Global Music Month
Global Music Month 2020 Debuts This Fall
An Online Celebration of International Music From August 29 to October 1, 2020
Global Music Month 2020 is an online festival of international music featuring concerts, panels, presentations, and more. GMM 2020 combines 19 different festivals and presenters’ events under one banner for a month-long celebration of international music. Each presenter and festival will serve their loyal and local music loving patrons of each festival and presenter, but now also reach a wider audience of shared global music fans all over the world. Some participating organizations will stream live events and others will unearth archival festival performances. Each event will be unique -- with no repeat performers.
Confirmed artists include
Agoci Band (Haiti), Ak Dan Gwang Chil (Korea), Al Qahwa (Canada), Alsarah and the Nubatones (USA), Balla Kouyate & Yacouba Sissoko (Mali/USA), Banda de los Muertos (USA), Chicago Immigrant Orchestra (USA), Coreyah (Korea), Dagadana (Poland), Farah Siraj (Jordan/USA), Fo Sho (Ethiopia/Ukraine), Huun Huur-Tu & Carmen Rizzo (Tuva), Kiran Ahluwalia & Rez Abbasi (India/Pakistan/Canada/USA), LADAMA (Brazil/Colombia/USA/Venezuela), Lakou Mizik (Haiti), Nation Beat (Brazil/USA), Natu Camara (Cameroon/USA), Nohe & Sus Santos (Honduras/USA), Orkestar Kriminal (Canada), Palo Cruza'o (Colombia), Paris Combo (France), Rahim Alhaj (Iraq), Ragamala: A Tribute to Ravi Shankar (India), Raya Brass Band (USA), Sister Nancy (Jamaica), Sofía Viola (Argentina), Spam Allstars (USA), Väsen with Mike Marshall and Darol Anger (Sweden/USA), Vivalda Dula (Angola), Wisconsin Dells Singers (Ho-Chunk First Nations), Yumi Kurosawa (Japan/USA), Zikrayat (Egypt), with more artists TBA.