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2010 iFEST MUSIC SCHEDULE

 View and print schedules by day: Saturday April 17th >> | Sunday April 18th >> Saturday April 24th >> Sunday April 25th >> Complete Schedule >>

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

CENTER STAGE
11:00    Official Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Festival
12:45    Strictly Street Salsa Dancers
 

  

SATURDAY, APRIL 17

 
CENTER STAGE
12:30     Carnival Parade with Los Parranderos and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers
  1:00     Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kasanova
  2:00     Strictly Street Salsa Dancers
  2:30     Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kasanova
  3:30     Carnival Parade with Los Parranderos and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers
  4:00     Strictly Street Salsa Dancers
  5:00     Dance Party with DJ Kassanova
  7:00     Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kassanova
  8:00     Cecile and Rainel Pino Orchestra   
  9:00     Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kassanova
 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
  4:00    Easy Star All-Stars (USA/Jamaica)
  6:00    Joe Ely Band featuring David Grissom
  8:00    Ozomatli (Aztlan)
 
LOUISIANA STAGE
12:30    Voodoo Brass Band
 
ROOMSTORE LATIN STAGE
12:30    Mariachi Palmview 
  2:00    Sisters Morales
  4:00    Mark Towns Latin Jazz Band  
  6:00    Grupo Kache
 
CHRON.COM ENTERTAINMENT STAGE
12:30    Irie Time
  2:30    Shark Attack
  4:30    Mitch Jacobs Band
  6:30    Sisters Morales
  8:30    Mark May Band featuring Miss Molly
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00    Baba Ifalade Drum Circle
12:30    H-E-B Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines of the Caribbean
  1:30    Puerto Plata Bachata Acoustic Trio (Dominican Republic)
  2:30    Carnival Costumes of the Caribbean
  3:30    Ku-cheza Ngoma Dancers
  4:30    Ned Sublette
  5:30    HEB Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines of the Caribbean
  6:30    Truth Universal
  7:30    Women of Haiti Dancers
  8:30    Kozzmik Steel
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
12:00    Master Magician Phil
  1:00    Sirrom School of Belly Dance
  2:00    Kuumba House Kids 
  3:00    Anjali School of Indian Dance
  4:00    Ballet Folklorico Palmview 
  5:00    LINC International Choir
  6:00    Kucheza Ngoma Dancers 
  7:00    Studio 8 Dancers 
   

SISTER CITIES WINE BAR STAGE
12:30      Ari-rang Korean Folk Dance Group
  1:30      Korean Farmers Dance Group
  2:30      Urban Gypsy
  3:30      Moodafaruka
  5:30      Shri Natraj School of Dance
  6:30      Qantara
  7:30      Danza Azteca Teokalli de Houston
  8:30      India Culture Center


SUNDAY, APRIL 18


CENTER STAGE
12:30   Carnival Parade with Stamina and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers 
  1:00   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Jason and the Catalyst 
  2:00   Houston Caribbean All-Star  Dancers
  2:30   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Jason and the Catalyst
  3:30   Carnival Parade with Stamina and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers
  4:00   Bachata Roja Legends featuring Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic) with Strictly Street Salsa Dancers
  5:00   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Jason and the Catalyst
  6:00   Neutral Sister with Mr. Blacc Sheep and Yard Band (Kenya/Trinidad/Jamaica/Houston)
  7:00   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Jason and the Catalyst
 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
  2:30   Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba (Mali)
  4:30   Mighty Diamonds (Jamaica)
  6:30   Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band (Nueva Yorquino)
 
LOUISIANA STAGE
  4:30   Marcia Ball
  6:30   Tab Benoit

ROOMSTORE LATIN STAGE
12:30   Mariachi Palmview
  2:30   Tekumbe (Colombia)
  4:30   Norma Zenteno Band

CHRON.COM ENTERTAINMENT STAGE
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00   Sean Richards Steel Drummer (Trinidad)
12:30   H-E-B Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines of the Caribbean
  1:30   Puerto Plata Bachata Acoustic Trio (Dominican Republic)
  2:30   Ned Sublette
  3:30   Women of Haiti Dancers (Haiti)
  4:30   Lourdes Jimenez (Puerto Rico)  
  5:30   H-E-B Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines of the Caribbean
  6:30   Truth Universal
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
12:00   Heroes Hip Hop Hooray
  1:00   Master Magician Phil
  2:00   Cookie Joe's Dancin' School    
  3:00   Natya Upasana Indian Dance Academy  
  4:00   Ballet Foklorico Palmview  
  5:00   Young Harmonies of Houston  
  6:00   DrumBREAK  
  7:00   Ambassadors International Ballet Folklorico 
 
SISTER CITIES WINE BAR STAGE
12:30     Raices del Peru
  1:30     The Olympian Dancers
  2:30     Collective Sound Cloggers
  3:30     Mixteco Ballet Folklorico
  4:30     Cuadro La Tempestad Flamenco Company
  6:00     ConeXao
  7:00     Shunyata

 


