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Black History Month: DJ Nova Jade and GreenEyedLion at the Campus Pub

  • VIU Students' Union - Building 193 900 Fifth Street Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5S5 Canada (map)

Come to the Campus Pub for this Black History Month special event featuring two talented black artists. This will be an evening of music, dancing, art, drink specials, and fun. With opening remarks from Jovonne Johnson of Risebridge Project.

Must be 19+ with 2 pcs of ID required.

Tera "Nova Jade* Greene is an award-winning DJ since 2003.  Originally from Los Angeles, CA, she is the host of Bad Rabbit Radio on SUB.FM bi-weekly since 2018.   She has lent her eclectic musical range as a DJ/Singer-Songwriter to a vast array of landscapes and settings, including: art galleries, fashion shows, film and music festivals, clubs, and fitness centres. 

Nova has opened for Grammy-nominated artists Kelis, Tre Hardson of the Pharcyde, and Juno-award winning, DJ NDN of a Tribe Called Red.  Her technical skills & creativity have also placed her on lineups where she has opened for: ColtCutz, Anger, Triple XL, Weston, Metafloor, Lion-S & Hoola, Woofax, Bryx, Amaurotic, Dubconscious and Shiny Things. At her core, Nova Jade* is a true audiophile, a “DJ’s DJ”, and one of her passions is dance. 

She says, “Every set I play, I set an intention to become in tune with the heartbeat of the crowd I’m playing for.”  

GreenEyedLion: a.k.a Osman Okey brings elements of all his travels around the world (Nigeria, Turkey, U.K., New Zealand, Brazil and Canada) to his art, music and mixes. This includes West African percussion. His Safari Nites events promote Indigenous Art forms - recently NEON African Masks - and these genre (Amapiano, Afrobeat, Afrohouse, Tribal house, DnB Ragga Jungle) of music.

This event is hosted in part of VIUSU’s FROST series, an annual spring semester welcome event series for new and returning students at VIU. Organized by your Director of Events, Paula Zerpa.

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