The fifth annual Madison World Music Festival will be held from September 12-20, 2008, in the Memorial Union and other venues. Again this year, all events are free and open to the public and patrons can contribute to the festival to help it thrive for years to come. Listen to a program about World Music Fest on WPR's Here on Earth.

Read about the Festivals' first weekend
See an NBC 15 interview about the festival

Download 2008 Madison World Music Festival Guide (pdfx)

The tentative schedule includes the following. Additional events will be added later.

Tuesday-Wednesday, 9/9-10

Room 378, Human Ecology Building, 1300 Linden Dr.
4:30-6:30 World Textiles and Costumes Open House

Wednesday, 9/10/2008

3:00 Prasanna interviewed on Here on Earth

Thursday, 9/11/2008

3:00 Nation Beat interview and performance on Here on Earth

Friday, 9/12/2008

Terrace (Rain: Wisconsin Union Theater):
8:30 am Prasanna interview on WORT, 89.9 FM
5:00 Dragon Knights (stiltwalking puppeteers) and World Percussion Ensemble
5:30 Prasanna (India)
7:00 Dragon Knights
7:30 Mamak Khadem (Iran)
9:00 Dragon Knights
9:30 Nation Beat (Brazil/USA)

Saturday, 9/13/2008

Terrace (Rain: Wisconsin Union Theater):
4:00 Dragon Knights
4:30 Little Cow (Hungary)
6:00 Dragon Knights
6:30 Plastic People of the Universe (Czech Republic)
7:15 Dragon Knights
7:45 Reelroad (Russia)
9:15 Dragon Knights
10 Maraca (Cuba)

Tripp Commons
9:45 Dance workshop with Reelroad

Sunday, 9/14/2008

The Annex:
6:30 Weapons of Mass DeFunktion
7:30 Little Cow (Hungary)
9:00 Plastic People of the Universe (Czech Republic)

Wednesday, 9/17/2008

Humanities 2441, 2451, 2511, 2521
6:00 Singing and instrumental workshops with Kabile

Thursday, 9/18/2008

Humanities 1101
4:00 CREECA lecture with Kabile

Terrace (Rain: Der Rathskeller):
5:00-8:00 Student and Community Showcase
8:30 Kabile (Bulgaria)

Friday, 9/19/2008

Memorial Union Class of 1924 Reception Room
Noon Indian dance workshop with Dya Singh members

Terrace (Rain: Wisconsin Union Theater):
5:30 Gaida Hinnawi (Syria)
7:30 Dya Singh (India)
9:30 Baba Zula (Turkey)

Saturday, 9/20/2008

Willy Street Fair:
1:45 Chiwoniso (Zimbabwe)
3:45 Zazhil (Mexico)
5:45 Etran Finatawa (Niger)
7:45 17 Hippies (Germany)

Sunday, 9/21/2008

Mills Hall:
6.30 pm: A journey in Hindustani music: Vocal concert by Rajan and Sajan Mishra

The festival is sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Theater Committee and supported by: Multicultural Council, Evjue Foundation, Wisconsin Arts Board, American Family Insurance, Anonymous Fund, Associated Students of Madison, National Endowment for the Arts, M & I Bank, Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, International Student Services, CREECA, Wisconsin Union Directorate, The Onion, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Higher Ground, WORT, 89.9 FM, Capital City Hues, and Asian Wisconzine.

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