The 9th Annual Brooklyn International Music Fest SATURDAY OPEN STREETS CONCERTS
Sat, 08 Jun 2024 (EDT)
03:00PM - 07:00PM
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, New York 112311
FRIDAY JUNE 7th
Theatre Stage:
8pm: Brooklyn Maqam presents Mehrnam Rastegari - Traditional Persian band plays folk and traditional music of Iran
9pm: Shiva Lakhan - Versatile and World Renowned West Indian Classical and Chutney Singer from Trinidad
10pm: Wazumbians - Afrofusion music group from Ghana whose sounds re-echo the famous Ghanaian group Osibisa
Tavern Stage:
9pm: The Jackson Lynch Band
SATURDAY JUNE 8th
Open Streets Stage:
3pm: Oran Etkin: Timbalooloo - instruments from around the world come to life and talk through their music so that kids conceive of music as the magical act of making your instrument talk! Timbalooloo strives to empower a generation of children to express themselves through music as fluently as they speak their mother tongue, and to see the beauty and creativity in other cultures.
4pm: Remarks by City Council Members Alexa Avilés and Shahana Hanif, followed by Miriam Elhajli y La Nueva Canción - your local neighborhood band of South American bandits, here to rock your world with our deep love of cumbia, joropo, vallenato, bullerengue and salsa!
5pm: Tambor y Caña - Afro-Venezuelan Drums & Dance
5pm: Tambor y Caña - Afro-Venezuelan Drums & Dance
6pm: CTMD presents Jalikunda - an ensemble of Gambian griots, musicians, and dancers dedicated to preserving and presenting West African oral history, instrumental music, and dance
On this afternoon, we'll be joined by Red Hook Mutual Aid who will be providing information about the work that they do and ways to get involved!
On this afternoon, we'll be joined by Red Hook Mutual Aid who will be providing information about the work that they do and ways to get involved!
Theatre Stage:
7:00pm: The Jalopy Chorus - Jalopy’s Resident Vocal Ensemble, performing world vocal harmonies
7:00pm: The Jalopy Chorus - Jalopy’s Resident Vocal Ensemble, performing world vocal harmonies
7:30pm: Baklava Express - NYC Based, Middle Eastern fusion band
8:30pm: CTMD presents the New York Tibetan Ensemble - Based in Queens, the New York Tibetan Ensemble strives to preserve and present traditional music and dance forms from across Tibet.
9:30pm: Saha Gnawa - Contemporary Moroccan Gnawa band led by Ma'alem Hassan Ben Jaafer
Tavern Stage:
8:30pm: Gavin Mendonca - Guyanese folk/rock musician who aims to preserve his history through music.
8:30pm: Gavin Mendonca - Guyanese folk/rock musician who aims to preserve his history through music.
10pm: La Banda Chuska - merges the sounds of vintage Peruvian cumbia and psychedelic chicha with 1960s Latin American and Middle Eastern surf rock
SUNDAY JUNE 9th
This program is made possible through the Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and brought to you in part by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Department of Transportation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and Von Trapp Brewery.