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Info on HOT Summer Festivals!
READ MORE ABOUT ARTISTS FEATURED IN THESE HOT SUMMER FESTIVALS
READ BANNING EYRE'S INTERVIEW WITH SEUN KUTI
-AFRO PUNK FESTIVAL AT BAM-
The Rose Cinema at the Brooklyn Academy of Music presents a long weekend of films addressing black identity and American culture. Including some rediscovered rarities, the Festival offers a sweeping look at African-American cinema over the last forty years.
-BADENYA FESTIVAL-
Presented by Badenya in conjunction with Village Exchange International, Badenya Festival 2008 features Foday Musa Suso and Sekouba Bambino, two of today's premier West African musicians. Proceeds benefit the work done by Badenya and VEI in Sierra Leone and Ghana.
Featured Artists: Foday Musa Suso and Sekouba Bambino
For more information and schedule click here!
- CALIFORNIA WORLDFEST -
California WorldFest features eight stages of music and dance from around the world, camping with family and friends, workshops, international food, fine crafts, and the renowned children's program. Celebrate mid-summer with California WorldFest under the cool, tall pines of the Sierra foothills.
Featured Artists: OZOMATLI, Tcheka, and more!
For more information and schedule click here!
- CELEBRATE BROOKLYN -
Celebrate Brooklyn is one of New York City's longest running, free, outdoor performing arts festivals. Launched in 1979, as a catalyst for a Brooklyn performing arts scene and to bring people back into Prospect Park after years of neglect, Celebrate Brooklyn has been an anchor in the park's revitalization and has become one of the city's foremost summer cultural attractions.
Featured Artists: MIRIAM MAKEBA, BAKITHI KUMALO & FRIENDS, AFRICAN GUITAR FESTIVAL with OLIVER MTUKUDZI & BLACK SPIRITS and more!
For more information and schedule click here!
- CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE -
From celebrations of American soul, to spotlights on New York City's own emerging indie-rock talent, to U.S. debuts from trailblazing international artists, the 2008 Central Park SummerStage season offers something for everyone.
Featured Artists: Vieux Farka Toure, Fallou Dieng, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Vampire Weekend, Bajofondo and more!
For more information and schedule click here!
-CHICAGO FOLK AND ROOTS FESTIVAL-
The Chicago Folk and Roots Festival specializes in local and international roots music, featuring some awesome names in world music. The Festival takes place over two days in beautiful Welles Park.
Featured Artist: Dobet Ghanor
- THE CONCERT OF COLORS IN DETROIT -
The Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual diversity music festival. Presented by ACCESS/Arab American National Museum, New Detroit Inc. and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) with the goal of bringing together metro Detroit’s diverse communities and ethnic groups by presenting musical acts from around the world. Over its 15-year history, the festival has become a beloved highlight of metro Detroit’s summer festival season.
For more information and schedule click here!
-FEST AFRICA-
Formerly known as the Naija Fest, Fest Africa returns to Baltimore, new and improved. Fest Africa will feature African music and dance performances, as well as kid's activities, a fashion show and traditional African food.
For more information and schedule click here!
- THE FINGER LAKE GRASSROOTS FESTIVAL -
A four day festival (Thursday-Sunday) on four stages which run ridiculously long hours to accommodate the 60 some bands that play the festival. The band selection reflects the eclectic tastes of their 'amorphous committee'!
Featured Artists: Samite, Tobey Foyeh
For more information and schedule click here!
- FLOYD FEST -
Put together in 2001 on the small stage of Oddfella’s Cantina in downtown Floyd, Virginia, Across-the-Way Productions, has dedicated itself to becoming Southwest Virginia’s premier event production company. Not only a business but a philosophy, AtWP takes pride in presenting sincere, family-friendly, quality, even magical events.
Featured Artist: Oliver Mtukudzi
For more information and schedule click here!
- FOLK AND ROOTS IN CHICAGO -
The Chicago Folk & Roots Festival is a two-day cultural festival held in the heart of Lincoln Square, one of Chicago’s most diverse neighborhoods. The artistic vision of the festival is to showcase local and internationally known artists in various music and dance idioms in celebration of the diversity of folk and world culture.
Featured Artists: Dobet Gnahore
For more information and schedule click here!
-GLOBALQUERQUE-
This large world music festival takes place again this year in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Globalquerque features performances from musicians from every corner of the world, including a wide array of African musicians.
Featured Artists: Kanda Bongo Man, Vieux Farka Toure
For more information and schedule click here!
