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WOWMAD Gleefully Announces our 10th ANNUAL WORLD MUSIC AND DANCE PARTY, April 3-5, 2020!!
Dance and relax to superb traditional music all day and into the night, under the oaks or on rugs and pillows in the sweet sunny hall, hearty healthy food, kids everywhere, meeting old friends and new. Bring your instruments and come on down for a family-style world music day-camp at the local Mill!
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WOWMAD: the World Out West Music and Dance meta-collective celebrates and supports the richness of world traditional-arts communities in California and the Western States.
APRIL 3-5,  2020, Friday afternoon through Sunday evening
Oakland's warm and pleasant Humanist Hall

390 27th st, Oakland, 94612

(between Telegraph and Broadway)
Facebook event page
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- Artists confirmed for 2020-
Dan Cantrell Project - Balkan-inflected New Acoustic
KTO Project Unplugged - Zimbabwe plus!
Ali Paris Project - Virtuoso Qanun and song
The Brunos - Pan-European dance music
Keraki Rebetika (Gregory Masaki Jenkins & friends)
The Silk Road Caravan - Middle-Eastern Dreams for Dancers
Dounya Reezah - Raga Radif Maqam plus
Wright-Zedan Project
Shasta Power Trio - Hungarian Hoedown

Žute Dunje - Sevdah: smoky songs of yearning and heartache

Schedule TBA: We're still adding groups on indoor and outdoor stages, and some workshops, too! ...links are being updated.
Check back often, it's going to be a brilliant weekend!

$25+ donation per day ($20 Friday) - tickets at the door
$5 - Children age 2-12, under 2 are free
(children must be supervised)


- Some Featured Artists from 2019-
Ali Paris Group - Virtuoso Middle-Eastern Vocal and Qanun
Fanfare Zambaleta - Face Melting Balkan Brass
Cascada de Flores with Miguel Govea - Mexi-Caribbean
Piwai - Zimbabwe
Trio Iveria - Harmonies of Black Sea Georgia

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!  We invite volunteers for fun activities in short 2-hour shifts - all volunteers get in free! If you're interested, please SIGN UP HERE and we'll find a match for your interest and availability!