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Links for: Festivals
Fes Festival
- The official website for the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.
Savvy Traveler, week of 2/24/2003
- African Music Festivals (audio segment) by Sean Barlow. Description: "Most people like music -- but few have journeyed past Timbuktu to find it. Well, Sean Barlow has trotted around Africa for nearly 20 years, and his latest trip took him to the third ann
WOMEX
- The worldwide music expo in cyberspace
Zimbabwean Music Festival
- Zimbabwean Music Festival in Oregon, USA
Africolor
- This site offers information on one of the most famous French festival promoting world music and taking place annually in Paris. It also offers information on the organization's label, Cobalt musique, and the artists they produce.
Afrofest
- This is the non-profit organization Music Africa based in Toronto whose mission is to promote the African culture through music and dance. Afrofest is their annual celebration and is a true community event.
Angouleme Musiques Metisses
- Fantastic early summer festival in France. Especially good on African music.
Celebrate Brooklyn
- June 21st-July 7th
Prospect Park Bandshell
Yet another local place to get a global feel, Celebrate Brooklyn is one of New York City's longest-running, free, summer outdoor performing arts festivals.
Central Park Summer Stage
- From mid-June to early September, Summerstage is "the" place to be Sunday afternoon in New York City.
Couleur Café
- Promising 2001 version of website in progress. The late website version gives some info on the successful 2000 edition of this Belgian festival promoting world music.
DanceAfrica
- Each Memorial Day Weekend, Artistic Director Baba Chuck Davis in conjunction with the Brooklyn Academy of Music, bring you 3 days and evenings of culture celebration through dance, music, film and market place.
Festival d'Ete de Quebec
- July 5-15
Ever since its founding, the Québec City Summer Festival has been a beacon for French song and a rendezvous for top artists from a multitude of musical traditions and styles.
Francofolies
- This very elaborate site offers information on the annual francophone festival taking place in Montreal in the summer. Each year the festival has a stage featuring world music artists.
La Fiesta del Pueblo
- September
Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The largest Latin American festival in North Carolina. It features live performances by Spanish American acts that range from norteņo music to salsa. There is food and arts and cra
Les Suds A Arles
- Very colorful and lively site presenting this annual southern France festival promoting world music artists. Schedule and artist information is elaborately given.
Lincoln Center Festival
- Every summer, the Lincoln Center Festival presents a wide array of stunning performances of dance, theater, music, opera, and circus from around the world
Montreal Jazz Festival
- The last weekend of June of each year, Montreal introduces its summer season with this Jazz festival headlining major figures in Jazz but also world music.
Nuits D'Afrique
- This site offers the basic information concerning this annual celebration of African music (shows, tickets, festival sitemap etc...). The festival takes place in Montreal in the summer.
The Lotus World Music and Arts festival
- September 19-23
Bloomington, Indiana
The Festival is the flagship event of the not-for-profit Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, Inc., the mission of which is to create opportunities to experience and celebrate the diversity of the world.
The San Francisco World Music Festival
- May and June 1st, 2nd, 3rd
One of the most recent additions to the growing number of world music festivals in the United States. Address: SFWMF, 236 West Portal Ave. #164, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA
WOMAD
- WOMAD (World of Music, Arts, and Dance) is the brainchild of musician Peter Gabriel, who staged the first festival in England in 1982. The festival travels throughout the world.
ZIFF Festival
- Festival of the Dhow Countries is East Africa's largest cultural
event taking place in Zanzibar 29th June - 14th July 2001, in magnificent,
historical venues around Stone Town. Features east african live acts and over 100 film screenings.
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