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
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
20
May 2026
- 6:30pm
Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire
Creative Nomad Studios
Orillia, ON CA.
Tickets
31
May 2026
- 7:00pm
Duo show
Ottawa Concerts
Ottawa, ON CA.
Tickets
06
Jun 2026
Walking Through the Fire
Luminato Festival
Toronto, ON CA.
Free outdoor concert feat. Duke Redbird, Marc Meriläinen, Alyssa Katrine, Shannon Thunderbird, Kate Dickson, The North Sound, Don Ross, Lisa Odjig and more!
Tickets
09
Jun 2026
Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire
Aurora Cultural Centre
Aurora, ON CA.
Tickets
21
Jun 2026
- 3:00pm
Walking Through the Fire
The McMichael Gallery
Kleinburg, ON CA.
Tickets
23
Jun 2026
Sultans of String
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Burlington, ON CA.
Guest appearance two songs as part of Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance!
Tickets
24 Jun 2026 Sultans of String Camp Sunshine on Toronto Island Toronto, ON CA.
04
Jul 2026
- 7:00pm
Walking Through the Fire
St. Francis Centre
Ajax, ON CA.
Tickets
06 Jul 2026 Sultans of String Hamilton Pier 8 Hamilton, ON CA. Summer Concert Series at Pier 8
26 Jul 2026 - 3:00pm Sultans of String Beaches Jazz Festival – Woodbine Park Toronto, ON CA.
29 Aug 2026 - 2:00pm Sultans of String Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival Picton, ON CA. Outdoor concert, McCauley Park
30
Aug 2026
- 6:00pm
Sultans of String
Old Church Theatre
Trenton, ON CA.
Tickets
12
Sep 2026
- 7:00pm
Sultans of String
Grand Maple Event Centre
Hastings, ON CA.
Tickets
24
Sep 2026
Walking Through the Fire
Wabano Centre – Indigenous Centre
Ottawa, ON CA.
Tickets
27 Sep 2026 - 7:00pm Walking Through the Fire Port Nelson United Church Burlington, ON CA. Free Culture Days event!
02 Oct 2026 - 7:00pm Sultans of String Grand Bend Place – Centre for the Living Arts Grand Bend, ON CA.
04 Oct 2026 Walking Through the Fire World Congress on Infant Mental Health Gala Toronto, ON CA.
24
Oct 2026
- 7:30pm
Sultans of String
THEOP – Bernards Childs Auditorium
Deep River, CA.
Tickets
21 Nov 2026 - 7:30pm Sultans of String Barrie Concert Association Barrie, ON CA.
27 Nov 2026 - 8:00pm Sultans of String New Moon Folk Club Edmonton, AB CA.
28 Nov 2026 Sultans of String Bow Valley Music Club Calgary, AB CA.
29 Nov 2026 - 7:30pm Sultans of String ArtsPlace Canmore, AB CA.
02 Dec 2026 - 7:30pm Sultans of String Evergreen Cultural Centre Coquitlam, BC CA.
03 Dec 2026 Sultans of String Rogue Folk Club Vancouver, BC CA.
05 Dec 2026 Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire Rogue Folk Club Vancouver, BC CA.
19 Dec 2026 - 2:30pm Christmas Caravan West Plains United Church Burlington, ON CA.
21 Dec 2026 - 7:00pm Christmas Caravan Kingston Road Village Concert Series Toronto, ON CA.
Happy Earth Day friends! Today is one of my favourite days of the year. Seeing the Earth from space last month is a good reminder of what a miracle it is to be able to live on our “spaceship Earth” spinning around in infinite space, with its incredibly small atmosphere that supports all life. Earth’s […]
This is such an exciting weekend, and here is where you can catch me and JUNO Award events either in person in Hamilton, on Radio, and Video Online around the world… if you have not had a chance to hear my JUNO nominated children’s album called LITTLE LEAF yet, you can stream it right here: […]
Hello everyone and welcome to new subscribers! Thanks to those who attended our sold out Little Leaf CD Release last week – click on this to see if you you can spot yourself in this Facebook reel: Ottawa, Hudson QC, Windsor Just a quick note on our upcoming month… there are just a small handful […]
Hello! Just a quick note that we are screening our film WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE this Saturday, just outside Kitchener ON. If you have not seen this Cannes World Film Festival Award winning film yet, this is a great opportunity – we will have Shannon Thunderbird and Kate Dickson from the project joining me for […]
Hello! I hope you are well and staying warm! JUNO AWARDS!! I’m excited to share that my new Family Music album LITTLE LEAF has been nominated for a JUNO Award for Children’s Album of the Year! The JUNO Awards celebrate the richness of Canada’s music community, and it means so much to have LITTLE LEAF […]
Hello everyone and I hope you are catching some rest over the holidays :) Across cultures and traditions, people have created so many meaningful and beautiful ways to mark this season. At a time when the world sometimes feels heavy, rituals can ground us. They remind us that we belong to one another, that community […]
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 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 Video EPK What do […]
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.
