JB ARTS FESTIVAL http://jbartsfest.com live the arts! Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:28:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 HRH Sultan of Johor visits the 8th JB Arts Festival http://jbartsfest.com/2011/08/hrh-sultan-of-johor-visits-the-8th-jb-arts-festival/ http://jbartsfest.com/2011/08/hrh-sultan-of-johor-visits-the-8th-jb-arts-festival/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:23:00 +0000 jbarts http://jbartsfest.com/?p=1696 sultan 4 sultan 6 sultan 7 sultan 8 sultan 9 sultan 10 sultan 11 sultan 12 sultan 13 sultan 14 sultan 15 ]]> http://jbartsfest.com/2011/08/hrh-sultan-of-johor-visits-the-8th-jb-arts-festival/feed/ 1 Catch the Colourful wave of the ASWARA! http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/catch-the-colourful-wave-of-the-aswara/ http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/catch-the-colourful-wave-of-the-aswara/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:10:57 +0000 jbarts http://jbartsfest.com/?p=1649 The final show for the night at the Festival, ASWARA is a Malaysian dance troupe who will be portraying all the main races in the country, the cultures and legacy in an hour or two.

ASWARA is proudly brought to you by Sime Darby Foundation

Dont miss it, 8.30pm at Bukit Timbalan.

Photos of the actual event:

http://jbartsfest.com/?p=1652 One of the final performances for the JB Arts Festival, you must not miss this live performance where you get to relive songs and tunes from Bollywood movies!

Check out the pictures of Dhoom Dhamaka held on 6th July!

Don’t miss it today at 6pm at the usual spot of Bukit Timbalan!

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Carrying the name Jackfruit, the Cheong brothers will set the stage on fire with their prowess in musical instruments and percussions.

Tickets are RM30 for adults and RM5 for students or senior citizens and are available at the venue itself. Dont miss it!

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They may be small but their talents are no match for their sizes. Come see and listen to them play at Bukit Timbalan.

Show starts at 6pm!

More pictures HERE.

]]> http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/be-awed-by-the-little-classical-talents-yap-qin-yap-yi/feed/ 0 Dance the Yok Seng tonite! http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/dance-the-yok-seng-tonite/ http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/dance-the-yok-seng-tonite/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:00:41 +0000 jbarts http://jbartsfest.com/?p=1643 One of a kind performance from the Seletar Clan tribesmen. This will be the first to happen in the books of this Festival.

Happening for 2 nights in a row. Dont miss it!

More details HERE.

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Happening for 2 days only, Wushu Madness will let you experience how human bodies and facial expressions tell you a story.

Photo by NST

Combining dance and wushu, this stage play focuses on issues with suicide cases that is happening of late.

Tickets are at RM30 for adults and RM5 for students of senior citizens. More details are at http://jbartsfest.com/wushu-madness/

 

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All the way from Punjab, India, these dancers and dhol beaters will take you on a journey back to their hometown daily at 5pm, exclusively at Bukit Timbalan!

Don’t forget to wear comfortable clothing as you might get ‘sucked’ into their addictive Punjab beats!

And oh, speaking of the Punjabi language, here is a video of a Malaysian man who is fluent in it! LOL!!

]]> http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/know-the-punjabis-better-this-week/feed/ 0 Listen to the sounds of re: mix! http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/listen-to-the-sounds-of-re-mix/ http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/listen-to-the-sounds-of-re-mix/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:06:35 +0000 jbarts http://jbartsfest.com/?p=1572 For the first time ever in Johor Bahru, re: mix is a group of musicians that fuses both classical and contemporary sounds will be playing live on 11th July 2011 at Bukit Timbalan!

re: mix originates from Singapore and they will be playing the sounds of Vivaldi, Beatles, Nat King Cole and Teresa Teng.

re: mix is sponsored by the Singapore Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts.

Tickets are available on-the-spot near the stage at Bukit Timbalan. Dont forget to come early to get the best seat for the best sound.

The show is this Sunday 11th July 2011 and starts at 8.30pm. More details are HERE.

 

]]> http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/listen-to-the-sounds-of-re-mix/feed/ 0 Marching round Bukit Timbalan with SMK Tun Fatimah http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/marching-round-bukit-timbalan-with-smk-tun-fatimah/ http://jbartsfest.com/2011/07/marching-round-bukit-timbalan-with-smk-tun-fatimah/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:47:01 +0000 jbarts http://jbartsfest.com/?p=1569 The Tun Fatimah Secondary School will be strutting their stuff live at Bukit Timbalan!

The recently crowned champions in the state level Malaysian National Band Competition will be doing cover versions of songs by Lady Gaga and Beyonce Knowles, marching band style.

Don’t miss the action happening this 10th July at Bukit Timbalan at 2.30pm!

 

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