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Nico Paulo with guest Jared Klok at Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
October 17 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Nico Paulo
with guest Jared Klok
Thursday, October 17
Dënäkär Zho / KIAC Ballroom
Doors at 7:30, Music at 8:00
Tickets on sale HERE!
$25 General Admission
$23 KIAC Members
$15 Youth / SOVA students / Accessible
$30 at the door
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Nico Paulo is a Portuguese/Canadian songwriter, performer, and visual artist. She moved to Canada in 2014 to pursue her career, originally setting down roots in the vibrant Toronto arts community, and eventually moved east to become an essential part of Newfoundland’s celebrated music scene. Paulo’s highly anticipated, self-titled debut LP, which arrived in spring 2023, is a melodically dynamic, heart-baring collection that finds her exploring the interconnected nature of relationships and the flow of time in lush, sophisticated pop arrangements. The album’s textures come courtesy of production by Joshua Van Tassel (Villages, Fortunate Ones) and Tim Baker (Hey Rosetta!).
Paulo released her debut single, the wistful “Please Don’t Forget,” in 2019. Her debut EP, Wave Call, arrived in 2020, featuring contributions from musicians Bravo Kilo, Evan J Cartwright, Kwame Appiah-Kubi, and Tim Baker, with production and engineering handled by David Gavan Baxter. She toured the EP in Europe in 2020, making stops in Portugal, the UK, Ireland, France, and Germany. Her latest releases—the Live at First Light EP recorded for the Lawnya Vawnya Artist Residency and a cover of José Afonso’s Portuguese folk song “O Cavaleiro e o Anjo”—were both recorded in Paulo’s adopted hometown of St. John’s, and include appearances by local musicians Tim Baker, Adam Hogan, Steve Maloney, and Mary B. Waldram.
“Your new favorite vocalist lives in Newfoundland” – MTV
“Nico Paulo has a knack for transmuting the mundane motions of daily life into grand, wistful reveries.” – The FADER
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Thanks to our funders: Government of Canada, Yukon Government
Special thanks to our show sponsors Air North, Yukon’s Airline and Bombay Peggy’s
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