BMDA Cinq à sept: LH Express, KaKaow

Description

OMIC is partnering with the ByWard Market District Authority (BMDA) to program free live music for the launch of their summer concert series in Ottawa’s ByWard Market District. Taking place every Thursday from 5 PM - 7 PM in the George St Plaza from June 6th through to Oct 10th, these performances will showcase incredible talent in the city. These shows provide paid opportunities to emerging and established artists from and touring through the National Capital Region. The 19-week-long series will be coordinated by OMIC and hosted by Ottawa recording artist Tara Shannon, as well as other special guests.

Program Details

Date: Thursday July 18th 2024 
Venue: 55 Byward Market Square 
Time: 5pm-7pm 
Price: FREE (no ticket required)

Presented with support from the Byward Market District Authority (BMDA) 

Programming

LH Express 

The LH Express is a soulful, fun-filled and electrifying musical ride! Lucas Haneman has long been widely regarded for his distinctive and explosive guitar work. Along with Megan Laurence, who is a force of nature wherever she is present as a singer, these 2 create a musical partnership that is electrifying. Martin Newman (bass), & Valera Negovora (drums) round out the LH Express, giving them their one of a kind sound drenched in the blues, funk, and a little something they can call their own.

KaKaow

KaKaow, from Kingston, Ontario, is a psychedelic and funk infused multi-instrumentalist,
producer, composer, performer and creator. Receiving the Creators Award at the 2021
Kingston Mayor’s Arts Awards, KaKaow has established himself as a leader within the local
music community, striving to connect, promote and most of all create.
Releasing 2021’s Steppin’ Out and 2022’s Earth to Station albums, singles on Breakbeat
Paradise Recordings - “Shimmer ft. Helena Hannibal”, “Fonky Kingston” and EP’s including
2023’s MEMENTOS and Altered Dimensions and METATRONIC, KaKaow is solidifying his
sound in a cosmic funk of psychedelic saturation, bombastic rhythms and groovy synth work.
Drawing from a wide array of influenced from Parliament-Funkadelic and Hendrix to K+Lab and
Stickybuds, KaKaow takes you on a funk filled journey through a cosmos in your mind, making
you want to get up and move. Brandishing the power of of dance rhythms, gritty electronic
basses, and searing guitar work, KaKaow is an up and coming contemporary Indigenous artist
not to be missed.