Chicago (Illinois), USA – The following is the program for World
Music Festival: Chicago 2006 as of 8/24/06.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Tune in your radio or travel into Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy
Theater for a series of live radio broadcasts interview/performances each
weekday during the festival. FREE
• 11 am – noon Live on WLUW 88.7 FM: Radio Maqam
• 12:30 – 2 pm Live on WNUR 89.3 FM: Erkan Ogur
6 pm: Borders (Michigan): Sara Tavares FREE
6:30 pm: Millennium Park: (Jay Pritzker Pavilion) Chicago Symphony Orchestra
FREE David Alan Miller (Conductor)
Featuring,
Yang Wei
Yat-Kha
Radio Maqam
9 pm: Chicago Cultural Center: (Preston Bradley Hall) Whirling Dervishes of
Konya FREE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Tune in your radio or travel into Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy
Theater for a series of live radio broadcasts interview/performances each
weekday during the festival. FREE
• 11 am – noon Live on WLUW 88.7 FM: Hu Vibrational
Sara Tavares
• 12:30 – 2 pm Live on WNUR 89.3 FM: Otto
Paul Brody’s Sadawi
12:15 pm: Millennium Park: (Peristyle) Fareed Haque, Kala Ramnath FREE
12:30 pm: Borders (State): Yat-Kha FREE
6 pm: Borders (North & Halsted): Paul Brody’s Sadawi FREE
8 pm: Tune into WBEZ 91.5 for a Live “PASSPORT” Concert Broadcast from Old Town
School of Folk Music:
Yat-Kha
Erkan Ogur $12
8:30 pm: Park West: Teddy Afro $12
Chicago AfroBeat Project
9 pm: Martyr’s: Kultur Shock $10
Paul Brody’s Sadawi
Erika Stucky & Roots of Communication
10 pm: Empty Bottle: Otto $10 advance Dengue Fever $12 at door
(FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 continued)
10 pm: Sonotheque: Hu Vibrational $10
Ammon Contact
DJ Striz
10 pm: HotHouse: Sara Tavares $12
Toubab Krewe
World DJ Afterparty
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Noon: Garfield Park Conservatory County Fair: Extra Golden FREE
1 pm: Borders (Uptown): Slavic Soul Party! FREE
1 pm: Navy Pier: Lamajamal FREE
1:30 pm: Garfield Park Conservatory County Fair: Hu Vibrational FREE
1:30 pm: Rogers Park World Music Festival: El Payo FREE
2 pm: Borders (Hyde Park): Mamadou Diabate Ensemble FREE
3 pm: Navy Pier: Toubab Krewe FREE
3 pm: Gary Comer Youth Center: Dza Nyodmo Dance Ensemble FREE
4 pm: Rogers Park World Music Festival: Heather Maxwell’s Afrika Soul FREE
4:30 pm: Symphony Center’s Day of Music: Slavic Soul Party! FREE
5 pm: Symphony Center’s Day of Music: Mamadou Diabate Ensemble FREE
6 pm: Humboldt Park: Pablo Mayor-Folklore Urbano FREE
7 pm: Symphony Center’s Day of Music: Chicago Symphony Orchestra FREE
WMF Opening Night Concert Reprise
7 pm: South Shore Cultural Center: Extra Golden FREE
8 pm: Old Town School of Folk Music: Natacha Atlas $12
La Mar Enfortuna
8:30 pm: University of Chicago’s International House: Slavic Soul Party! $5
T-Rroma
9 pm: Sonotheque: Africa Hi-Fi $10
9:30 pm: Logan Square Auditorium: WBEZ Dance Party
Jesús Enríquez y su Orquesta $13 advance
Carpacho y su Super Combo $15 at door
10 pm: HotHouse: Cibelle $12
Brazilian DJ Dance Afterparty
10 pm: Martyr’s: Toubab Krewe $10
Otto
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Noon: Navy Pier: Rob Curto’s Forro for All FREE
1 pm: Borders (Lakeview): Extra Golden FREE
2 pm: Clarke House: Mamadou Diabate Ensemble FREE
2 pm: Borders (Michigan): Cibelle FREE
2 pm: Navy Pier: Pablo Mayor-Folklore Urbano FREE
2:30 pm: Eli’s Cheesecake Festival: Heather Maxwell’s Afrika Soul FREE
3 pm: Humboldt Park: Angel Melendez and Orquesta Aralle FREE FREE
Dza Nyodmo Dance Ensemble
3 pm: Chicago Cultural Center: (Preston Bradley Hall) Safaafir FREE
4 pm: Eli’s Cheesecake Festival Presents: Son Trinidad FREE
5 pm: Museum of Contemporary Art: Kala Ramnath $12
Purbayan Chatterjee
7:30 pm: Park West: The Klezmatics $15
La Mar Enfortuna
8 pm: Martyr’s: Dengue Fever $12
Extra Golden
8 pm: HotHouse: Pablo Mayor-Folklore Urbano $12
Heather Maxwell’s Afrika Soul
8:30 pm: Logan Square Auditorium: WBEZ Dance Party,
Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits $13 advance
Mamadou Diabate Ensemble $15 at door
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
10 pm: Sonotheque: Cibelle $10
DJ Rikshaw
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Tune in your radio or travel into Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy
Theater for a series of live radio broadcasts interview/performances each
weekday during the festival. FREE
• 11am – noon Live on WLUW 88.7 FM: Rob Curto’s Forro for All
• 12:30 – 2 pm Live on WNUR 89.3 FM: Slonovski Bal
Natacha Atlas
Noon: Daley Center: Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar FREE
12:30 pm: Borders (Michigan): Oliver Mtukudzi (Solo) FREE
6:30 pm: Millennium Park: (Jay Pritzker Pavilion) Culture Musical Club of
Zanzibar FREE
Natacha Atlas
9 pm: HotHouse: Descemer Bueno $12
Rob Curto’s Forro for All
(MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 continued)
10 pm: Empty Bottle: Slonovski Bal FREE
Erika Stucky & Roots of Communication
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Tune in your radio or travel into Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy
Theater for a series of live radio broadcasts interview/performances each
weekday during the festival. FREE
• 11am – noon Live on WLUW 88.7 FM: Born Into Brothels Ensemble
• 12:30 – 2 pm Live on WNUR 89.3 FM: Rodrigo y Gabriela
Descemer Bueno
Noon: Daley Center: Slonovski Bal FREE
12:30 pm: Borders (Michigan): Curumin FREE
7 pm: Chicago Cultural Center: (Preston Bradley Hall) Born Into Brothels
Ensemble FREE
7:30 pm: Museum of Contemporary Art: Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar $12
8 pm: Columbia College (Conaway Center): Rodrigo y Gabriela FREE
8:30 pm: University of Chicago’s International House: Aurelio Martinez: Garifuna
Soul $5
9 pm: HotHouse: KAL $12
Slonovski Bal
10 pm: Empty Bottle: Descemer Bueno $10 advance
Fiamma Fumana $12 door
10 pm: Sonotheque: Curumin $10
DJ Jose de Jesus
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Tune in your radio or travel into Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy
Theater for a series of live radio broadcasts interview/performances each
weekday during the festival. FREE
• 11am – noon Live on WLUW 88.7 FM: Fiamma Fumana
KAL
• 12:30 – 2 pm Live on WNUR 89.3 FM: Aurelio Martinez: Garifuna Soul
Curumin
12:30 pm: Borders (State): Rodrigo y Gabriela FREE
6:30 pm: Hamilton Park: Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar FREE
7 pm: Chicago Cultural Center: (Preston Bradley Hall) Alaev Family FREE
7:30 pm: Museum of Contemporary Art: Soul N One $12
Sao Paulo Underground
8 pm: Columbia College (Conaway Center): Aurelio Martinez: Garifuna Soul FREE
8 pm: Martyr’s: KAL $12
Gjallarhorn
(WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 continued)
8:30 pm: Old Town School of Folk Music: Claudia Calderon FREE
Rodrigo y Gabriela
9 pm: HotHouse: Curumin $12
Fiamma Fumana
10 pm: Sonotheque: Born Into Brothels Ensemble $10
Bombay Beatbox
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Tune in your radio or travel into Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy
Theater for a series of live radio broadcasts interview/performances each
weekday during the festival. FREE
• 11 am – noon Live on WLUW 88.7 FM: Gjallarhorn
• 12:30 – 2 pm: Live on WNUR 89.3 FM: Aza
Debashish Bhattacharya w/ Subhasis and Sutapa Bhattacharya
12:30 pm: Borders (Michigan): Carmen Consoli FREE
6 pm: Millennium Park: (Jay Pritzker Pavilion) Orchestra Infinity FREE
6:30 – 11 pm: Chicago Cultural Center WMF OPEN HOUSE FREE
“One World Under One Roof”
Cassidy Theater: FREE
7:30 pm: Claudia Calderon
9 pm: Alaev Family
Preston Bradley Hall: FREE
6:30 pm: Debashish Bhattacharya w/ Subhasis and
Sutapa Bhattacharya
8:15 pm: Carmen Consoli
9:45 pm: Steve Gibon’s Gipsy Rhythm Project
featuring Nicolae Feraru
Randolph Café: FREE
7 pm: Gjallarhorn
9:30 pm: Aza
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