Upcoming Shows

Join us at the Rainbow Bistro  located at 76 Murray Street in the Byward Market on Tuesday, June 22 from 7:30 to 10:00 to enjoy the music of well-known local band CHEZA. CHEZA was formed in 1993 by singer-guitar player Paul Weber, and their music is a blend of African styles with rock and folk influences--a new world hybrid. This will be an exciting live show, with CHEZA performing original songs arranged and written by band members, along with African-inspired folk music and classic songs from Africa. CHEZA has been together 17 years and travelled across Canada playing at venues such as the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, Afrofest in Toronto, and the Dawson City Music Festival. In 1999 CHEZA was awarded the best World-Folk Act by the readers of the Ottawa Xpress. CHEZA has also performed at showcases for North by Northeast and the Ontario Arts Council.

CHEZA has agreed to play this benefit concert in order to support Suzanne Stump's fundraising efforts for CODE's literacy work in Africa and the Caribbean. Suzanne is the only Ottawa climber in a team of thirteen climbers from Vancouver and the Greater Toronto Area, who will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania during the first two weeks in July, to raise funds for CODE programming. For more information about the climb, and to sponsor Suzanne Stump, you can go to this site.

Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased in advance by contacting Suzanne Stump at suestump@sympatico.ca or calling (613) 744-2058, or at the CODE Office located at 321 Chapel Street. You can also purchase them at the door.