Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago has announced the new season of its popular World Music Wednesday Series. Most of the concerts are free with a $10 suggested donation.
Wednesday, September 1 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Jazz a la Mexicana
Jazz a la Mexicana is a concert celebrating traditional and folkloric Mexican music in symbiosis with jazz.
Wednesday, September 8 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Bomba con Buya & Mancha ‘E Plátano
SRBCC 50th Anniversary Celebration
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC), Chicago’s longest-standing Puerto Rican cultural center, celebrates its 50th Anniversary bringing together Bomba practitioners from Barcelona and Chicago as part of MacArthur Foundation’s International Connections Program.
Wednesday, September 15 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Zaiko Langa Langa with special guest Pibo Marquez y Champetronik
Founded in early 1969, Zaiko Langa Langa are a seminal contemporary Congolese band from DR Congo.
Wednesday, September 22 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Rising Star Fife and Drum Band with special guest Larry Taylor
Rising Star Fife and Drum Band is led by the legendary Othar Turner’s granddaughter, Shardé Thomas, to keep this American folk music tradition derived from country blues, martial music tradition, and African rhythms alive.
Wednesday, September 29 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Blato Zlato
Blato Zlato is a New Orleans-based Balkan band that puts a contemporary Louisiana twist on traditional folk music from Eastern Europe.
Wednesday, October 6 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Erol Josué with special guest Kreyol Roots
World-renowned expert in the centuries-old Haitian Vodu religion, Erol Josué’s work reflects the essence of his heritage with humor, complexity, surrealism, and entrancing music.
Wednesday, October 13 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Concert featuring OPLIAM, NuFolk Rebel Alliance, Huguito Gutierrez & Armando Bakle
The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Concert is an annual, artistic and cultural event to showcase Native American musicians.
Wednesday, October 20 · 8:00 PM · Maurer Hall
Eva Ayllón 50th Anniversary Concert
Rescheduled from Sunday, May 10, 2020, and Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and iconic diva from Peru. The Queen of Landó!
Wednesday, October 27 · 8:30 PM · Szold Hall
Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty
Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty featuring Angel Bat Dawid, Anaiet, and Brooklynn Skye Scott, emerge from the Great Black music traditions of Chicago relying heavily on spontaneous compositions and improvisation.
Wednesday, November 3 · 8:30 PM · Maurer Hall
Harold López-Nussa
Havana-based pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa sets out to capture a stirring sensation with an exhilarating marriage of jazz and Cuban music.
Wednesday, November 10 · 8:30 PM · Szold Hall
Flamenco Festival, Flamenco Americana
Wednesday, November 17 · 8:30 PM · Szold Hall
Hamza Akram Qawwal and Brothers with special guest DJ Ase Wonder
Pakistan’s Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers, grandsons of the revered Munshi Raziuddin, have been acclaimed for their riveting interpretations of qawwali, the ecstatic improvisational Sufi vocal tradition.
Wednesday, November 24 · 8:30 PM · Szold Hall
Gaurav Mazumdar
A compelling night of Indian Classical Music featuring Grammy-nominated virtuoso of the sitar, Gaurav Mazumdar.
Wednesday, December 1 · 8:30 PM · Szold Hall
Stacie Sandoval y su Orquesta
Cuban-American Stacie Sandoval presents Su Orquesta to perform salsa, merengue, cha cha cha and more.
More information at www.oldtownschool.org
Author: World Music Central News Room
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