World Music Festival: Chicago 2003 Schedule
[image1_left]Chicago, USA - The complete schedule of
World Music Festival: Chicago 2003 is now available. Chicago will host the
fifth annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2003, September 17 - 21. The multi-venue
festival showcases both traditional and contemporary music from many of the
world's diverse cultures. Festival events include a mix of free and ticketed
concerts as well as live radio broadcasts presented at 22 venues including
museums, parks, cultural centers, plazas, theaters, book stores, clubs and other
venues throughout Chicago. For more information call the World Music Festival:
Chicago 2003 hotline at 312-742-1938 or visit
World Music Festival: Chicago
2003Wednesday, Sept. 17
MBC 11 am –12 pm Luis Jahn (Chicago/Argentina) FREE
Issa Boulos (Chicago/Palestine)
(live broadcast on WLUW 88.7 FM)
MBC 12:30 pm – 2 pm Dan Boadi (Chicago/Ghana) FREE
Jim Stoynoff (Chicago/Greece)
(live broadcast on WNUR 89.3FM)
Borders Books & Music 12:30 pm Taller de Compas (Spain) FREE
(Michigan Ave.)
Old Town School 8:30 pm Taller de Compas (Spain) $5
suggested donation
Thursday, Sept. 18
MBC 11 am – 12 pm Jan Yrgagy (Kyrgyzstan) FREE
Liam Teague & Robert Chappell (Chicago/Trinidad)
(live broadcast on WLUW 88.7 FM)
MBC 12:30 pm – 2 pm Guerra Freitas (Chicago/Angola) FREE
Habibullah Wardak (Chicago/Afghanistan)
(live broadcast on WNUR 89.3FM)
Borders Books & Music 12:30 pm Ellika & Solo (Sweden/Senegal) FREE
(State St.)
Chicago Cultural Center 6 – 11 pm World Music Festival Open House FREE
Preston Bradley Hall 6:30pm Friends of the Gamelan (Chicago)
7:45pm Habibullah Wardak (Chicago/Afghanistan)
& Puran Vyas (Chicago/India)
9:15 pm Radio Maqam (Chicago)
Randolph Café 7:45pm Jan Yrgagy (Kyrgyzstan)
9:30pm Taller de Compas (Spain)
Claudia Cassidy Theater 7 pm Liam Teague & Panoramic (Chicago/Trinidad)
8:30 pm Morikeba Kouyate & The Jaliya Ensemble
(Chicago/Senegal)
All Building: throughout evening Environmental Encroachment (Chicago)
Friday, Sept. 19
MBC 11 am – 12 pm Ellika and Solo (Sweden/Senegal) FREE
(live broadcast on WLUW 88.7 FM)
MBC 12:30pm – 2 pm Taller de Compas (Spain) FREE
Super Uba (New York City/Dominican Republic)
(live broadcast on WNUR 89.3FM)
Daley Center 12 pm Razbar Ensemble (Iran) FREE
Borders Books & Music 12:30 pm Perla Batalla (Los Angeles/Mexico) FREE
(State St.)
Borders Books & Music 12:30 pm Cool Crooners of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) FREE
(Hyde Park)
Humboldt Park Boathouse 7 pm Super Uba (New York City/Dominican Republic)
FREE
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum 7 pm Perla Batalla (Los Angeles/Mexico) $12
Maria del Mar Bonet (Spain)
Old Town School 7:30 pm Cool Crooners of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) $12
Ellika and Solo (Sweden/Senegal)
Museum of Contemporary Art 7:30 pm Beat the Donkey (New York City/Brazil) $12
Rhythm 8 pm Drum Drum (Papua New Guinea) $8
Martyrs 9:30 pm Zemog (Boston) $10
Los Hombres Perdidos (Chicago)
Empty Bottle 10 pm Si*Sé (New York City) $10
Youngblood Brass Band (Madison)
Sonotheque 11 pm Grupo Okokan (Chicago) $8
DJ Híde (Chicago)
Saturday, Sept. 20
Garfield Park Conservatory 12 pm (1pm) Cool Crooners of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) FREE
County Fair (3pm) Super Uba (New York City/Dominican Republic)
Kids and Kites Festival 12 pm Drum Drum (Papua New Guinea) FREE
Rogers Park Festival 12:30 pm Taller de Compas (Spain) FREE
Borders Books & Music 1 pm Maria del Mar Bonet (Spain) FREE
(Michigan Ave.)
Rhythm (WORKSHOP) 2 pm Cyro Baptista/Beat The Donkey $8
(New York City/Brazil)
Borders Books & Music 3 pm Si*Sé (New York City) FREE
(Clark Street)
Saturday, Sept. 20 (cont.)
Old Town School 7:30 pm Super Uba Y Su Conjunto $12
with El Bachatin (New York City/
Dominican Republic)
Museum of Contemporary Art 7:30 pm Razbar Ensemble (Iran) $12
Jan Yrgagy (Kyrgyzstan)
Polish Highlander Hall 8:30 pm Duvo (Hungary) $12
Siumni (Chicago/Poland)
HotHouse 9 pm Maria del Mar Bonet (Spain) $12
Nó em Pingo d’Água (Brazil)
Empty Bottle 10 pm Fiamma Fumana (Italy) $12
Zemog (Boston)
Martyrs 10 pm Beat the Donkey (New York City/Brazil) $10
Chicago Afrobeat Project (Chicago)
Park West 10 pm Spanish Harlem Orchestra (New York City) $15
Issac Delgado (Cuba)
Sonotheque 11 pm Si*Sé (New York City) $8
DJ Anthony Nicholson (Chicago)
Rhythm 11 pm Djelimady Tounkara (Mali) $10
Sunday, Sept. 21
River East Art Center/Ogden Slip 12 pm Nó em Pingo d’Água (Brazil) FREE
Borders Books & Music 1 pm Nothembi (South Africa) FREE
(Hyde Park)
Borders Books & Music 2 pm Fiamma Fumana (Italy) FREE
(Michigan Ave.)
Chicago Cultural Center 3 pm Kushal Das and Samar Saha (India) FREE
Old Town School 5 pm Duvo (Hungary) $12
Juliano Milosavljevic Ensemble
(Chicago/Serbia)
Riviera Theater 7:30 pm Youssou N’Dour (Senegal) $25
Nothembi (South Africa)
Djelimady Tounkara (Mali)
Sonotheque 11 pm Dan Boadi & Ghanatta (Chicago/Ghana) $8 DJ RikShaw (Chicago)
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