The dance party starts early at Lula every Friday with live music from Cuba, Brazil or New Orleans.

🇧🇷Tio Chorinho is Canada’a first ensemble dedicated to performing Brazilian choro music, which originated in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro in the late-19th century.

Doors Open: 6:30 pm / Show Starts: 7:30 pm.

🎁FREE admission (arrive before 8:00 pm.) $45 dinner & show prix fixe. 🍝Reserve your table at 416 588 0307 or info@lula.ca

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🌟TIO CHORINHO🌟

Formed in 2009, Tio Chorinho's reputation is growing nationally and beyond following their debut CD release "Chora Brazil," which earned them two nominations from the 2016 Canadian Folk Music Awards (for World Music and Instrumental Group of the Year). The group features Eric Stein (mandolin), Maninho Costa Z IO (percussion), Carlos Cardozo (cavaquinho), André Valério (guitar and cavaquinho), and Milos Popovic (accordion). They are frequently joined by such guests as Avital Zemer (7-string guitar), Flavia Nascimento (vocals), Alheli Pimienta (flute), Riquinho Fernandes (percussion), and others.

Choro (pronounced SHOH-roh) is a primarily instrumental musical form which originated in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro in the late-19th century. Choro is the original Brazilian soul music, a unique marriage of popular and classical European styles with Afro-Brazilian influences. It is the foundation of many modern Brazilian music styles, and is often described in American terms as “the New Orleans jazz of Brazil.” Exciting, energetic, soulful, intimate, nostalgic and virtuosic, choro is an infectious popular style whose universal appeal belies its musical complexity.

Inspired primarily by the recordings and compositions of the great Brazilian mandolin master Jacob do Bandolim (1918-1969), Tio Chorinho also performs music by other essential composers of the genre, including Ernesto Nazareth, Pixinguinha, Waldir Azevedo, Luiz Americano, and others. They have recently begun to integrate original compositions in their repertoire, while still capturing the authentic spirit of choro. Wherever they play, audiences are consistently thrilled by the group's virtuosity and dynamics, and by their easy-going charm on stage.