Chicago (Illinois), USA – As part of the seventh annual multi-venue World Music Festival: Chicago 2005 Sept. 16-22, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs presents a
grand evening of global sounds at the World Music Festival Open House Thursday, Sept. 22 from 6-11 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E.
Washington St. This concert marks the closing of the festival. Admission is free.
One World Under One Roof features Las Guitarras de España
(Chicago/U.S.),
Sidi
Goma (India),
Badi
Assad (Brazil), APPEX Ensemble
(Los Angeles/U.S.),
Ana
Moura (Portugal),
Nawal (Comoros Islands),
Frigg
(Finland), Jake Shimabukuro (Hawaii/U.S.), and
MIDIval PunditZ (India).
World Music Festival: Chicago 2005 is organized by the Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs and features the best in international
music, Sept. 16 - 22. Festival events include a mix of free and ticketed
concerts, live radio broadcasts and educational workshops presented in
museums, parks, cultural centers, plazas, theaters, bookstores, clubs
and other venues throughout Chicago.
World Music Festival: Chicago 2005 is made possible with generous
support from The Boeing Company; The Comer Foundation Fund; United,
"Chicago's Hometown Airline," the official airline sponsor; Borders
Books & Music; and Chicago Public Radio WBEZ 91.5 FM, official radio
sponsor.
For more information, call the World Music Festival: Chicago 2005
hotline at 312-742-1938 or visit
www.cityofchicago.org/WorldMusic.
The schedule for the World Music Festival Open House is as follows:
6 p.m.
Randolph Café
Nawal (Comoros Islands)
6:45 p.m.
Claudia Cassidy Theater
Las Guitarras de España (Chicago/U.S.)
7 p.m.
Preston Bradley Hall
Badi Assad (Brazil)
8 p.m.
Randolph Café
Frigg (Finland) t
8:15 p.m.
Preston Bradley Hall
Asia Pacific Performance Exchange, or APPEX Ensemble (Los Angeles/U.S.)
8:30 p.m.
Claudia Cassidy Theater
Sidi Goma (India)
9:30 p.m.
Randolph Café
Jake Shimabukuro (Hawaii/U.S.)
9:45 p.m.
GAR Hall
Midival Punditz (India)
10 p.m.
Preston Bradley Hall
Portuguese vocalist Ana Moura (Portugal)
World Music Central
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/2005082719172695