World Music in New York City is mostly in night clubs and some theaters.
World Music or Global Music is non-European music. It can include flamenco and Latin, but for our purposes world music is music from Mother Africa and Asia.
Thanks to our World Music sponsors:
SOB’s Sounds of Brazil Latin 2026
100% Dembow, Desi Saturdays, La Esquinita Latin Showcase, Alex Ferreira
World Music Institute Latin 2026
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Son Rompe Pera, Pedrito Martínez, Cyro Baptista, Kaoru Watanabe, Suphala, Sunny Jain, Glen Velez, Batalá, Adam Rudolph
Flamenco Festival Tribute to Sabicas, World Music Institute at The Town Hall
Gerardo Núñez, Antonio Rey, Álvaro Martinete, Olga Pericet
Ángeles Toledano Flamenco Festival, Robert Browning Associates at Roulette
Flamenco Festival New York
Robert Browning Associates News
Ángeles Toledano Flamenco Festival
globalFEST, the World Music Showcase, Returns to Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall
DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan
World Music News
New York World Music
World Music Producers
- Robert Browning Associates produces world music at Roulette Intermedium.
- World Music Institute produces world music across New York City.
World Music Venues in NYC
These producers and venues also present a lot of Latin music.
- Barbès is a French-owned bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
- Carnegie Hall Citywide produces world music across NYC. *
- David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
- Drom NYC is a Turkish-owned lounge in the East Village.
- Flushing Town Hall is a community theater in Flushing, Queens.
- Harlem Stage
- LunÀtico is a musician-owned restaurant bar in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
- Nublu
- SOB’s, Sounds of Brazil, is a world music night club in Hudson Square (West SoHo), Manhattan.
- Symphony Space
- Terraza 7 is a Colombian-owned nightclub in Elmhurst, Queens.
World Music Festivals in NYC
- Drums Along the Hudson is a Native American powwow that includes world music drummers.
- globalFEST is a world music festival at Lincoln Center.
About World Music
The term “World Music” comes from Classical Music, but it’s current meaning (non-European Diaspora music) didn’t enter popular usage until the late 1980s. The Recording Academy (Grammys) struggles to wrap its head around this because the great majority of music on Earth is not European.
The Grammys started their “World Music” category in 1992. In 2020, they changed the term from “World Music” to “Global Music.” The idea is that “World Music” put “us” against the world, whereas the term “Global Music” is inclusive. At least the Recording Academy is trying. Anyway, Global Music is Great!