world SEPTEMBER 18 - 24, 2009 music 57 ARTISTS - 55 EVENTS - 32 COUNTRIES - 21 VENUES - SEVEN DAYS festival chicago 2009 ONE CITY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Time Artist Venue Price 12:00 PM to Live on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago Cultural Center FREE 2:00 PM Special live broadcast of “Continental Drift” international program: Markus James & The Wassonrai (California/Mali); Watcha Clan (France); the pai no pai (Japan) 7:00 PM the pai no pai (Japan) Navy Pier FREE 7:00 PM Ethnic Dance Chicago Dance Lesson Chicago Latvian Community Center $15 8:30 PM Steve Gibons Gypsy Rhythm Project Sloboda (Chicago) $10 for students $8 for kids 8:00 PM Mostar Sevdah Reunion presents Ilijaz Delic (Bosnia) Old Town School of Folk Music $15 $13 for members 8:00 PM Markus James & The Wassonrai (California/Mali) Uncommon Ground $5 suggested 9:00 PM Mar Caribe (Chicago) “Outdoor Harvest Party” donation 9:00 PM Watcha Clan (France) Navy Pier FREE Featuring WMF Fireworks Display FREE 9:00 PM Cara Dillon (Ireland) World Music Company $15 10:00 PM Beaba do Samba (Chicago/Brazil) Uncommon Ground “Indoor Afterset” $10 suggested donation 10:00 PM Cheb I Sabbah (San Francisco/Algeria) Martrys’ $12 Red Baraat (India/NYC) Radiohiro (Chicago) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Time Artist Venue Price 1:00 PM Cara Dillon (Ireland) Navy Pier FREE 3:00 PM Kusun Ensemble (Ghana/USA) Rogers Park World Music Festival FREE 3:00 PM Guy Mendilow Band (Boston/Israel) Navy Pier FREE 6:00 PM Red Baraat (India/NYC) Navy Pier FREE 7:00 PM Cara Dillon (Ireland) Edgewater GRalley Festival $10 suggested 8:00 PM Kusun Ensemble (Ghana/USA) donation 9:00 PM Chicago Afrobeat Project (Chicago) 7:30 PM Orchestra of Tetouan (Morocco) Museum of Contemporary Art $15 Al Sham Ensemble (Chicago/Syria) 8:00 PM Minyeshu (Netherlands/Ethiopia) Old Town School of Folk Music $15 Markus James & The Wassonrai (California/Mali) $13 for members 9:00 PM Fool’s Gold (Los Angeles) Navy Pier FREE Featuring WMF Fireworks Display FREE 9:00 PM Turntable On The Hudson (NYC) Sonotheque $12 DJ Shannon Harris (Chicago) DJ Striz (Chicago) 10:00 PM Parno Graszt (Hungary) Martyrs’ $12 Mostar Sevdah Reunion presents Ilijaz Delic (Bosnia) Schedule subject to change. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Time Artist Venue Price 12:00 PM Steve Gibons Gypsy Rhythm Project (Chicago) Millennium Park FREE 1:00 PM Little Cow (Hungary) Navy Pier FREE 3:00 PM Phyllis Chen (NYC) Chicago Cultural Center FREE 4:00 PM Chicago Afrobeat Project (Chicago) Navy Pier FREE 8:00 PM Orchestra of Tetouan (Morocco) University of Chicago’s International $10 Presented in part by Partisans Arts International House $5 for students with valid ID 8:00 PM Luminescent Orchestrii (NYC/Romania) Old Town School of Folk Music $15 Fishtank Ensemble (Los Angeles) $13 for members 8:00 PM Forro In the Dark (NYC/Brazil) Martyrs’ $12 Jair Oliveira (Brazil) DJ Peter Margasak 8:00 PM Electric Junkyard Gamelan (NYC) Uncommon Ground $10 suggested The Guy Mendilow Band (Boston/Israel) donation 9:00 PM BLK JKS (Johannesburg, South Africa) Bottom Lounge $12 Fool’s Gold (Los Angeles) 9:00 PM Parno Graszt (Hungary) Hideout $12 Little Cow (Hungary) Megitza Quartet (Chicago/Poland) 9:00 PM Watcha Clan (France) Sonotheque $12 DJ Papa G (Chicago) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Time Artist Venue Price 12:00 PM to Live on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago Cultural Center FREE 2:00 PM Special live broadcast of “Continental Drift” international program: BLK JKS (Johannesburg, South Africa); Blick Bassy (Cameroon/ France); Minyeshu (Netherlands/Ethiopia) 12:00 PM Electric Junkyard Gamelan (NYC) Daley Plaza FREE 12:00 PM Yves Francois et Rocambu Jazz (Chicago) Millennium Park FREE 6:30 PM Mehter Ottoman Turkish Military Band (Turkey) Millennium Park FREE 8:00 PM Minyeshu (Netherlands/Ethiopia) Martyrs’ $12 Blick Bassy (Cameroon/France) 9:00 PM BLK JKS (Johannesburg, South Africa) Hideout $12 L’Orchestre Super Vitesse (Chicago) 9:00 PM Paulinho Garcia (Chicago/Brazil) Uncommon Ground $10 suggested donation TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Time Artist Venue Price 12:00 PM to Live on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago Cultural Center FREE 2:00 PM Special live broadcast of “Continental Drift” international program: Marta Gomez Quartet (Colombia/NYC/Boston); Mikrokolektyw (Poland); Kiko Klaus (Brazil) 12:00 PM Guitarra Azul (Chicago) Millennium Park FREE 5:30 PM Mikrokolektyw (Poland) with special guests Museum of Contemporary Art FREE Josh