World Music Festival: Chicago 2008

Three Rivers One Source

September 19 - 25, 2008

The 10th Annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2008 features more than 65 artists at 21 venues across the city. Listen to the artists and learn more about the Festival at www.worldmusicfestivalchicago.org/preview/

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater: FREE
Live on WNUR, 89.3 FM Special broadcast of “Continental Drift” radio program:
Prasanna’s Electric Ganesha Land Ensemble* (USA/India)
South Indian Classical Rock
Vasen (Sweden)
Traditional Acoustic Swedish Rock
Edmar Castaneda Quartet* (USA/Columbia)
Columbian Folkloric Jazz
Etugen* (Mongolia)
Traditional Mongolian Folk
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7:00 PM:
Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall: FREE
Three Rivers One Source* (Vietnam)
Traditional Vietnamese Music and Dance
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7:00 PM:
Jazz Showcase: $15
Edmar Castaneda Quartet* (USA/Columbia)
Columbian Folkloric Jazz
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7:00 PM:
Columbia College Conaway Center: FREE
[dunkelbunt]* (Austria)
Balkan Gypsy Electronica
DJ Gitana Angela (USA/Chicago)
Gypsy Electronica
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7:30 PM:
Museum of Contemporary Art: $15 
Dhafer Youssef* (Tunisia)
Sufi Mystic Fusion
Prasanna’s Electric Ganesha Land Ensemble* (USA/India)
South Indian Classical Rock
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8:00 PM:
Martyrs’:  $12
Mor Karbasi* (Israel)
Sephardic Ladino Music
Etugen* (Mongolia)
Traditional Mongolian Folk
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8:30 PM:
Old Town School of Folk Music (Pena): FREE
Son de Madera (Mexico)
Traditional Mexican Son Jarocho
Zazhil (Mexico)
Mexican Son Fusion
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9:00 PM:
Schubas: $10
Vasen (Sweden)
Traditional Acoustic Swedish Rock
Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko* (Canada/Mali)
African meets Appalachian Folk and Roots

To listen to the music of World Music Festival:Chicago 2008 visit 
 www.worldmusicfestivalchicago.org/preview/