The City of Bhangra Festival

Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration
http://www.vibc.org/cityofbhangra

The City of Bhangra Festival kicks off February 12, with nine days of feet-tapping, high-energy performances and events, ending off with the 2009 Coast Capital Bhangra Competition on February 21th.

For the first time ever, legendary Bhangra UK bands Apna Sangeet and Heera will perform live with H-Dhami at the Coast Capital Bhangra Competition on February 21, 2009. The competition is part of the City of Bhangra 2009 Festival presented by Rogers Wireless and will feature eight of North America’s elite bhangra teams competing for a grand prize of $5000 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.

Both old skool 80’s bands, Apna Sangeet and Heera ruled the charts world-wide. They are known for their hits – Soho Road, Holi Holi, Dowain Jaaniya and Maar Chhadapa that changed the indipop scene and paved the road for many new South Asian artists. New generation British Asian singer, H-Dhami is also following in his father’s footsteps and will be joining his dad Palvinder Dhami – lead singer from Heera on stage.

TICKETS
www.ticketmaster.ca to purchase online

Tickets to hit local video stores (Kamal’s Video (Surrey), Ravi Video (Surrey), Tasleem’s (Vancouver) and Grover’s Video (Abbotsford) on January 5, 2009.