Upcoming Public Performance Highlights
Please check back regularly as performance times and details are subject to change.
2020
Sunday, March 22 return engagement with the Esprit Orchestra performing Maki Ishii’s seminal work for taiko and orchestra Mono-Prism.
NOTICE: This concert has been postponed until fall 2020 due to COVID-19
Sunday, May 3 Nagata Shachu members Kiyoshi Nagata, Aki Takahashi and Tony Nguyen will be special guests for the Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s latest CD release concert. Fleck Dance Theatre. 7 pm.
NOTICE: This concert has been postponed due to COVID-19. More details to come.
Friday to Sunday, May 22 to 24 Various performances for Anime North 2020. Toronto Congress Centre. Times to be announced.
NOTICE: Anime North has been cancelled this year due to COVID-19
June 28 to July 12 Nagata Shachu is honoured to be returning to Arts in the Parks, an initiative of the Toronto Arts Foundation, presenting afternoons and evenings of free taiko workshops and performances. Locations are: Rustic Park (Etobicoke), Neilson Park (Etobicoke), Amos Waites Park (Etobicoke), Guild Park and Gardens (Scarborough), Parma Park (East York), Walter Saunders Park (Scarborough).
NOTICE: Nagata Shachu will be presenting free online workshops and a live-stream performance instead due to government regulations surrounding COVID-19. More details to come.
Monday, July 13 Full concert at the Collingwood Summer Music Festival. New Life Brethren in Christ Church, 8 pm.
NOTICE: The Collingwood Summer Music Festival has been cancelled this year due to COVID-19
Thursday, September 17 Full concert presented by Infinity Music & Arts Centre (IMAC) Series. Infinity Hall, 1-351 Ferrier Street, Markham. 7 pm.
Saturday, September 26 “Taiko X Turntables!” with DJ Dopey. Al Green Theatre (750 Spadina Ave), Toronto. 8 pm. Tickets on sale now!
NOTICE: This concert, originally scheduled on Saturday, March 28 has been postponed to Saturday, September 26, as a precaution related to COVID-19. Tickets already purchased have automatically been transferred to the new date. However, full refunds are available, if your payment was processed by Brown Paper Tickets. Please contact them within 2 weeks at refunds@brownpapertickets.com. Be sure to include your confirmation number. For those of you who cannot attend the performance on September 26, we also kindly ask you to consider donating a part of your refund to Nagata Shachu Japanese Taiko group by going to deejay.brownpapertickets.com. As you can probably understand, the group has already lost a significant amount of time and money preparing for this concert.
Saturday, February 13 “Kaze” featuring master bamboo flute player Toki Tatara from Japan. Al Green Theatre (750 Spadina Ave), Toronto. 8 pm. Tickets on sale now!
NOTICE: This concert, originally scheduled on Saturday, June 20 has been postponed to Saturday, February 13, as a precaution related to COVID-19. Tickets already purchased have automatically been transferred to the new date. However, full refunds are available, if your payment was processed by Brown Paper Tickets. Please contact them within 2 weeks at refunds@brownpapertickets.com. Be sure to include your confirmation number. For those of you who cannot attend the performance on September 26, we also kindly ask you to consider donating a part of your refund to Nagata Shachu Japanese Taiko group by going to kaze.brownpapertickets.com. As you can probably understand, the group has already lost a significant amount of time and money preparing for this concert.
