This multi-award-winning, 3x Juno-nominated and Billboard charting band creates “energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” (Maverick, UK). For more than a decade, Sultans of String have thrilled audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, Flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian rhythms. The group celebrates musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity, with world rhythms that excite audiences to their feet!
We are now embarking on the most ambitious and important project of our career. We have released and are touring our ninth album, “Walking Through the Fire”, a powerful collection of collaborations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island.
We made this album in the spirit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action, and Final Report that asks for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to work together as an opportunity to show a path forward.
Learn more about it here https://sultansofstring.com/2023/08/walkingthroughthefire
Physical copies https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string
SANCTUARY, the highly anticipated followup to our album Refuge. This ambitious, diverse, inclusive and passionately artistic album puts our band face-to- face with a VIP roster of global ‘ambassadors’, some of whom are recent immigrants and refugees to Canada, as well as important Indigenous voices. All are masters of world music that tell the story of how to communicate with others through the global language of music.
2023 CFMA for Global Roots Album, and Producer of the Year!
Order album now: https://lnk.to/SOSSanctuary
Physical copies https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string
Refuge is “a fantastic, moving, dreamlike, epic, timely album”, a collaboration with over 30 musicians for a wide-ranging treatise on displaced peoples. Featuring Ifrah Mansour, Robi Botos, Tamar Ilana, Amir Amiri, Dr. Duke Redbird, Ahmed Moneka, Fethi Nadjem, Anwar Khurshid, Anh Phung, Béla Fleck, Yasmin Levy and more.
More info: Read more about the album or listen/purchase now
Physical copies https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string
13
Jul 2025
- 2:00pm
Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire
Carabram – Brampton’s Multicultural Festival
Brampton, ON CA.
Tickets
26 Jul 2025 - 7:15pm Sultans of String Mississauga World Music Festival Mississauga, ON CA. Streetsville Village Square
09
Aug 2025
- 7:30pm
Sultans of String
Muskoka Chautauqua
Windermere, ON CA.
Tickets
12 Sep 2025 - 6:30pm Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire Blue Mountains Public Library Thornbury, ON CA. Film in Gallery space, and virtual Q&A with Chris and Duke Redbird
27
Sep 2025
- 7:30pm
Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire
LIVELab
Hamilton, ON CA.
Includes Q&A with artists from the film!
Tickets
05 Oct 2025 - 3:00pm Walking Through the Fire Lions Park Paris Gazebo Paris, ON CA. Free outdoor concert! with Marc Meriläinen, Shannon Thunderbird, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Lacey Hill
16
Oct 2025
- 7:30pm
Walking Through the Fire
Festival Hall @ L’Equinoxe
Pembroke, ON CA.
Tickets
01-03 Dec 2025 Walking Through the Fire CAPACOPA Conference Ottawa, ON CA. Official Pitch Session for conference delegates
07
Dec 2025
- 3:00pm
Christmas Caravan
George Weston – Meridian Arts Centre
Toronto, ON CA.
With Orchestra Toronto! Tix soon!
Tickets
19
Dec 2025
- 7:30pm
Christmas Caravan
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Burlington, ON CA.
Featuring special guests Amanda Martinez, Ken Whiteley, Saskia Tomkins, Rebecca Campbell, Alberto Suarez, and the Oakville Choir for Children and Youth
Tickets
21
Dec 2025
- 2:00pm
Christmas Caravan
The McMichael Gallery
Kleinburg, ON CA.
Tickets
30
Jan 2026
- 8:00pm
Sultans of String
Stonecroft Folk
Ingersoll, ON CA.
Tickets
31
Jan 2026
- 8:00pm
Sultans of String
Newmarket Folk Society
Newmarket, ON CA.
Tickets
21 Mar 2026 Sultans of String Studio at the Park Sudbury, ON CA.
23 Mar 2026 - 7:00pm Sultans of String The Listening Room Perth, ON CA. Reservations: Call Sue at 613 267 7902 or email sue.tennant12@gmail.com
25
Apr 2026
- 7:30pm
Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire
Elliot Lake Entertainment Series
Elliot Lake, ON CA.
Tickets
07
May 2026
- 8:00pm
Sultans of String
Just Passing Through Concert Series
Richards Landing, ON CA.
Tickets
Hello friends, both in Canada and abroad! Today is a day to celebrate Canadian values of equality, respect, diversity, fairness, and a commitment to peace, order, and good government. These values are often reflected in Canada’s legal system, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and its emphasis on social justice, multiculturalism, and international peacekeeping. […]
Hey friends, to thank you for being subscribers, we are giving away a pair of tickets to our Walking Through the Fire film that is playing on Thursday night in Aurora, as well as two pairs of tickets to our live Sultans of String quartet “immersive experience” concert in Hamilton on Sunday! We will do […]
Apologies for the resend, my email program pulled in an old post. here is the real message! Hey friends! I hope you are all well :) Coming up we have some special live concerts featuring our incredible Nyckelharpa player Saskia Tomkins, playing the ancient Swedish instrument that needs to be seen (and heard) to be […]
This is totally nuts, but true! Burlington Mayor Meed Ward each year chooses a resident whose hard work, talent, efforts and passion have made Burlington a better place to live. And this year she picked ME to receive the KEY TO THE CITY! I am completely knocked out by this, and so very grateful to […]
Hey all, we are pretty excited to return to my original home town of Ottawa this weekend for the Canadian Folk Music Awards! Sultans of String are up for Ensemble of the Year with our Walking Though the Fire Project on Friday Night, and then on Saturday we are showing the film of the same […]
Hey everyone! I hope you are all well and staying warm! We had a pretty fun time in Montreal last weekend, showcasing both our live concert and feature film of Walking Through the Fire. Thanks to all who came out! And then this happened… we won TWO awards from Festivals & Events Ontario! One I […]
Indigenous Artists and Sultans of String – Walking Though the Fire A Trailblazing Musical Response to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action Title: Walking Through the Fire Artist: Sultans of String Category: Roots / Global Music Album Release date: September 15, 2023 Stream Album: https://sultansofstring.lnk.to/WalkingThroughtheFire Physical CDs: https://merchmrkt.com/collections/sultans-of-string Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sos-spotify YouTube Playlist https://tinyurl.com/WTTFvideos Watch our […]
Addressing the struggles of life on Mother Earth has always inspired Toronto-based quintet, Sultans of String. On their visionary seventh album, Refuge, Sultans of String bring their unique brand of musical synergy and collaboration to bear on 13 songs that speak to the challenges facing the world’s displaced peoples–their stories, their songs, their persistence and their humanity.
Award-winning band the Sultans of String create “Energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” (Maverick Magazine UK). Thrilling their audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, flamenco, Django-jazz, Arabic, Cuban, and South Asian rhythms, Sultans of String celebrate musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity.
Sultans of String in duo format: Chris McKhool (violin) and Kevin Laliberté (guitar), the songwriters behind the music, take you on a musical journey around the world!
The Sultans of String bring their fiery musicality to projects with symphony orchestras far and wide, in a program created in collaboration with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Artist in Residence and Community Ambassador Lucas Waldin.
2015 JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String deliver an exuberant performance featuring originals, world music inspired classics, and seasonal favourites to warm your heart on a cold winter’s night.
Sultans of String for young audiences.
