Newcomer Creative Exchange: Open Mic Night

Date and Time
Fri, Jun 20, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Location
Happy Hands Pottery And Art Studio
57 Mill Street North #303
Brampton, ON L6X 1S9
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Brampton Arts Organization (BAO)’s Newcomer Creative Exchange program is for newcomer artists, creatives, or cultural workers looking to continue their arts and culture careers in Canada. The program creates a space for these Brampton-based newcomers to gather, network, create, and learn together in a welcoming and supportive environment.

For our third Newcomer Creative Exchange session, please join us for an evening of open mic performances in a supportive community environment. Local artists Mehakdeep Gill and Sunny Deewana from Laal Button will be our co-hosts for the evening.

This open mic will be a supportive outlet for any kind of performance you would like to share. Comedy, dance, poetry, song, music, magic, spoken word, a theatrical monologue or any other kind of performance, all are welcome and encouraged.

If you would like to perform:

• Sign up to perform is on a first come, first serve basis (no exceptions).
• We recommend arriving 10 minutes in advance and no earlier than 15 minutes in advance of the event start time.
• Newcomers can sign up for one 5 minute time slot to begin. If additional spots become available, we will announce them.
• All visitors, artists/performers, and guests must adhere to BAO’s Code of Conduct and Community Guidelines. Please read through our guidelines HERE. Content with explicit use of alcohol, smoking, illegal drugs, horror, offensive language, nudity, explicit sexual activity and/or violence is not permitted.

This session and all Newcomer Creative Exchange sessions are free for Brampton residents.

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Translation: If you are a Brampton resident who needs a translator to support your participation, please get in touch with us at info@bramptonartsorg.ca as soon as possible (minimum of 7 business days in advance) so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

Accessibility: If you are a Brampton resident who needs assistance or support to participate, such as an ASL interpreter, please get in touch with us at info@bramptonartsorg.ca as soon as possible (minimum of five days in advance) so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

Transportation: We can provide all-ages Brampton Transit Tickets to Brampton residents free of charge to those who need them for all BAO in-person events. If you would like to pick up a ticket for yourself and others attending with you, please email info@bramptonartsorg.ca prior to the event and we will have them available for you onsite. Tickets work for both Brampton Transit and Züm buses.

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Co-Hosts

Sunny Deewana is a Brampton-based comedian and comedy show producer. He starred in the popular Crave series “Late Bloomer,” is one of the producers of the comedy show “Immigrants With Attitude” and also produces multilingual comedy shows in Brampton. He moved to Canada at the age of 14 from Punjab, India. A lot of his comedy material draws from his experience as an immigrant. He has performed at more than 300 shows including GTA, Hamilton, Ottawa, Montreal. He can do comedy in Hindi, Punjabi or English.

Mehakdeep Gill (GuitarwaliKudi) is a Brampton-based artist exploring the fusion of Indian music with a Bollywood touch. She’s also diving into theatre, recently performing with Satrang Theatre. Her dream is to play guitar live for Diljit Dosanjh, performing “Ikk Kudi.”