BU Global Music Festival (Friday Oct. 4 and Sat. Oct 5, 2019)

Enjoy extraordinary music, educational events, and a global bazaar – all free and open to the public of all ages with registration.

2019 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

LOCATION: TSAI PERFORMANCE CENTER (685 COMMONWEALTH AVE, Boston University)

PERFORMANCES
7:00 p.m. – Gamelan Çudamani (Bali, Indonesia)
8:30 p.m. – Saraswathi Ranganathan (India/US)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019

LOCATION: GEORGE SHERMAN UNION (775 COMMONWEALTH AVE)

1:00-4:00 PM – Global Bazaar: GSU Plaza
5:00-7:00 PM – Cultural Fair: GSU Ziskind Lounge *NEW for 2019*

PERFORMANCES
2:00 PM – Eastern Medicine Singers (Algonquin/Rhode Island): Metcalf Ballroom
3:00 PM – Marcus Santos Grooversity (Brazil/Boston): GSU Plaza
3:30 PM – Les Filles de Illighadad (Niger): Conference Auditorium
5:00 PM – 47Soul (Palestine/UK): Metcalf Ballroom
6:30 PM – Frontera Bugalú (Mexico): Conference Auditorium

8:00 PM – KOKOKO! (Democratic Republic of Congo): Metcalf Ballroom
*Most performances will run 60-75 minutes*

WORKSHOPS
3:30 PM – “Rhythm & Thought” with Frontera Bugalú (Mexico): BU Central
5:30 PM – “Women, Music, and the Tuareg Society” with Les Filles de Illighadad (Niger): BU Central

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REGISTRATION

Secure your free registration through Eventbrite for Friday, Saturday or the Full Festival.

Walk-up registration will be available, but we ask that you register online, if possible, for a quicker check-in day of. Each venue has a limited capacity.

Performance venues include:

  • Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Avenue)
  • George Sherman Union (775 Commonwealth Avenue)


The BU Global Music Festival is produced by the BU Arts Initiative – Office of the Provost and the Department of Musicology & Ethnomusicology in the College of Fine Arts School of Music, through the Karbank Fund for Global Music. Additional support for the 2019 festival has been provided by BU Global Programs, the College of Fine Arts, The Dean of Students, BU American and New England Studies, BU World Languages and Literature, and the BU Global House.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2019 FESTIVAL SPONSORS:

& a very special thanks to our generous individual donors.

 

2018 Review:

“One of the most exciting developments for fans of international music in the Boston area was the debut of this free festival…. the programming was stellar.” Noah Schaffer – ArtsFuse

 

 This festival is handicap accessible. 

 

Interested in the 2018 Festival? Check out our Archive page for more information.