World Music Festival – Complete Schedule

Underground System (New York City, USA)

Chicago SummerDance – Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park

601 S. Michigan Ave.

Dance Lesson: 6-7pm

Live Music: 7:30-9:30pm

All Ages

Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music + Dance (Sept. 8-9)

Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall + Millennium Park, Great Lawn

78 E. Washington St., 3rd Floor

6:30pm-10am

All Ages

Presented in collaboration with Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts

Evolution of Songs from Indian Films: 1930-2017

6:30-7:30pm

Anjali Ray, vocals with Rishi Thakkar, tabla + Anis Chandnani, harmonium

(Sunset – 7:12pm)

The stories of “Ahimsa: Non-Violence”

7:50-8:50pm

• Dance Choreography and Performance: Priya Venkatraman
• Music Composition + Vocals: Shiv Subramaniam
• Violin: Sruti Swarthy
• Mridangam: Ravi Subramaniam
• Nattuvangam: Sowmya Kumeran

Rhythms of India

9:10-10:25pm

Anindo Chatterjee, tabla with Anubrata Chatterjee, tabla and Rohan Misra, sarangi

Sanctuaries

10:45-11:45pm

• Dance Choreography + Performance: Mythili Prakash
• Music Composition and Vocals: Aditya Prakash
• Nattuvangam: Kasi Aysola
• Mridangam and Kanjira: Rajna Swaminathan
• Violin: Shiva Ramamurthu

Jugalbandi

12-1:30am

Alam Khan, sarode with Ambi Subramaniam, violin with Salar Nader, tabla and Mahesh Krishnamurthy, mridangam

Hindustani – Santoor + Tabla from North India

1:50-3:05am

Satish Vyas, santoor with Anindo Chatterjee, tabla

Music from Abhang & Carnatic Traditions

3:25am-4:40am

Shiv Subramaniam, vocals, Sruti Sarathy, violin, Arjun Ramachandran, mridangam

Jugalbandi

5-6:10am

Roopa Panesar, sitar with Prishanna Thevarajah, mridangam and Nitin Mitta, tabla

Suprabhatam

Awakening the Gods

6:15-6:30am

(Sunrise @ 6:25am)

Choir comprised of Conductors from Chicago Children’s Choir

Conducted by Ahila Devi Vigneshwaran

Yoga + Gong Meditation @ Millennium Park, Great Lawn

Zen Yoga Garage + GongLab

8am-10am

Yoga + Gong Meditation

Zen Yoga Garage + GongLab

Millennium Park, Great Lawn

201 E. Randolph Street

8-10am

Bharat Symphony – 70th Anniversary of India’s Independence

Millennium Park

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

201 E. Randolph Street

3pm

All Ages

*Premiere + Commissioned for World Music Festival Chicago

• Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (violin)
  
• Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam (vocals)
  
• Bindu Subramaniam (vocals)
  
• Debashish Bhattacharya (slide guitar)
  
• Ambi Subramaniam (violin)
  
• Tanmoy Bose (tabla)
  
• Mahesh Krishnamurthy (mridangam)
  

With:

Elmhurst Philharmonic Orchestra and Elmhurst Community Choir conducted by Joanne May

Duo Scofano-Minetti (Argentina)

Chicago SummerDance – Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park

601 South Michigan Avenue

Dance Lesson: 6-7pm

Live Music: 7:30-9:30pm

All Ages

Salif Keita (Mali)

Grand Tapestry (LA, USA)

Concord Music Hall

2047 N. Milwaukee Ave.

7pm doors, 8pm show

21+

Uptown Saturday Nights featuring Ugochi & The Afro Soul Ensemble

With a special performance by God’s Grace, a Congolese refugee family

Wilson Abbey, 935 W. Wilson

8-9:30pm

All Ages

Feufollet (Lafayette, LA)

Chicago SummerDance – Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park

601 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605

Dance Lesson: 4-5pm

Live Music: 5-7pm

All Ages

“Women of the World” at Navy Pier

Underground System (NYC)

Ecos del Pacifico Afrocolombia (Colombia)

lePercolateur (Chicago, USA)

Navy Pier

600 E. Grand Ave

3-6pm

All Ages

Alfonso Ponticelli + Swing Gitan (Chicago, USA)

Eva Salina (NYC)

Green Mill

4802 N Broadway St

Chicago, IL 60640

7:30pm

21+

Tcheka (Cape Verde)

Eva Salina (NYC)

