World Music Institute

The World Music Institute is one of America’s leading world music and dance presenters.

September 2018

Plena Libre plays contemporary Puerto Rican plena at SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan (West SoHo) on September 16, 2018 at 8 pm. Doors at 7 pm. 21+, $20

WMI Plus Experience: Griot Tradition in West Africa pairs Mali-born Kora player Yacouba Sissoko with saxophonist Edith Lettner in an evening of African griot storytelling tradition at Funky Joe’s in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan on September 26, 2018 at 7 pm. $20

October 2018

Jupiter & Okwess play Congolese Afropop at Littlefield in Gowanus, Brooklyn on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 8 pm. Doors at 7 pm. $25 – $30

Multicultural band OneBeat plays a global mashup that includes Afro-Brazilian grooves at Murmrr in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 8 pm. Doors at 7 pm. $15

Pianist Randy Weston plays African rhythms at The New School – Alvin Johnson/J.M Kaplan Hall in Greenwich Village, Manhattan on Friday, October 19, 2018 at 7:30 pm. Doors at 7 pm. $40

November 2018

Mamadou Diabate and Percussion Mania tell Sambla stories on Burkina Faso balafons (wooden xylophones) at Littlefield in Gowanus, Brooklyn on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 7 pm. Doors at 6 pm. $20 – $25

Mestisay plays Canary Island pop at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm. Doors at 6:30 pm. FREE

March 2019

African string-instrument virtuosos 3MA: Ballaké Sissoko, Diss El Maloumi & Rajery play Malian, Moroccan and Malagasy music at City Winery in Hudson Square, Manhattan (West SoHo) on Friday, March 15, 2019 at 8 pm. Doors at 6 pm.

Multi-Latin Grammy winner Vicente Amigo plays Spanish Flamenco at The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan on Friday, March 29, 2019 at 8 pm. Doors at 7:30 pm. $30 – $65

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