(Clockwise from top left: Etran De L’Aïr, Thandiswa Mazwai, Zakir Hussain, Paolo Angeli, Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Las Migas. Photo Credits: Etran De L’Aïr – Larry Hirshowitz, Zakir Hussain – Jim Bennett, Ustad Noor Bakhsh – Jan Eric Wendt, Paolo Angeli – Nanni Angeli. Unless noted otherwise, photos courtesy of the artists and their representatives.)
The World Music Institute (WMI) will celebrate 39 years in New York City with a fresh roster of artists and shows for their 2024-25 Fall-Winter Season. This season begins on August 16th with a free show at Bryant Park featuring New York City-based Natu Camara and Samir LanGus.
Other highlights include Sofia Rei’s groundbreaking “Folk & Futurism” collaboration with Gaby Moreno, Xenia Rubinos, Daymé Arocena, Mireya Ramos, Charo Bogarín, and Juana Luna; the U.S. debut of Pakistan’s internet sensation Ustad Noor Bakhsh, the return of Marc Ribot’s beloved Los Cubanos Postizos; and a 90th birthday celebration of South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim.
See this season’s full schedule, with venue, artist, and ticketing info below, or at the WMI website.
World Music Institute 2024-25 Fall-Winter Season Opener: Natu Camara
Opening Act: Samir LanGus
Let’s Dance Series
Friday, August 16, 2024
Bryant Park, Manhattan
7 PM
FREE EVENT
Bryant Park Picnic Performance Presented by Bank of America. Co-presented with Bryant Park
Opening Act: Samir LanGus
Let’s Dance Series
Etran de L’Aïr
Let’s Dance Series
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn
Doors: 6 PM | Show: 8 PM (opening act)
Tickets: $25
Co-presented with Brooklyn Bowl
Ustad Noor Bakhsh
Origins Series
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The Sultan Room
234 Starr Street, Brooklyn
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: Standing Advance $25 | Seated Advance $35 | Standing DOS $30 | Seated DOS $40
Al-Qasar with Lee Ranaldo
Counterpoint Series
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn
Doors: 6 PM | Show: 8 PM (opening act)
Tickets: $25
Faltriqueira
Opening Act: Ariel Ninas
Women’s Voices Series
Sunday, October 6, 2024
DROM
85 Avenue A, Manhattan
Doors: 6 PM | Show: 7 PM (opening act)
Tickets: Standing – $20 | Advance Seated – $25 | Day of Show Seated – $30
Sofía Rei “Folk & Futurism” with Gaby Moreno, Xenia Rubinos, Daymé Arocena, Mireya Ramos, Charo Bogarín, & Juana Luna
Changemakers Series
Thursday, October 10, 2024
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: GA Standing Advance: $25 | GA Seated Advance: $30 | Front Row Tables Advance: $35 | GA Standing DOS: $30 | GA Seated DOS: $35 |
Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma
Tour in Remembrance of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
Masters of Indian Music Series
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Symphony Space – 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, Manhattan
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: $45 / $65 / $75 / $105
Carlos Núñez
Origins Series
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street, Manhattan
Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: $30 | $35 | $45
Co-presented with Kaufman Music Center
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos
Changemakers Series
Saturday, October 26, 2024
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Doors: 6.30 PM | Show: 7:30 PM
Tickets: GA Standing Advance: $40 | GA Standing DOS: $45 | VIP Seated: $55
Las Migas
Women’s Voices Series
Friday, November 8, 2024
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: GA Standing Advance: $30 | GA Standing DOS: $40 | VIP Seating Area: $45
Thandiswa Mazwai
Women’s Voices Series
Thursday, November 14, 2024
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: GA Standing Advance: $35 | GA Standing DOS: $40 | VIP Seated: $45
Abdullah Ibrahim, 90th Birthday Show
Counterpoint Series
Friday, November 15, 2024
92NY
1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan
Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: $40 / $50 / $65
Co-presented with 92NY
Pahua
Counterpoint Series
Friday, January 10, 2025
Public Records
233 Butler Street, Brooklyn
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: $25 Advance | $30 Day of Show
Co-presented with Tigres Sounds
Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri
Transylvanian Folk Songs Re-Imagined
Origins Series
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
National Sawdust
80 N 6th Street, Brooklyn
Doors: 6:30 PM | Show: 7:30 PM
Tickets: $35
Sabil with Vincent Ségal
Collaborations Series
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Corpus Christi Church
529 W 121st Street, Manhattan
Doors: 3:30 PM | Show: 4 PM
Tickets: $20 / $35 / $50 / $60
Paolo Angeli
Improvisations Series
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan
Doors: 6 PM | Show: 7 PM
Tickets: $30 Advance, $36 At the Door
Flamenco Festival New York – Marina Heredia
Friday, March 14, 2025
Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street, Manhattan
Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: $45 | $65 | $75
Co-presented with Flamenco Festival New York
Anoushka Shankar
Masters of Indian Music Series
Friday, March 28, 2025
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street, Manhattan
Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PM
Tickets: $45 / $55 / $65 / $75 / $95
More information at World Music Institute.
Author: World Music Central News Room
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