- GRAND PERFORMANCES IN L.A. -
Grand Performances (GP) is Southern California's largest presenter of free performing arts programs and a landmark nonprofit arts institution established with a primary focus on bringing together the diverse peoples of Los Angeles, in unique settings, for concerts celebrating the cultural contributions of our community's people.
Featured Artists: Tcheka, Rachid Taha
For more information and schedule click here!
-INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN ARTS FESTIVAL-
Brooklyn's 37th Annual International African Arts Festival is home to over 200 African arts vendors. Begun in 1971 as a fund raiser for Uhuru Sasa School, the Festival now receives an estimated 75,000 visitors each year.
For more information and schedule click here!
-JP MORGAN CHASE LATINO CULTURAL FESTIVAL-
The Latino Cultural Festival brings together a mix of veteran mainstays with artists exhibiting the cutting edge of Latino Music. Contemporary dance and art will also feature prominently in what is sure to be one of the most extensive Latino arts festivals of the summer!
Featured Artist: The Bachata Roja Legend
For more information and schedule click here!
-LATINOFEST 08-
LatinoFest, first held in 1980, is an annual celebration of Hispanic culture, music, food and art held in the heart of Baltimore's Latino community, Patterson Park. The Festival features an eclectic mix of Latin and African music.
Featured Arists: Eddie Palmieri, the International Orchestra from El Salvador
For more information and schedule click here!
- LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS -
Lincoln Center Out of Doors' season is jam-packed with dynamic, free programs that offer something for absolutely everyone, from re-imaginations of beloved cultural icons to cross-cultural collaborations that blur the lines of genre and geography.
Catch the rhythmic fever of a funk-filled African tribute to the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown, when Still Black, Still Proud celebrates the “hardest-working man in show business.” Explore the power of multi-ethnic oral traditions with the return of the beloved La Casita festival, and celebrate our rich musical heritage from blues to New Orleans funk to bluegrass to punk with the 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival.
Of special interest to Afropop devotees is the Midsummer Night Swing series, featuring some of the best and most danceable in African, Latin American and Caribbean music.
Featured Artists: Spanish Harlem Orchestra and other fantastic local bands!
For more information and schedule click here!
-MAFRIKA FESTIVAL-
Presented by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Mafrika Festival comes to Harlem for the third year in a row. Showcasing a wide variety of African-rooted musicians, the Festival provides an opportunity to see some of the most exciting new groups in African music.
Featured Artist: Zozo Afrobeat
For more information and schedule click here!
- NUITS D'AFRIQUE IN MONTREAL -
Check out the website for last years festival and highlights. Stay tuned for 2008’s line-up!
For more information and schedule click here!
-SANTA MONICA PIER TWILIGHT DANCE SERIES
The Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series Presented by Amoeba Music will present three premieres, a 30-year reunion and ten weeks of summer fun in its 24th season! The Series features an eclectic mix of local talent and some international stars.
Featured Artists: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Bachata Roja Legends, Oliver Mtukudzi, Toots & the Maytalls
- STERN GROVE IN SAN FRANCISCO -
The Stern Grove Festival Association is an independent, non-profit arts presenting organization that was founded in 1938 by San Francisco civic activist and arts patron Rosalie M. Stern. Presenting the highest quality performances, free of admission charge! Reaching out to diverse audiences by presenting a season of varied musical and performance genres and artists, while enhancing San Francisco's renown as a world center of arts and culture.
Featured Artist: SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80, VOICES OF LATIN ROCK, BAJOFONDO, SI*SÉ
For more information and schedule click here!
-SUDANESE MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL-
The 2008 Sudanese Music & Dance Festival is an unprecedented gathering of Sudanese musical and dance legends from all regions and religions of Sudan. Coming this summer to Chicago and Detroit, the Festival features a wide array of Sudanese musicians and dancers, and promises to be a unique and fantastic experience.
Featured Artists: Abdel Gadir Salim, Rasha
For more information and schedule click here!
- SUMMERDANCE IN CHIGACO -
This summer the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park becomes a unique outdoor urban dance space – the largest of its kind in the United States. Locals and visitors dance to the sounds of 43 top notch bands playing everything from swing, salsa and afrobeat to reggae, funk and klezmer, all on one huge dance floor.
Featured Artists: Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Shiko Mawatu and Bambazo, an Afro-Puerto Rican jam session
For more information and schedule click here!
- WORLD MUSIC SERIES IN CHICAGO -
Enjoy the best of global sounds in Chicago at the critically-acclaimed Music Without Borders concert series, part of the City's ongoing celebration of world music. The 10th Annual World Music Festival returns in September and will hold it’s opening and closing concerts in Millennium Park, showcasing both traditional and contemporary sounds from around the world.
For more information and schedule click here!
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