April 19 – 21. 2019 (Friday – Sunday)
Humanist Hall
390 27th St,
Oakland, California
Please gather with WOWMAD for 3 days and nights of
joyful, locally sourced traditional music and dance from around the world!
Join us in celebrating the rich diversity of West Coast
traditional arts communities. Bask in music and dance with a golden weekend of
convivencia at this warm and pleasant venue with a huge open oak-shaded yard.
Musicians and Dancers representing with their art and
love: Balkan, Middle-Eastern, Brazilian, Roma, Central Asian, African,
Norwegian, Greek, and more, in a VERY relaxed setting, with multiple
headliners, glorious dancers, and special guests!
This event is 100% family-friendly, and aims to create
the feel of mid-week at music camp, with carpets and pillows for lounging,
great food, friends, laughter, and plenty of room to dance.
Hearty, healthy, reasonably-priced food and beverages
will be available
This is a grassroots festival and all proceeds after expenses
will go to the artists. Since it looks like the weather will be fine, we expect
to fill the beautiful park-like yard with jam-spaces under the oaks, a
musical-instrument petting-zoo, quality handmade goods and more.
It's going to be brilliant weekend! Check back for more
details as we get them, we look forward to celebrating with you!
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FIRST-DRAFT SCHEDULE
!!FIRST DRAFT!!
FRIDAY, order tbd 5-10pm:
530-700 Trio Iveria (Harmonies of Caspian Georgia+),
700-830 Sugarloaf Mountain (Americana+)
830-1000 Szkojani Charlatans w/Kjartan Code and Ivan
Velev,
(Trans-Carpathian Hooliganism :-) )
SATURDAY
130 Bruno Band
(pan-European dance-music)
230-400 Dan Cantrell Band (Balkanesque+ New Acoustic)
400-500 Central-Asian dance with Hannah, Natalie Nayun,
and more
500-630 Silk Road Caravan (Oriental Music for Dancers+)
630-800 Piwai (Zimbabwe!)
800-1000 Cascada de Flores Duo with Miguel Govea
(best band in the world tonight ;-) )
1000 Unplug and Chill
SUNDAY
200-330 ???
400-515 Kaptain Bottletop (Shimmering Scandinavian
Fiddles)
515-630 Wind Weavers (Cross-Cultural New Acoustic+)
630-800 Fanfare Zambaleta (Face-Melting Balkan Brass)
800-1000 Ali Paris Group (Virtuoso Middle Eastern
qanun/vocal)
1000- chill and break down
Cost: $25 / day
