The schedule below is for the 2008 festival. The lineup for 2009 will be released in mid February
Saturday April 19th >> | Sunday April 20th >> | Saturday April 26th >> | Sunday April 27th >> | Complete Schedule >>
FRIDAY, APRIL 18WAMU CENTER STAGE
12:00 D.R.U.M.
12:30 D.R.U.M.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19WAMU CENTER STAGE
1:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia
3:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 5:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 7:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 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
1:30 Louisiana Purchase Bluegrass Band
3:30 Carolina Chocolate Drops 5:30 Red Stick Ramblers 7:30 Samarabalouf (France) 9:00 Swing Jam with Samarabalouf and Red Stick Ramblers 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
COTTON CLUB STAGE PRESENTED BY GROLSCH
2:00 Nelson Mills' Tribute to Cab Calloway
4:00 Gloria Edwards' Tribute to Dinah Washington 6:00 Nelson Mills' Tribute to Cab Calloway 8:00 Gloria Edwards' Tribute to Dinah Washington 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 20WAMU CENTER STAGE
12:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia
2:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 4:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 6:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 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
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
1:30 Kelly Dean
3:00 Mike Reed 4:30 Kyle Turner 6:00 Houston Sax Summit with Kyle Turner, Mike Reed, Kelly Dean and Cameron Scott COTTON CLUB STAGE PRESENTED BY GROLSCH
1:30 Diunna Greenleaf's Tribute to Bessie Smith
3:30 Diunna Greenleaf's Tribute to Bessie Smith 5:30 Diunna Greenleaf's Tribute to Bessie Smith 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 25WAMU CENTER STAGE
11:15 Zydeco Dots
12:15 Zydeco Dots
SATURDAY, APRIL 26WAMU CENTER STAGE
1:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia
3:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 5:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 7:00 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 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
1:30 The Hollisters
3:30 The Bluerunners 5:30 Soul Rebels Brass Band 7:45 Brian Jack and the Zydeco Gamblers 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
2:00 Barrie Lee Hall's Tribute to Duke Ellington
4:00 Carolyn Blanchard's Tribute to Lena Horne 6:00 Barrie Lee Hall's Tribute to Duke Ellington 8:00 Carolyn Blanchard's Tribute to Lena Horne 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 27WAMU CENTER STAGE
12:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia
2:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 4:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia 6:30 National Dance Theater of Ethiopia BUD LIGHT WORLD MUSIC STAGE
12:00 Soular Grooves Sound System feat. DJ Simiyu (Kenya)
1:00 Menwar (Mauritius) 2:30 The Garifuna Collective (Belize) 4:15 Habib Koite and Bamada (Mali) 6:00 Taj Mahal 7:30 Pan-African Finale with Taj Mahal and guests LOUSIANA STAGE
12:30 Soulfruit
2:30 Jones Family Singers 4:30 Trudy Lynn and the Houston Blues Stars 6:30 Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws ROOM STORE LATIN STAGE
12:00 DJs Latin Tron and Colectivo Machine
12:30 Ballet Folklorico Ambassadors 2:00 Mary's Band 4:00 Grupo Batacha 6:15 Karina Nistal and the Rebel Crew CHRON.COM HOUSTON STAGE
6:00 Plump
COTTON CLUB STAGE PRESENTED BY GROLSCH
1:30 Leo Polk's Tribute to Louis Armstrong
3:30 Leo Polk's Tribute to Louis Armstrong 5:30 Leo Polk's Tribute to Louis Armstrong 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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