SATURDAY, APRIL 24

CENTER STAGE
12:30   Carnival Parade with Stamina and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers 
  1:00   Caribbean Dance Party with Famous Squad DJs (Jamaica)
  2:00   Danse
  2:30   Caribbean Dance Party with Famous Squad DJs
  3:30   Carnival Parade with Stamina and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers
  5:00   Caribbean Dance Party with Famous Squad Djs
  7:00   Caribbean Dance Party with Famous Squad DJs
  8:00   La Excelencia with Salsa Eddy Salsa Dancers (Nueva Yorquino)
  9:00   Caribbean Dance Party with Famous Squad DJs
 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
  1:30   Emman LeGrand & the African Rhythmix
   3:30    Taj Weekes & Adowa (St. Lucia)
  5:30   La Excelencia (Nueva Yorquino)
  7:30   George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
 
LOUISIANA STAGE
  4:00   Zydepunks
 
ROOMSTORE LATIN STAGE
12:30   Mariachi MECA   
 2:00   Los Pistoleros
 4:00   Sister Sister y Los Misters
 6:00   Mi Rumba
 8:00   Los Skarnales
 
 
CHRON.COM ENTERTAINMENT STAGE
12:30   Steel Vibrations
  2:30   Big Al Bettis
  4:30   The Suspects
  6:30   Zydepunks
  8:30   Texas Johnny Brown
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00   Baba Ifalade Drum Circle
12:30   H-E-B Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines of the Caribbean 
  1:30   Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble (Cuba)
  2:30   Carnival Costumes of the Caribbean
  3:30   Women of Haiti Dancers (Haiti)
  4:30   Moving Stars Tassa Group
  5:30   HEB Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines of the Caribbean 
  6:30   Taj Weekes Acoustic Reggae (St. Lucia)
  7:30   Danse
  8:30   Steel Vibrations
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
12:00    Master Magician Phil
  1:00    Indonesian Cultural Dance Group 
  2:00    Koumanke'le African Dancers  
  3:00    Nritya School of Classical Indian Dance 
  4:00    Mariachi  MECA
  5:00    HSPVA Jazz All-Stars
  6:00    Colombian Orchid Ballet 
  7:00    Studio 8 Dancers
 
 SISTER CITIES WINE BAR STAGE
12:30      Houston Chinese Performing Arts School
  1:30      Tribal Lillies
  2:30      Sweetwater Project
  3:30      Mixteco Ballet Folklorico
  4:30      Ambassadors International Ballet Foklorico
  5:30      Zhuravli Ukranian Dancers of Houston
  6:30      ConeXao
  7:30      Kozzmik Steel
  8:30      India Cutlure Center

SUNDAY, APRIL 25

CENTER STAGE
12:30   Carnival Parade with Los Parranderos and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers (Puerto Rico)
  1:00   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kasanova
  2:00   Salsa Eddy Salsa Dancers
  2:30   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kasanova 
  3:30   Carnival Parade with Los Parranderos and Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers (Puerto Rico)
  5:00   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kasanova
  6:00   Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble (Cuba) 
  7:00   Caribbean Dance Party with DJ Kasanova 
 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
12:30   D.R.U.M.
  2:30   Los de Abajo (Mexico)
  4:30   Baaba Maal (Senegal)  
  6:30   Steel Pulse (Great Britian/Jamaica)  
 
LOUSIANA STAGE
12:30   Tony Vega Band 
  2:30   Janiva Magness
  6:30   Rebirth Brass Band
 
ROOMSTORE LATIN STAGE
12:30   Mariachi MECA
  2:30   Orgullo Vallenato (Colombia)
 
CHRON.COM ENTERTAINMENT STAGE
12:30   DUBTex
  2:30   Idiginis
  4:30   Wild Moccasins
  6:30   Sideshow Tramps   
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00   Sean Richards Steel Drummer (Trinidad)
12:30   H-E-B Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines of the Caribbean
  1:30   Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble (Cuba)
  2:30   Stehanie Cooley Caribbean Poet
  3:30   Dominica Dancers (Dominca)         
  4:30   Women of Haiti Dancers (Haiti)
  5:30   H-E-B Cooking Connection Presents the Cuisines of the Caribbean
  6:30   D.R.U.M.  
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
 12:00   Heroes Hip Hip Hooray
   1:00   Master Magician Phil
   2:00   Grupo de N'golo African Capoeira
   3:00   Abhinaya School of Indian Dance
   4:00   Mariachi MECA
   5:00   Second Generation Dancers
   6:00   Sarah Hickman
   7:00   McTeggart Irish Dancers
 
SISTER CITIES WINE BAR STAGE
12:30      Revels
  1:30      The Olympian Dancers
  2:30      Tribal Lillies
  3:30      Cuadro La Tempestad Flamenco Company
  4:30      Zhuravli Ukranian Dancers of Houston
  5:30      Sisters of Avalon
  6:30      Kozzmik Steel

   
*entertainment lineup subject to change
 


 
                                                                                        
George Clinton
 

 Ozomatl

Eddie Palmieri
 
Joe Ely 
 
 
Steel Pulse 
J. Paul Jr.
 
 Marcia Ball
Texas Johnny Brown
 
  
Norma Zenteno
 
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
 
Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox
 
Mighty Diamonds
 
Neutral Sister
 
Los Skarnales