Delhi 2 Dublin Headline Port Day at Canada Place
byThe Port Day festival at Canada Place on Saturday, September 21st includes family activities, a maritime career zone, and free performances on the waterfront including this year’s headliners: Delhi 2 Dublin. This Canadian world music group from Vancouver who play a fusion of Bhangra, electronic, funk, dub, reggae, hip hop, Celtic music and a mashup of other genres.
Delhi 2 Dublin Headline Port Day at Canada Place
Tarun Nayar (tabla, electronics), Sanjay Seran (vocals), Ravi Binning (dhol), and Serena Eades (violin) combine a danceable electronic backbone with live traditional Indian instruments, violin, and powerful Punjabi-English vocals.
Famous for their energy onstage, the band averages 100 shows a year in places that have ranged from grimy, mid-2000s LA dispensaries, to Glastonbury, Electric Forest, Woodford Folk, Bali Spirit Festival, and Burning Man. This isn’t too shabby for a group that was essentially pulled together last minute for what was intended as a one-off performance at the 2006 Vancouver Celtic Festival.
Nurtured by equal parts raucous underground bass parties and all ages folk festivals, Delhi 2 Dublin’s always distinctive sound has evolved over the past decade into its own decisive genre, freshly styled, “Subcontinental Pop” — a name that conveys both its deep South Asian roots and its expansive, crazy-fun appeal.
In 2019 they released their 10th album We Got This with their biggest sounding set of songs ever. The album, produced by Toronto-based hitmaker Gavin Brown (Barenaked Ladies, Metric, Tragically Hip), offers a unique blend of energetic-pop melodies with the electronic pulse of warehouse raves, bringing a positive, colourful feeling to the socially aware messages expressed throughout.
Their energetic shows are world-renown and we’re fortunate to be able to see them for free at Port Day along with Leah Barley, Uncle Strut, and the Wooden Horsemen who will also take to the stage throughout the day.
About Port Day at Canada Place
- Dates: Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
- Location: Canada Place, Vancouver
- Admission: Free!
Port Day is a celebration hosted in honour of World Maritime Day to recognize and thank our local maritime community for their invaluable contributions and support in ensuring goods and cargo flow safely and efficiently throughout the region.
Schedule of Events
- 12:00pm Exhibitor booths and activities open
- 12:05pm Traditional Indigenous welcome
- 12:10pm Remarks from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and partners
- 12:15pm Cheque presentation from Holland America Line to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre
- 12:20pm Leah Barley
- 1:00pm On-water demonstrations
- 1:55pm Uncle Strut
- 2:55pm Wooden Horsemen
- 4:00pm Headliner, Delhi 2 Dublin
Related: Delhi 2 Dublin to play the Grey Cup Festival in Vancouver
