The GRAND presents LIVE & LOCAL

LIVE AND LOCAL at The GRAND is a multi-disciplinary cabaret style event hosted in The GRAND’s Historic Lobby. This ongoing series will highlight the many talented performance-based artists in our city.   ‘Live and Local’ was created in response to the impact COVID-19 has had on local artists and is a paid opportunity.

Hosted by Wakefield Brewster
Featuring Zenon+ and Uyemi

 All funds raised through ticket purchases will go toward the LIVE AND LOCAL programming and the continued support of our local arts community.

• Show starts at 06:30PM and goes until 09:00PM and will be in our Main Level Lobby.

• Seating will be available and you are welcome to stand and dance, too!

• There will be a bar available for you to purchase drinks.

• Please see this page for parking details and getting here.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS 

Since January 1999, Wakefield Brewster has been known as one of Canada’s most popular and prolific Performance Poets. He is a BlackMan born and raised in Toronto, by parents hailing from the island of Beautiful Barbados, and he has resided in Calgary since 2006. He has spoken across Canada, several States, and makes countless appearances on a regular basis in a variety of ways, for a myriad of reasons, throughout each and every single year.

ZENON+ is a Calgary based duo offering up great live alt R&B originals mixed with their rendition of new and classic covers. ZENON is a musician who listens to a massive range of music from all over the world and has a unique style borne from this very diversity. The singer and writer in the band who play keys and the occasional strings, ZENON writes original R&B music that cleverly dips into other time signatures and delivers it with smooth, soulful vocals that pack a lot of power. BEV is an engineer and an accomplished musician who plays percussions, has an affinity for sax and bass, plays a wide range of genres and sings harmonies.

Born in Nigeria and raised in Canada, enigmatic Calgary singer Uyemi found her voice listening to the outliers of neo-soul and contemporary R&B, from Erykah Badu and SZA to Frank Ocean and Jhené Aiko. Her debut Butterfly Effect EP released in the fall of 2021, excavates the depths of love, heartbreak, sexuality, and the battle within yourself. Emerging from pandemic isolation, Uyemi releases the trauma and pain of the past few years through her diaristic narratives and effortless vocal flow. 

Uyemi landed in the Top 100 of CBC’s Searchlight contest in 2020 for her self-empowering single, “Don’t Get in Your Way,'' about choosing the wrong people in love and loving yourself first before loving another. Since then, she’s released a number of singles and become a go-to vocalist in the Alberta music scene. The singer has collaborated with artists such as Jae Sterling and A.Y.E., having appeared on his recent video for “BLACK,” a potent celebration of Blackness.