 The Hideout

1354 W. Wabansia Ave.

Chicago, IL 60642

6pm doors, 7pm show

21+

Bhangra Blowout

Chicago SummerDance in the Parks + World Music Festival Chicago 2017

White (Willye B.) Park

1610 Howard St.

6-9pm

Kalapriya presents Bhangra Blowout with DJ + Live Dhol

Lúnasa (Ireland)

Irish American Heritage Center

4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago, IL 60630

7pm

All Ages

Vox Sambou (Montreal, Québec| Haiti)

Los Hijos De la Montaña (Tucson, Arizona + Portland, OR)

Martyrs’

3855 N. Lincoln Ave.

7pm doors, 8pm show

21+

Yao Ye (China)

Ping Tom Memorial Park

300 W. 19th St.

6pm show

All Ages

Film Screening

Mdou Moctar’s Docudrama – An Homage to Prince’s Purple Rain

AKOUNAK TEDALAT TAHA TAZOUGHAI

Tamashek with English subtitles, 75 mins

Storefront Theater

66 E. Randolph St.

6pm

All Ages

Vox Sambou (Montreal, Québec| Haiti)

Tcheka (Cape Verde)

The Promontory

5311 South Lake Park Avenue West

6pm doors, 7pm show

All Ages

Instrument Workshop

La Tribu de Abrante (Puerto Rico)

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL 60639

11am-12:30pm

All Ages

Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo (Venezuela)

Luciano Antonio Quartet (Brazil| Chicago, USA)

Millennium Park

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

201 E. Randolph St.

3pm

All Ages

Mexican Independence Day

Mariachi Flor de Toloache (New York City, USA)

Los Hijos De La Montaña (Tucson, Arizona + Portland, OR)

Thalia Hall

1807 S. Allport

8pm doors, 9pm show

21+

Mdou Moctar (Niger)

Ode (Chicago, USA)

Martyrs’

3855 N. Lincoln Ave.

9pm doors, 10pm show

21+

Yao Ye (China)

Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater

78 E. Washington Street, 2nd Floor

2pm

The 606 Walk + Global Peace Picnic with Juicebox Concerts

September 17

Humboldt Park Boathouse

1301 N. Sacramento Avenue

2-6pm

All Ages

• 11-12:30pm – Instrument Making at Milwaukee/Leavitt Park and Ridgeway Trailhead
• 12:30-2pm – Peace Procession to the Humboldt Overlook
• 2-6pm – Global Peace Picnic @ Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1301 N. Sacramento Ave.

La Tribu de Abrante (Puerto Rico)

Mdou Moctar (Niger)

Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo (Venezuela)

Trio da Kali (Mali)

Hong Sung Hyun’s Chobeolbi (South Korea)

Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall

78 E. Washington St., 3rd Floor

6pm show

All Ages

Hong Sung Hyun’s Chobeolbi (South Korea)

Daley Plaza

50 W. Washington Street

12pm

All Ages

Instrument Workshop

Hong Sung Hyun’s Chobeolbi (South Korea)

People’s Music School

931 W. Eastwood Ave.

6pm

All Ages

Sahba Motallebi (US | Iran) with Naghmeh Farahmand (Canada | Iran)

Iberi Choir (Country of Georgia)

Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall

78 E. Washington St., 3rd Floor

6pm show

All Ages

Trio da Kali (Mali)

Rami Gabriel Band (Chicago, USA)

The Hideout

1354 W. Wabansia Ave.

6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show

21+

Bitori (Cape Verde)

Beats y Bateria (Chicago, USA)

The Promontory

5311 S. Lake Park Avenue West

6pm doors, 7pm show

All Ages

Iberi Choir (Country of Georgia)

DePaul University Concert Hall

800 W. Belden Ave.

7:30 doors, 8pm show

All Ages

Hyde Park Jazz Festival

Nicole Mitchell & Ballake Sissoko: Bamako * Chicago Sound System  (USA + Mali)

University of Chicago Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

915 E. 60th St.

3pm-4pm and 5:45-6:45pm

All Ages

FELABRATION!

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria)

Bitori (Cape Verde)

AFRICA HI-FI: Ron Trent (MUSICANDPOWER / AFRICA HI-FI) and Sonia H. (Chicago, USA)

Concord Music Hall

2047 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60647

7pm doors, 8pm show

21+

Chicago Gypsy Jazz Festival & Caravan Art Festival

Sara Labriola Trio (New York, NY)

The Harmonious Wail (Madison, WI)

Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan (Chicago, IL)

and more!

Band of Bohemia

4710 N. Ravenswood Ave.

1pm-6pm

All Ages