The schedule below is for the 2008 festival. The lineup for 2009 will be released in mid February

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FRIDAY, APRIL 18

WAMU CENTER STAGE
12:00      D.R.U.M.
12:30      D.R.U.M.
 

SATURDAY, APRIL 19

WAMU CENTER STAGE

 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
12:00    Soular Grooves Sound System feat. DJ Sun (Suriname)
12:30    Bomba Chica 
  2:30    D.R.U.M.
  4:30    Grupo Fantasma
  6:30    Bettye LaVette
  8:30    Buddy Guy

 
LOUISIANA STAGE
 
ROOM STORE LATIN STAGE
12:00    DJs Latin Tron and Colectivo Machin 
  2:00    Mariachi Los Coyotes
  4:00    Triple 
  6:00    Flamin' Hellcats
  8:15    Felipe Galvan y los Skarnales
 
CHRON.COM HOUSTON STAGE
  1:00    Zydeco Dots
  2:30    Sonny Boy Terry
  4:00    Earl Gilliam
  5:30    Little Joe Washington
  7:30    D.R.U.M.
 
COTTON CLUB STAGE PRESENTED BY GROLSCH
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00    Invocation/Drum Call with Kweku
  1:00    HEB Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines Out of Africa
  2:00    Fashions of Ethiopia
  3:00    The Ensemble Theater's "Bre'r Rabbit"
  4:00    Ayo Codrington - Classical soprano
  5:00    HEB Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines Out of Africa
  6:00    Tribute to Sam Cooke with Tony Henry
  7:00    Ku-Cheza Ngoma Hip-Hop Dance Group
  8:00    Irunmole Dance and Drum Theater
  9:00    The Shrine of the Black Madonna Gospel Choir
 
GULLAH STAGE
12:00    Imaniah-- Steel Pan Drumming
  1:00    Voodoo Brass Band -- Parade
  1:30    Queen Quet -- Gullah griot
  2:00    Kijana-- The Griot
  3:00    Living History Theater: "Little Slave for Sale"
  4:00    Irunmole African Drum and Dance Lessons
  5:00   Grupo de N'Golo -- Capoeira Angola
  6:00   Carolina Chocolate Drops -- African-American String Band Music
  7:00   Queen Quet -- Gullah Griot
  8:00   Living History Theater -- "Little Slave for Sale"
  9:00   Drum Circle with Baba KunAma and friends
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
12:00   Target Dance Contest
  1:00    Ensemble Theater's "Bre'r Rabbit"
  2:00    Korean Folk Dancers 
  3:00    Anjali Indian 
  4:00    Target Dance Contest
  5:00    Grupo Folklorico Tabasco
  6:00    Drum Talk with Kweku and friends
  7:00    Ayo - R&B vocals
  8:00    Hip Hop Poetry w/Funk Bank
  9:00    I-Fresh Hip Hop Fest with Bobby Fine and Zin
 
SISTER CITIES STAGE
12:00    Teen How Taoist Temple Opera Band
  1:00    US Chen Tai Chi Federation
  2:00    Sabor Mexico Theatrical Dance Company
  3:00    Huapango-Blanca Pulido
  4:30    Mixteco Ballet Folkorico
  5:30    Houston Shaolin Kung Fu School
  6:30    Venezuela en Danzas
  7:30    Soulsa Caliente


SUNDAY, APRIL 20

WAMU CENTER STAGE
 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
12:00   Soular Grooves Sound System feat. DJ Kool Emdee (Jamaica)
12:30   Harrison Kumi (Ghana)
  2:00   Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
  4:00   Emeline Michel (Haiti)
  6:15   The Wailers (Jamaica)
 
LOUISIANA STAGE
12:30    Bayou Roux
  2:30    Trombone Shorty
  4:30    Sonny Landreth
  6:30    Charlie Musselwhite
 
ROOM STORE LATIN STAGE
12:00   DJs Latin Tron and Colectivo Machine
12:30   Mariachi Los Coyotes
  2:00   Yoko Mono
  4:00   Pastilla
  6:15   Cuervo

 
CHRON.COM HOUSTON STAGE
 
COTTON CLUB STAGE PRESENTED BY GROLSCH
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00   Invocation/Drum Call with Kweku
  1:00   Cuisines Out of Africa
  2:00   Fashions of Ethiopia
  3:00   The Griot Society -- African Storytelling
  4:00   Funk Bank featuring hip-hop poet Jerome Washington
  5:00   Cuisines Out of Africa
  6:00   Irunmole Dance and Drum Theater
  7:00   The Shrine of the Black Madonna Gospel Choir
 
GULLAH STAGE
12:00   Imaniah -- Steel Pan Drumming
  1:00   Voodoo Brass Band -- Parade
  1:30   Queen Quet -- Gullah griot
  2:00   Kijana-- The Griot
  3:00   Living History Theater -- "Little Slave for Sale"
  4:00   Grupo de N'Golo -- Capoeira Angola
  5:00   Queen Quet -- Gullah Griot
  6:00   Living History Theater: "Little Slave for Sale"
  7:00   Drum Circle with Baba KunAma and friends
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
12:00   Target Dance Contest
  1:00   Impilio Cultural Dance Ensemble 
  2:00   Cookie Joe's Dancin' School
  3:00   Natya Upasan Indian Dance Academy
  4:00   Cultural Yours -- Kenyan fashions and dance
  5:00   Grupo Folklorico Tabasco
  6:00   Drum Talk with Kweku and friends
  7:00   Terrance Simien's Creole for Kidz
 
