Archive: 2019 Festival Information
2019 Festival Schedule
Friday, October 4, 2019
Location: Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave)
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
REGISTRATION
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)
We’re excited to welcome the following artists to Boston University:
Gamelan Çudamani (Bali, Indonesia)
Saraswathi Ranganathan (India/US)
Les Filles de Illighadad (Niger)
Frontera Bugalú (Mexico)
47Soul (Palestine/UK)
KOKOKO! (Democratic Republic of Congo)
featuring local artists
Eastern Medicine Singers (Algonquin/Rhode Island)
Grooversity (Brazil/Boston)
Special thanks to our 2019 festival sponsors:
& a very special thanks to our generous individual donors.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston.