This year is California WorldFest’s 20th anniversary. The event will take place July 14-17, 2016, in Grass Valley, California. For the past two decades California WorldFest has taken place in the heart of Sierra Nevada and not only shared music of the world, but taught Conscious Living, with homesteading classes such as bee keeping, canning, preservation and nature education.
The fest’s Global Village will be expanding this year, offering more workshops, demonstrations, music and dance. Festival goers will have the opportunity to meet the artists, learn about traditional instruments, dance, costume, crafts and expand their awareness of Indigenous cultures worldwide.
The official lineup so far:
Boz Scaggs
Fannah Fi Allah
Dustin Thomas
Paige Anderson and the Fearless kin
Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds
Joe Kye
Grass Valley Taiko
Secret Agent 23 skiddoo
Earth Guardians
Third World
Nahko and Medicine for the People
Delhi 2 Dublin
Mariachi Flor De Tolache
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams
Emel Mathlouthi
Awa Sangho
Sahba Motallebi
Boogat
Elage Diouf
Peter Mawanga and the Amaravi Movement
Baskery
Los Pinguos
Nano Stern
SInhasin
Eva Salina
Dirty Revival
Salt Petal
The Suitcase Junket
Liz Vice
Dead Winter Carpenters
Rita Hosking
Banana Slug Stringband
Merloch the Magician
More information at http://worldfest.net
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
