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Allison Roberts is an Afro-Caribbean Canadian, entreprenuer. Born in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, she grow up in Trinidad & Tobago and later moved to Montreal to pursue tertiary education. In 2012, the Montreal Gazette recognized her as one of top 20 Montrealers. The list included Justin Trudeau, Jay Baruchel and Xavier Dolan

Le Piano Rouge
In the late 2000's she opened Le Piano Rouge soul lounge – a live music venue in Montreal, Canada. It was ranked by the Montreal Gazette as one of Montreal's top nightspot for live music. During its tenure, many renowned international and local artists were drawn to Le Piano Rouge including; Divine Brown, Kim Richardson, and Melina Soochan. The club was located in Old Montreal, the venue of two former well known Montreal live music venues - Black Bottom and Nuit Magique

Afrophilya
She co-founded Afrophilya, an international bi-annual music festival that coincided with the celebration of Black History Month. Afrophilya is a contemporary view of Afro Culture and celebrates the artistic contributions of people of African descent to world culture. Notable artists who have performed at the festival include; international contemporary jazz stars José James, Kris Bowers, South African Lorraine Klaasen daughter of Nelson Mandela's favourite singer Thandi Klaasen (who also performed at the 2012 Afrophilya Festival), Dessy Di Lauro - Delirium (Cirque du Soleil) and Ric’key Pageot (keyboardist for Madonna, Jill Scott, Earth, Wind & Fire), Shaharah (La Voix 2015), G'nee (La Voix 2014), Sarah MK (Montreal International Jazz Festival 2012), Warren "Slim" Williams, 2005 Maple Blues Awards winner Dawn Tyler Watson, Henri-Pierre Noël, and many more.