Bring your friends and dancing shoes for this fantastic line-up of local women musicians who will wow you with jazz, funk-soul and hip hop. The artists of this blow-out night, who hail from all over the world, bring diverse traditions and inspirations to create vibrant, inclusive artistic communities right here in Vancouver.

The night features a powerhouse lineup of incredible women artists, activists and community builders: jazz trio Fines Triddum featuring multi-instrumentalist Feven Kidane, jazz drummer KeAloha Noelani and jazz pianist Suin Park; Old Soul Rebel featuring Lola Whyte on vocals and electric banjo and Chelsea Johnson on vocals and electric guitar; rapper Missy D; emcee Kimmortal; hip hop, spoken word, beat-box artist and cultural dancer JB the First Lady (Nuxalk/Onondaga); plus a street-dance performance produced by the emcee for the evening, Char Loro of ShapeShifterStudio with Kosi, Momo, Leah McFly and Marisa Gold —in the styles of breaking, hip-hop, house, contemporary, waacking and spoken word poetry.

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

This edition of Sound House kicks off Turn It Up & Disrupt (https://www.arts.ubc.ca/artsandculture/arts-and-culture-events/turn-it-up-and-disrupt/), a three-day International Women’s Day festival at UBC to inspire, educate and mobilize our community to creatively tackle gender-based inequities, and bring about positive change.

March 7
Doors open| 7 pm
Performances | 7:30 pm