Shad

The Park Theatre, is now in its seventeenth year of operations and has grown into one of Winnipeg’s premier live event venues. With over 300 events a year spanning music, comedy, theatre, and film, the room has become home to an expansive community of artists.In 2014 The Park Theatre was awarded “Venue of the Year” at the Western Canadian Music Awards, after being nominated for the same award in both 2012 and 2013.The venue itself is a renovated movie theatre that opened in the fall of 1915. While many of Winnipeg’s neighbourhood theatres have been demolished or “repurposed” into bowling alleys or retail stores. The Park managed to hold out for 73 years before fate caught up with it.  After sitting vacant for nearly a decade it was revived into what is now one of Winnipeg’s most popular live music venues.With its high-quality sound, great atmosphere, two full-service bars, and premier live entertainment from local acts to international touring artists, it’s no wonder that artists and audiences alike keep coming back.

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Thursday, June 2nd, 2022Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm$25 in advance, plus feesIf you boil down Shad’s trajectory as a hip-hop artist up to this point, it all comes down to love. At a show, his people stare up at him with unconditional amounts of the stuff and he has used his platform as a rapper, a musician, and a writer, to search for and highlight all the love this hard world has to offer. Shad’s family settled in London, Ontario, after fleeing the Rwandan genocide. He came up like many first-generation Canadian kids, with this cultural duality and the sense that this good country had some baggage that he’d have to unpack someday. It was complicated, but he was raised well, and he studied and contemplated the world. He has a Master’s degree, which he earned living in Vancouver for a few years but has since settled in Toronto.He has released five solo albums: 2005’s When This Is Over; 2007’s The Old Prince; 2010’s TSOL; 2013’s Flying Colours; and 2018’s A Short Story About AWar. The middle three were all nominated for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize, and TSOLwon the 2011 Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards. With a rare combo of humour and substance, Shad’s records are a joy to listen to, full of pop craftsmanship that doesn’t turn a blind eye to human nature. Oh, and on a strange whim, he explored late eighties/early nineties chart-topping R&Bvibes, on 2016’s Adult Contempt, as Your Boy Tony Braxton. Shad likes pop music. In the past five years, Shad has elevated his profile and practice by emerging as a vital broadcaster. After departing his hosting gig on CBCRadio’s q, he went on to host the Hip-Hop Evolutiondocu-series, whose 2016 season was released by HBO Canada and earned both a prestigious Peabody Award and an International Emmy Award. Shad is on an Award Tour. With all sorts of flows, a gorgeous singing voice,and a mind full of musical ideas, Shad is one of rap’s most significant artists. He’s on a mission of sorts that involves some soul searching of his own but is also about connection. His powerful work has galvanized fans and, after flying into the sky, always lands on common ground. Love is love.Opener - TRP.Phttps://www.instagram.com/wearetrpp/

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