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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!

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New album out now!

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Upcoming shows

08 February 2025 Refuge / Sanctuary Living Arts Centre Mississauga, ON CA. World premiere of orchestral version of Refuge with the Mississauga Symphony, featuring Leen Hamo, Donne Roberts, Tamar Ilana, Padideh Ahrarnejad, Saskia Tomkins, Majd Sukar and more! 8:00pm. Tickets

15 February 2025 Sultans of String Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival Toronto, ON CA. Trio show! 8:00pm. Tickets

22 February 2025 Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire Folk Alliance International – Montreal Montreal, QC CA. Room West – Level 4, free admission to the Public! Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel 1201 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West, Montreal, QC H3B 2L7 2:15pm.

22 February 2025 Walking Through the Fire Folk Alliance International – Montreal Montreal, QC CA. Official Showcase! West-Level 4 stage. For Folk Alliance Conference Delegates 6:00pm. Tickets

25 February 2025 Walking Through the Fire – Education Show Centre in the Square Kitchener, ON CA. Tickets

25 February 2025 Walking Through the Fire FEO Conference Kitchener, ON CA. Plenary Session for FEO conference attendees on including Indigenous performers, including Marc Meriläinen, Shannon Thunderbird, and Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk 3:30pm. Tickets

06 March 2025 Refuge / Sanctuary Aurora Town Square – Performance Hall Aurora, ON CA. featuring Saskia Tomkins, Padideh Ahrarnejad, Majd Sukkar, Leen Hamo, Donne Roberts! 7:30pm. Tickets

07 March 2025 Feature Film: Walking Through the Fire Burlington Performing Arts Centre Burlington, ON CA. 7:00pm. Tickets

21 March 2025 Refuge / Sanctuary Sanderson Centre Brantford, ON CA. A Brantford Symphony Orchestra premiere – orchestral version of Refuge featuring Leen Hamo, Donne Roberts, Tamar Ilana, Saskia Tomkins, Majd Sukar and more! 7:30pm. Tickets

12 April 2025 Walking Through the Fire Kingston Road Village Concert Series Toronto, ON CA. 8:00pm. Tickets

26 April 2025 Walking Through the Fire Simcoe Street Theatre Collingwood, ON CA. 7:00pm. Tickets

06 May 2025 Refuge / Sanctuary – Education Show Burlington Performing Arts Centre Burlington, ON CA. feat. Majd Sukkar, Saskia Tomkins, Donne Roberts and more! Tickets

View past dates »

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Listen and shop

Walking Through the Fire

Sanctuary

Refuge

O Canada

Christmas Caravan

10 – Ten Years of Music (vinyl)

Subcontinental Drift

Symphony!

Move

Yalla Yalla!

Luna

The Complete Collection

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Recent happenings

31 December 2024 / Read

Thanks for 2024, new awards, and 2025 announcements!

Hello everyone! It’s December 31, and as the year comes to a close I wanted to give you a HUGE THANKS to you for your love and support, and being part of our musical journey! I am so grateful for the opportunity to create, and also to be able to share this with all of […]

17 December 2024 / Read

Final shows of the Year, video, and 2025 announcements!

Hello friends!  SO much gratitude for everyone show came out to concerts this season!  It was a real honour to perform with incredible Indigenous artists, and global artists. And we have three more shows left this year!  What an absolute honour it is to play for all of you! DEC 19 – COBOURG – Concert […]

29 November 2024 / Read

NEW VIDEO! And Christmas Concert Black Friday offer!

Here is your Friday smile! We have some items to share with everyone. And Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends! New Video Alert! We are kicking off our Christmas tour in a week so here is our newest video for your enjoyment! It is a wonderful French song Les anges dans nos campagnes – performed […]

10 November 2024 / Read

New Video, Remembering Murray Sinclair, Film tour in the Hammer and more

1 – NEW VIDEO ALERT! Here is our new video with Métis Fiddler Quartet to lift our hearts, a love letter to #indigenous Tkaronto (Toronto)! “Tkaronto Reel” is written by Nicholas Delbaere-Sawchuk, and arranged with everyone in the video. Sister and violist Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk has been a keystone player Sultans of String this season as […]

28 October 2024 / Read

Film tour starts Friday, and sign up for free school shows,

Hello all! Final reminder for you film buffs… Our world premiere of Walking Through the Fire: Visual Album is this Friday in Toronto! This special film brings the magic of collaboration to the screen, with award-winning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists from across Turtle Island joined by Billboard charting/6x CFMA winners Sultans of String. […]

2 October 2024 / Read

Burlington, Film, and new dates announced!

Hey all!  I hope you are all well :). To thank you for being subscribers, I am happy to share this Buy One, Get One code for our Burlington concert next week! We are performing at the gorgeous Burlington Performing Arts Centre on Oct 17, LEGACY: a concert in support of the Downie-Wenjack Fund. In […]

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Bands and programs

Walking Through the Fire – Indigenous Collaborations

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 […]

The Refuge Project

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.

Sultans of String
Full Band

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, Gypsy-jazz, Arabic, Cuban, and South Asian rhythms, Sultans of String celebrate musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity.

Duo Show

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!

Symphony Concerts

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.

Christmas Caravan Concert

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.

For young audiences

Sultans of String for young audiences.

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