Brooklyn International Music Fest

Fri Jun 9, 2023 - Sun Jun 11, 2023
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Repeating every days through June 11, 2023.
Various times
Age: All
Price: $25/person
Location:
Jalopy Theatre

The Brooklyn International Music Festival is a celebration of the music and culture from the diverse ethnic communities of New York City, offering dance, music, workshops, and lectures to explore an array of international and diasporic musical traditions.

This year, the festival presents Iraqi maqam, Georgian harmonies, Korean percussion, Haitian Folk, traditional Chinese music, Son Huasteca, Guinean Afro-Jazz, and more!

Friday, June 9:

Theatre Stage:
8pm: Zahra Alzubaidi & Friends
9pm: Los Guachinangos
10pm: Innov Gnawa

Tavern Stage:
9pm: The Jackson Lynch Band

Saturday, June 10:

Workshops:
1pm: Workshop with Kiko Villamizar
2pm: Cajun Fiddle with Wilson Savoy
2pm: Singing Cajun Songs with Drew Simon
3:15pm: Basic Fiddle Maintenance & Repair with Luthier Chris Segura

Open Streets Stage:
3pm: The Jalopy Chorus - Jalopy’s Resident Vocal Ensemble, performing world vocal harmonies
3:45pm: City Council Member Shahana Hanif Remarks
4pm: Yacouba Sissoko Trio - West African Music led by master Malian Kora player
5pm: La Troupe Zetwal - Drum and Dance in the living tradition of Haiti's cultural heritage
6pm: Kiko Villamizar - A Colombian Caribbean folk fusion
7pm: The Pine Leaf Boys, presented by Swamp in the City - Louisiana’s Finest, ​​blending the sounds of Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp-Pop, Country, and Soul

Theatre Stage:
8pm: The Ba Ban Chinese Music Society Trio - dedicated to the preservation, creation and presentation of Chinese traditional and contemporary performing arts
9pm: Ukrainian Village Voices - brings rural Ukrainian vocal music to New York City
10pm: Kiko Villamizar - A Colombian Caribbean folk fusion

Tavern Stage: 8:30pm: Sweet Willy Allen - Wilson Savoy & Friends, presented by Swamp in the City - Louisiana’s Finest, ​​blending the sounds of Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp-Pop, Country, and Soul
10pm: Baklava Express - NYC based Middle Eastern Fusion

Sunday, June 11

11am: Raga Kids - a Brooklyn based music class for children to explore Indian Classical Sounds.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.