evening of specially-curated programming at UBC’s world-class Arts and Culture District.

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From the Indigenous lands of Kuxkatan, Nekepio, El Salvador, Kin Balam brings forth a new musical proposition to the modern landscape of music through original compositions and a virtuosic Flamenco/classical guitar, Afro Latin & Indigenous rhythms and sounds, as well as a social political message through Hip Hop. ‘Kin Balam’ in Lenca Poton and Maya Indigenous languages translates as ‘the path of the jaguar,’ signifying the return to Indigenous culture, roots, healing, and the journey and process to one’s personal truths. Follow Kin Balam on Instagram.

Tanaz Roudgar is an actor, writer, and filmmaker with professional training from Vancouver Film School, SFU and other amazing mentors. Her creations manifest as movement art, poetry, screenwriting, and playwriting. She is based in Vancouver BC, stolen lands of Coast Salish peoples. Her work is centered around somatic awareness, activism, and play. She is committed to bringing her diverse experience as a queer BIPOC immigrant to the process, dismantling systems of oppression like a warrior goddess.. Follow Tanaz Roudgar on Instagram.