Abrams and Jason Adasiewicz 6:30 PM Blick Bassy (Cameroon/France) Kelvyn Park fieldhouse FREE Kiko Klaus (Brazil) 7:00 PM Marta Gomez Quartet (Colombia/NYC/Boston) Columbia College Conaway Center FREE 8:00 PM Sound Culture Presents Los De Abajo (Mexico) Green Dolphin Street $12 Los Vicios de Papa (Chicago) 9:00 PM Magic Carpet (Chicago) Uncommon Ground $10 suggested donation WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Time Artist Venue Price 12:00 PM to Live on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago Cultural Center FREE 2:00 PM Special live broadcast of “Continental Drift” international program: Rhythm of Rajasthan (India); Hanggai (China/Mongolia/UK); MoMo (Brazil) 12:00 PM Chicago Korean Music Ensemble (Chicago/Korea) Millennium Park FREE 6:30 PM Tambours Sans Frontieres (Congo/Chicago) Washington Park fieldhouse FREE 7:00 PM Snehasish Mozumder & Subrata Bhattacharya (India) Chicago Cultural Center FREE 7:00 PM Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales (NYC/Bulgaria) Columbia College Conaway Center FREE 8:00 PM Hanggai (China/Mongolia/UK) Martyrs’ $12 Rahim AlHaj (Iraq/USA) 8:30 PM Rhythm of Rajasthan (India) Old Town School of Folk Music FREE 9:00 PM Kiko Klaus (Brazil) Empty Bottle $10 MoMo (Brazil) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Time Artist Venue Price 12:00 PM to Live on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago Cultural Center FREE 2:00 PM Special live broadcast of “Continental Drift” international program: Rahim AlHaj (Iraq/USA); Aditya Prakash (India/Los Angeles); Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales (NYC/Bulgaria) 12:00 PM Tambours Sans Frontieres (Congo/Chicago) Millennium Park FREE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 One World Under One Roof Chicago Cultural Center FREE Time Artist Room 6:00 PM Mikrokolektyw (Poland) Randolph Cafe 6:30 PM Klappa Lisnjak (Croatia) Claudia Cassidy Theater 7:00 PM Rahim AlHaj (Iraq/USA) Preston Bradley Hall 7:30 PM MoMo (Brazil) Randolph Cafe 7:45 PM Tambours Sans Frontieres (Congo/Chicago) Claudia Cassidy Theater 8:15 PM Aditya Prakash Ensemble (India/Los Angeles) Preston Bradley Hall 9:00 PM Idilio (Chicago) Randolph Cafe 9:15 PM Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales (NYC/Bulgaria) Claudia Cassidy Theater 9:30 PM Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens (NYC) Preston Bradley Hall VENUE INFORMATION Bottom Lounge (18+) Green Dolphin Street (21+) Old Town School of Folk Music 1375 W. Lake St. 2200 N. Ashland Ave. (All Ages) 312.666.6775 773.395.0066 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. 773.728.6000 Chicago Cultural Center (All Ages) HideOut (21+) 78 E. Washington St. 1354 W. Wabansia Ave. Rogers Park World Music Festival 312.744.6630 773.227.4433 (All Ages) Gale Community Park Chicago Latvian Community Center Kelvyn Park (All Ages) 1610 Howard St. (All Ages) 4438 W. Wrightwood Ave. 773.856.5534 4146 N. Elston Ave. 312.742.7547 Sonotheque (21+) 773.558.2085 1444 W. Chicago Ave. Columbia College Conaway Center Martyrs’ (21+) 312.226.7600 3855 N. Lincoln Ave. (All Ages) 773.404.9494 1104 S. Wabash Ave. Uncommon Ground (All Ages) 312.369.7188 1401 W. Devon Ave Millennium Park (All Ages) 773.465.9801 (All Ages) Daley Plaza Randolph St. and Michigan Ave. *Dinner reservations are suggested 50 W. Washington St. 312.742.1168 312.744.3370 University of Chicago’s International Museum of Contemporary Art House (All Ages) Edgewater GRalley Festival (All Ages) Chicago (All Ages) 1414 E. 59th St. 1400 W. Granville Ave. 220 E. Chicago Ave. 773.753.2274 773.761.1782 312.397.4010 Washington Park (All Ages) Empty Bottle (21+) Navy Pier (All Ages) 55th St. and King Dr. 1035 N. Western Ave. Beer Garden 773-256-1248 773.276.3600 600 E. Grand Ave. 312.595.PIER (7437) World Music Company (All Ages) 1808 W. 103rd St. 773.779.7059 World Music Festival: Chicago 2009 is presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is made possible with generous support from: the National Endowment for the Arts; the Chicago Office of Tourism; and United, the Official Airline of the World Music Festival. Additional assistance has been provided by The Residence Inn / SpringHill Suites Downtown Chicago River North Whole Foods Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Chicago Consulate General of the Netherlands Andrew I. Dane The Mehter Ottoman Turkish Military Band performance is City of Chicago supported by Turkish Airlines and The Consulate General of Richard M. Daley, Mayor Turkey, Chicago. Department of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg, Commissioner.