World Music Festival: Chicago 2008

Rupa & The April Fishes. Photo by Judith Burrows.

12N:
Navy Pier: FREE
Seckou Keita Quartet* (UK/Senegal/Italy/Egypt/Gambia)
Acoustic African World Jazz
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1:00 PM:
Chicago Cultural Center's Claudia Cassidy Theater: FREE
Bulgarian Film, Images, Music & Dance!
Documentary film screening and discussion by photographer
Martin Koenig about the exhibit Voices and Images from Bulgaria: 1966-1979.

Followed by a Bulgarian dance party hosted by John Kuo with live music by
Kabile* (Bulgaria/USA)
Traditional Bulgarian Folk
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1:30 PM:
Navy Pier:  FREE
Rupa & The April Fishes* (USA/San Francisco)
French Indian and Gypsy Fusion
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2:30 PM:
HideOut Block Party: $25 suggested donation
Little Cow* (Hungary)
Gypsy-tinged Ska/Rock/Funk Pop
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3:30 PM:
Navy Pier: FREE
Chicha Libre* (USA/NYC)
Psychedelic Peruvian Cumbia Surf
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5:00 PM:
Rogers Park World Music Festival: FREE
Samba Mapangala & Virunga* (DR Congo/Kenya)
African Rumba and Soukous  
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7:00 PM:
HideOut Block Party: $25 suggested donation
Vieux Farka Touré (Mali)
Malian Desert Blues  
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8:00 PM:
World Music Center: $15
Reelroad* (Russia)
Russian Folk Rock
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8:00 PM:
Old Town School of Folk Music: $15 general, $13 members
Rupa & The April Fishes* (USA/San Francisco)
French Indian and Gypsy Fusion
Chicha Libre* (USA/NYC)
Psychedelic Peruvian Cumbia Surf
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9:00 PM:
Martyr’s: $12
Baba Zula* (Turkey)
Turkish Psychedelic Dub
Lamajamal (USA/Chicago)
Gypsy Surf
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9:00 PM:
Empty Bottle: $10
Cordero (Bloodshot Record release party)
(USA/NYC/Mexico)
Latin Indie Rock
Little Cow* (Hungary)
Gypsy-tinged Ska/Rock/Funk Pop
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9:00 PM:
Sonotheque: $10
Afrodisiac night featuring
DJ Samy Ben Redjeb* (Tunisia/Germany)
Rare 70s Afrobeat and Funk
DJ TopDonn (USA/Chicago/Kenya)
Afrobeat & Afro-Groove
Hosted by Aurelien PV (USA/Chicago/Cameroon)
Afro Groove
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9:00 PM:
Museum of Contemporary Art: $15
Mamak Khadem* (USA/LA/Iran)
Iranian Classical Fusion
Gaida Hinnawi Ensemble* (USA/NYC/Iraq)
Iraqi Jazz Fusion and Folk
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10:00 PM:
Schubas: $10
Rachel Unthank & Winterset* (England)
British Folk
Spires That In Sunset Rise (USA/Chicago/Madison)
Folk Rock
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10:00 PM:
Uncommon Ground: FREE
Seckou Keita Quartet* (UK/Senegal/Italy/Egypt/Gambia)
Acoustic African World Jazz

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