Puuluup

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Public onsale: June 22 at 10 a.m.  

Somewhere between a Viking museum and a comedy club, two elegantly dressed Estonians are doing something that shouldn't work — but it absolutely does.

Puuluup is Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson: two Estonians who play an ancient Nordic bowed lyre called the talharpa. When they start running it through effects pedals and loopers... the party starts.

Then they sing. Not only in Estonian, but in English and a language they invent on stage. The rhythms are contagious. Their humour is gloriously strange. And the choreography is weird on purpose.

They call it "neo-zombie-post-folk."

Puuluup has toured 40 countries, earned multiple awards in Estonia, and reached the Eurovision Song Contest finals. They've played at some of the biggest music festivals—WOMAD, Sziget, and Clockenflap, where audiences usually leave saying: I have no idea what I just saw, and I loved every second of it.

Come see an instrument you've never seen before, played in a way no one has ever played it, by two men who seem genuinely delighted that any of this is happening.

How does "Pay What You Will" pricing work? 

– Tickets are required: Book your general admission seats online, by calling our box office at 458-8344, or visiting us at 686 Queen Street.

– At the performance, we will provide an envelope and ask audience members to pay whatever amount they wish following the performance, either in-person or online. 

– You decide the price of your tickets!

The objective of "Pay What You Will" performances is to increase access to our programs, and to encourage our patrons to take a chance on new performances!

 For full details about ticket pricing to our Spotlight Series shows, please click here.