Listen to the jazz of Judi Singh at Black Arts Centre in Surrey
Published 1:06 pm Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Surrey’s Black Arts Centre will host a “listening lounge and fireside chat” focused on the jazz music of Black-Punjabi singer Judi Singh on Saturday, Feb. 28.
The 6 p.m. event celebrates the music and legacy of the Canadian vocalist at 10305 City Pkwy, Surrey. Tickets are free, pre-register on showpass.com.
Hosted by 5X Fest, the gathering will feature the soundtrack of Baljit Sangra’s 2025 documentary film, Have You Heard Judi Singh?
Guests are invited to “settle into a warm lounge setting as selected tracks are spotlighted and woven into a curated fireside conversation exploring sound, identity, and cultural memory. Following the conversation, the album continues in full, creating space for casual listening, reflection, and connection.”
Surrey Central is home to The Black Arts Centre (theblackartscentre.ca), founded in 2022 as part of the Solid State Community Industries Network. The artist-run centre BAC supports and celebrates Black art and artists across disciplines. A new February-long exhibit “From Horn to Home,” curated by DDB Media, features art by Manar Abrre, Khadija Issa, Tutu Elradi, Remas Elradi & Saliema Maki, Rahma Muktar and Stephen Waithaka Ng’ang’a.
Sangra’s movie, which streams on knowledge.ca, shines a light on Singh’s life and musical journey on the Edmonton jazz scene from the 1950s to 1970s.
Last September, Have You Heard Judi Singh? debuted in Surrey during the 2025 International South Asian Film Festival (iSAFF). In Vancouver, Sangra runs Viva Mantra Films, which produced the 2024 hockey documentary Mareya Shot Keetha Goal and also 2019’s Because We Are Girls, a compelling exploration of sexual abuse in small-town British Columbia.
Other Black History Month events in Surrey include “Tuning the Future: Black Identity Through Sound,” title of a free afternoon event Saturday, Feb. 21 at Surrey Art Gallery, where artists Justen LeRoy and Della Orrey lead “a dynamic conversation examining sound as a vessel for memory, healing, and radical possibility,” according to surrey.ca.
Elsewhere, Surrey Libraries hosts Black History Month events in February including a Worlds Within movie for adults at the Newton branch Feb. 20, 3 p.m. start. The 40-minute film “delves into the extraordinary lives of Black pioneers who overcame immense challenges to shape their communities and leave a lasting legacy,” says a post on surreylibraries.ca. Registration required, call 604-598-7406.
The celebration of Black History Month originates from the U.S. professor Carter G. Woodson’s 1926 declaration of Negro History Week, marking birthdates of civil rights activists Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.