SISTER CITIES STAGE
12:00    Teen How Taoist Temple Opera Band
  1:00    US Chen Tai Chi Federation
  2:00    La Esencia Flamenca Dance Company
  3:00    Huapango-Blanca Pulido
  4:30    Mixteco Ballet Folkorico
  5:30    Tribal Lillies
  6:30    Ambassadors International Ballet Folkorico
  7:30    Kuumba House Dance Theatre



FRIDAY, APRIL 25

WAMU CENTER STAGE
11:15   Zydeco Dots
12:15   Zydeco Dots
 

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

WAMU CENTER STAGE
 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
12:30   Emman Legrand (Congo)
  2:00   Joaquin Diaz (Dominican Republic)
  4:00   The Lowrider Band (formerly WAR)
  6:00   Shemekia Copeland
  8:15   The Neville Brothers 
 
 
LOUISIANA STAGE
 
ROOM STORE LATIN STAGE
12:00   DJs Latin Tron and Colectivo Machin
  2:00   Espantapajaros 
  4:00   Los Pistoleros de Texas
  6:00   Joaquin Diaz (Dominican Republic)
  8:15   Somabit (Mexico)
 
CHRON.COM HOUSTON STAGE
  1:00   Sugar Bayou
  2:30   Miss Leslie and Her Jukejointers
  4:00   The Resin Valley Boys
  5:30   Johnny Falstaff
  7:30   The Hollisters
 
COTTON CLUB PRESENTED BY GROLSCH
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00   A Jazz and Poetry Experience
  1:00   HEB Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines Out of Africa
  2:00   Fashions of Ethiopia
  3:00   Under the Griot Tree
  4:00   Ayo Codrington -- classical soprano
  5:00   HEB Cooking Connection Presents Cuisines Out of Africa
  6:00   Kuumba House African Dance Ensemble
  7:00   Drum Talk with Kweku and Friends
  8:00   Joe Lee McCoy -- acoustic soul
  9:00   Expletive Deleted -- gospel
 
GULLAH STAGE
12:00   Steel Vibrations -- Caribbean drumming
  1:00   Kweku and friends -- Parade
  1:30   Kuumba House Kids
  2:00   Queen Quet -- Gullah Griot
  3:00   Living History Theater -- "Little Slave for Sale"
  4:00   Koumanke'le -- African Drum and Dance Lessons
  5:00   Grupo de N'Golo -- Capoeira Angola
  6:00   Steel Vibrations -- Caribbean drumming
  7:00   Queen Quet -- Gullah griot
  8:00   Living History Theater: "Little Slave for Sale"
  9:00   Drum Circle with BabAlafia and friends
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
12:00    Target Dance Contest
  1:00    Nritya School of Dance
  2:00    Folkor y Ritmo de Panama
  3:00    Abhinaya Indian Dancers
  4:00    Target Dance Contest
  5:00    Houston Azerbaijanis Folk Dancers
  6:00    United Nations Association Choir 
  7:00    TSU Dance Team 
  8:00    Hip Hop Petry w/ Funk Bank
  9:00    I-Fresh Hip Hop Fset wtih Bobby Fine and Zin
 
SISTER CITIES STAGE
12:00    Silk Road Dance Company
  1:00    US Chen Tai Chi Federation
  2:00    Sabor Mexico Theatrical Dance Company
  3:00    Revels
  4:30    Zhi Qing Association
  5:30    New Talent Singing Group
  6:30    Silk Road Dance Company
  7:30    Soulsa Caliente
 

SUNDAY, APRIL 27

WAMU CENTER STAGE
 
BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
 
LOUSIANA STAGE
 
ROOM STORE LATIN STAGE
 
CHRON.COM HOUSTON STAGE
  1:30   Free Radicals
  3:00   Trenchtown Texans
  4:30   Spain Colored Orange
  6:00   Plump
 
COTTON CLUB STAGE PRESENTED BY GROLSCH
 
H-E-B CULTURAL STAGE
12:00   A Jazz and Poetry Experience
  1:00   Cuisines Out of Africa
  2:00   Fashions of Ethiopia
  3:00   Drum Talk with Kweku and Friends
  4:00   Ayo Codrington -- classical soprano
  5:00   Cuisines Out of Africa
  6:00   Second Generation Dance Company
  7:00   Jones Family Singers -- gospel
 
GULLAH STAGE
12:00   African drumming with Alafia and friends
  1:00   Brazilian Protest Samba School Parade 
  1:30   Living History Theater -- "Jumpin' Juba"
  2:00   Queen Quet -- Gullah griot
  3:00   Living History Theater -- "Little Slave for Sale"
  4:00   Grupo de N'Golo -- Capoeira Angola
  5:00   Queen Quet -- Gullah griot
  6:00   Living History Theater: "Little Slave for Sale"
  7:00   Drum Circle with BabAlafia and friends
 
TARGET INTERNATIONAL KIDS STAGE
12:00  Target Dance Contest
  1:00   Ft. Bend School of Dance
  2:00   Manutahi-Texas Hawaiian Dance Troupe
  3:00   Capoeira Brazil 
  4:00   Sirrom School of Belly Dance
  5:00   Ballet Folklorico International Ambassadors
  6:00   JAWED Young Gospel Showcase 
  7:00   Soulfruit

SISTER CITIES STAGE
12:00   Silk Road Dance Company
  1:00   US Chen Tai Chi Federation
  2:00   Raices del Peru
  3:00   La Esencia Flamenca Dance Company
  4:30   Zhi Qing Association
  5:30   Tribal Lillies
  6:30   Kuumba House Dance Theatre

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