While recordings of world music are wonderful, there's nothing like experiencing a live concert. Find music venues and festivals near you!
Ashkenaz is a legendary world music venue in Berkeley, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area). Founded by the late David Nadel, Ashkenaz functions as a non-profit community center which offers world and folk music nearly every night of the week, as well as international and folk dance workshops, children's programs, an organic cafe, a great selection of beer and wine, and more.
Photos from Festival International de Louisiane, 2009. Pictures of performers include Dobet Gnahore, Rupa and the April Fishes, Dengue Fever, Grupo Fantasma, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Walter Mouton, and more.
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GlobalFest is a one-night three-stage indoor world music festival that takes place each January in New York, New York. GlobalFest is presented by a conglomeration of some of New York City's top world music business people, and strives to present top-of-the-line world music artists that have been previously unknown in the United States.
It's no surprise that New York City, being one of the largest and most vibrant hubs of art and culture in the world, is a hotbed of world music, both live and recorded. It's not difficult to find a great world music performer, band or DJ on any given night in the city, but these world music clubs represent the best of the best and are truly New York City's finest.
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Festival International is a free street festival in Lafayette, Louisiana. Festival International de Louisiane is the United States' largest francophone music festival, showcasing dozens of artists from around the globe every year. The festival often coincides with one weekend of New Orleans JazzFest, so many people attend both.
The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, or GrassRoots for short, is one of the most established world music camping festivals in the Northeast. Annually, they present over 60 bands on four stages for four days.
New Orleans Jazz Festival, despite its name, is actually a phenomenal festival for World Music lovers, featuring dozens of acts from United States' varied ethnic traditions and bands from around the world; especially Africa!
The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance is a music festival that takes place twice a year in Silk Hope, North Carolina, near Chapel Hill. They showcase a wide variety of music, including World Music, folk music, blues and rock.
The best music festivals in the Northeastern United States that feature World music.
This folk festival features mostly Anglo-American folk, but also will often feature a few bands from Celtic, Native American, Cajun or other World Traditions.
The Austin Reggae Festival, formerly the Bob Marley Festival, is an annual event held in Austin, Texas's Auditorium Shores in mid-April.
Ashkenaz is a non-profit community-owned bar and club in Berkeley, California, which is nationally recognized as presenting the finest bands in the world to a highly appreciative audience.
