An evening of conversation and performance with Canada’s Queen of R&B!
This is a co-presentation with the Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life, and the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre.
The Ronning Centre is hosting Jully Black in March 2025 as part of its Black History month programming. The show is a free event to University students and community members.
In addition to performing her various hits, Jully will share her experiences highlighting the needs and examples of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the music industry, or in other areas of her public life, as well as how these connect to her faith.
The structure of the event will be a 30-45 minute moderated artist talk with the Centre Director at the start of the show, which will then be followed by an intermission, and then Jully Black’s performance.
Questions for the artist talk will be shared with Black prior to the event.
About the Ronning Centre
The Ronning Centre offers event programming that feature thoughtful religious perspectives on contemporary issues. Public figures are invited to share their experiences and stories to deepen knowledge about how religion and public life intersect. The Centre is located in Camrose, offering unique opportunities for the rural community to engage these figures and their ideas. In particular, the Centre fosters dialogue that gives a platform for equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization in the University and wider community.
About Jully Black:
Jully Black is a true Canadian Icon. Named as one of ‘The 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever’, (CBC Music) she has been dubbed ‘Canada’s Queen of R&B Soul’ by fans and industry leaders alike. As a platinum selling recording artist, her music career has yielded multiple singles reaching the Top 10 pop, R&B and dance music charts. She has taken home Juno and Gemini Awards, earned innumerable industry accolades, was hand selected to sing for the Queen of England and inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2021 (PILLARS OF EXCELLENCE – Arts & Entertainment).
With her powerhouse vocals, hilarious personality and love of people, Jully Black truly is everyone, and unlike anyone. Her passion for philanthropy has taken her from the shantytowns of Bangladesh to the villages of South Africa and all across Canada. As a woman of faith, she champions important causes and uses her career as a platform to celebrate and inspire the greatness that lies within each of us. As a songwriter, Jully has touched the hearts of her fans with her extensive music catalogue, her compositions for industry heavyweights such as Destiny’s Child and Nas, and on collaborations with songwriter, musician and performance titans such as Ian Thornley (Big Wreck). She has shared the stage with superstars such as The Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Etta James, Juno Breakthrough Artist, Jessie Reyez, hot emerging Canadian trap artist Paris Richards at Rolling Loud Festival T.O. Jully also co-headlined Drake’s ‘Road to OVO Fest Tour’ – All Canadian North Stars with Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Keshia Chante’, K-OS, Maestro Fresh Wes, Saukates, and Shawn Desmond to name a few.
