Vive La World! Festival Tours North America

Bloomington, Indiana, USA – The 2003 edition of the Vive La World! world music tour will be taking place throughout the month of July. This year’s world music caravan features Natacha Atlas (Belgium/North Africa), Electro Bamako (France/Mali), DuOud (France/Tunisia), and So Kalmery (D. R. Congo).

Born in 1997 in Central Park (New York City),Vive La World! is a nomadic festival designed to introduce North American audiences to the diversity of music produced in France, focusing on world music and electro-world sounds.

Vive La World! helped launch the careers in America of such artists as Cheb Mami, Alabina, Rachid Taha, Orchestre National de Barbés, Amadou et Mariam, and Les Nubians. The VLW artists selected bring new sounds together with older traditional forms of music. This year’s caravan will stop in eight cities and draw a total audience of 100,000 people.

Vive La World!: Tour Schedule

07/09/2003, Wed
Quebec City
Festival d’été de Québec

• Natacha Atlas only

07/10/2003, Thu
Quebec City
Festival d’été de Québec

• Natacha Atlas, DuOud, Electro-Bamako,So Kalmery

07/11/2003, Fri
Montreal, QC
Nuit d’Afrique

07/12/2003, Sat
Miami Beach, FL
Rhythm Foundation

07/13/2003, Sun
Detroit, MI

Concert of Colors

07/15/2003, Tue
Vancouver, BC
Caravan World Rhythms,
Richards on Richards

07/17/2003, Thu
Washington, DC
Kennedy Center

• Natacha Atlas and DuOud

07/18/2003, Fri
Washington, DC
Kennedy Center

• Electro Bamako and So Kalmery

07/19/2003, Sat
Chicago, IL
Hothouse

07/20/2003, Sun
New York, NY
Central Park SummerStage