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Berkelely World Music Fest... has some of our best world musicians who call East Bay home...a wonderful event, and intimate, mix of outdoor (the best music People's Park gets each year and also free performances in cafes and shops  along Telegraph Ave. (Larry Kelp, KPFA music host)

Please note: 2009 info stays up in March while we are finalize the 2010 line-up.

2010 Updates
1st bwm benefit concert

The SUKHAWAT ALI KHAN Ensemble
~ Sufi classic & trance grooves
MARCH 27, 2010
7:30 pm
ART HOUSE Gallery & Cultural Center
2905 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley CA
$10 - $15 sliding scale -doors open @ 7 pm

Sukhawat entrances you with Sufi Chants & plays the harmonium like a One-man Blues Man.
Expect a transcendent performance!

Free 7th Annual
Berkeley World Music Festival -2010
Telegraph Avenue
Saturday,  June 5th 2010   Noon - 9 pm
continuous music outdoors & in cafes 


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ARCHIVE:
Free 6th Annual
Berkeley World Music Festival -2009
Saturday,  June 6th 2009   Noon - 9 pm
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People's Park 2009
Amoeba Music Dance Party w/ Craft Bazaar  
Thomas Mapfumo              ~Zimbabwe "Chimurenga" Afro-Pop 
Markus James & the Wassonrai                          ~Mali Blues
Mississippi BluesStephen Kent                        ~ MC & Didjeridu                                          
Freddy Clarke's Wobbly World                       ~ World Fusion
Julia Chigamba & the Chinyare Ensemble                                            
                                        ~ Zimbabwe Dance & Music Traditions
                     
Craft Bazaar        ~ Noon - 5:30 pm
Please visit (& play) Daniel's African shakers 
Salasaca (Ecuadorian) Handicrafts, 
Tibetan & Himalyan crafts, Various African crafts,
Face Painting, Massage, & more. 
Contact Us for a booth space.

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Telegraph Avenue locations 2009
Moh Alileche                              ~ No. African Amazigh (Berber)
Sukhawat Ali Khan                  ~ Classical Indian & Qawwali Sufi
Trio Amore                                     ~ Italian Neapolitan & Opera
Hélène Attia Quartette                 ~ Mediterranean World – Jazz
Black Olive Babes               ~ Balkan, Romani (Gypsy) Sephardic
Tom Chandler Trio                             ~ Bossa Nova Revisionism
Dr. Loco                                                                    ~ Tex-Mex
Michael Masley                                  ~ Bowhammer Cymbalom
Lisa Sangita Moskow               ~ Electric Indian Sarode & Vocals  ______________________________________