ANNOUNCING: A workshop with Cadence Weapon, presented by the Regina Folk Festival and SaskMusic!
Join Cadence Weapon on November 8th for a special FREE workshop presented by the Regina Folk Festival and SaskMusic. He will share his experience of getting into making music, what it takes to have a creative life and read excerpts from his book Bedroom Rapper. There will be plenty of time to ask questions and interact.
This event will have both an in-person and a live streaming option. For those who attend in person, there will be a free breakfast courtesy of SaskMusic.
To pre-register in order for the food order to be accurate, click HERE.
When: November 8th - Doors at 9:30 AM, Workshop 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: University of Regina's Downtown Campus
How much? FREE!
Don't miss his live performance on November 7th at the Exchange with special guest Super Duty Tough Work! TICKETS HERE!
About Cadence Weapon:
Cadence Weapon is Edmonton-born, Toronto-based rapper, producer, writer and poet Rollie Pemberton. His 2021 album Parallel World won Canada’s Polaris Music Prize.
The son of a pioneering hip-hop radio DJ, Pemberton grew up around a diverse library of music. Splitting his time between Edmonton’s experimental electronic and underground rap scenes as a teenager, Pemberton eventually developed a hybrid of both styles. Cadence Weapon has released five albums, all of which have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, with Breaking Kayfabe (2006) and Hope In Dirt City (2012) and Parallel World (2021) being shortlist nominees. Pemberton has toured extensively following the success of these albums, playing festivals like Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork Music Festival, Roskilde and Primavera Sound and performing shows with artists such as Public Enemy, Diplo, Questlove, De La Soul and many more.
Pemberton’s music is known for pairing groundbreaking production with incisive, socially conscious lyricism. Pemberton served as Poet Laureate of Edmonton from 2009 to 2011, making him the literary ambassador of his hometown. His poem “The Garden” was incorporated into a bronze sculpture at the Alberta Legislature Grounds in Edmonton in 2018. Pemberton was the narrator and a writer for the VICELAND television series PAYDAY and Mister Tachyon and he has hosted lectures and conducted live interviews for CBC q and Red Bull Music Academy. Pemberton’s debut book, Bedroom Rapper, is a personal account of his life in music as an artist, critic and fan amid a changing digital landscape. It was released in early 2002 by McClelland & Stewart.