Girls+ To The Front w/ host OK Naledi featuring Jahmeema & Henz

Name: Girls+ To The Front w/ host OK Naledi featuring Jahmeema & Henz
Start: 2025-10-15T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Irene's Pub

Schedule

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Irene's Pub | Ottawa, ON

Join us for another wonderful evening of stories and songwriting.
Wed. October 15, 2025 - 8pm
Featuring:
Jahmeema is a singer and songwriter from Ottawa, ON. In 2022, she began a journey of turning her passion into a career. Since then, she has accomplished the release of a French EP (her first language), and many singles including ‘Kicthen’ released June 13th, 2025. She has performed at SAW Gallery, SHAW Centre, The NAC, BluesFest, and multiple local bars and venues in the city. She is currently working on her first album and performs unreleased versions during her shows. Passionate about human rights advocacy, she strives to help others through her music. She creates as an act of revolutionary joy in a world that so often seeks to put out the flame inside all of us.
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HENZ is an up and coming interdisciplinary artist, specializing in therapeutic songwriting. They colour loud lyrics with smooth vocals and spacious instrumentals to invoke feelings of catharsis, echo transformative affirmations, and take pride in being inconveniently emotional. Having found home across the world, HENZ finds sonic inspiration across genres and time, being especially pulled by the gravity of experimental space rock. They have highlighted some of Ottawa’s famed stages including the NAC, and cozy ‘hole-in-the-walls’ for open mics, showcases, and band shows. With an upcoming EP [REDACTED], embodying the chaos of navigating grief and growth as an ever-evolving orb, HENZ embraces their calling to reach hearts through song.
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With host Ok Naledi!
“Naledi’s confident, positive persona marks them as an experienced performer and musician.” – Capital Current
OK Naledi is a high energy, Afro Fusion music project featuring traditional sub-Saharan clean guitar lines, classic deep bass, movement-inspiring beats and that iconic, driving Afro House tempo.
Emerging in February 2022, OK Naledi has had incredible performance opportunities and support. From major festival and showcase performances to award nominations. OK Naledi’s music video ‘do you feel’ was selected for screening at the 2023 Los Angeles Queer Film Festival. OK Naledi has received generous funding support from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa to continue creating in this project. On March 4, 2023 OK Naledi released their first full length album with a sold out album release event at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. OK Naledi is presenting themselves as an exciting up and coming artist to keep tabs on in the Canadian music landscape.
https://oknaledi.com/