Albuquerque: New Mexico's World Culture and Music Celebration

�Globalquerque! will return to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on September 21 and 22, 2007.

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¡Globalquerque! will return to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on September 21 and 22, 2007.

Get ready for this year's festival by reliving ¡Globalquerque! 2006! Watch some video highlights or listen to three full-hour radio specials from Southwest Stages the weeks of Aug. 27, Sept. 3 and Sept. 10. (Check the SWS web page for radio stations and times.)

2007 festival artists include:

Global Drum Project
featuring Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain,
Giovanni Hidalgo and Sikiru Adepoju
(USA/India/Puerto Rico/Nigeria)

Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine (USA)

aneXo al Norte (New Mexico, USA)
Anjani's Kathak Dance of India
Baka Beyond (UK/Cameroon)
Lankandia Cissoko (Senegal)
Dengue Fever (Cambodia/USA)
Dragon Art Studio (China)
Fiamma Fumana (Italy)
Hassan Hakmoun (Morocco)
Ilgi (Latvia)
La Familia Vigil (New Mexico, USA)
Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet)
Kevin Locke (Lakota/Anishinabe Nations, USA)
Petrona Martinez (Colombia) Cancelled
Shelley Morningsong (New Mexico, USA)
Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
Chango Spasiuk (Argentina)

¡Globalquerque! 2007 will feature a variety of official and affiliated events, including:

3 stages of music over two nights

photoA Global Village containing food and crafts from around the world (open all day)

Free daytime programming for families and adults, including workshops on music and folklore, crafts and live performances on Saturday, Sept. 22

photo¡Globalquerque! at The Guild (MAP) - a collection of international music-related movies and videos, from Sept. 17-20.

Concerts around New Mexico, including:

* Baka Beyond presenting a free film screening and lecture/discussion about the Baka people of Cameroon at the Albuquerque Library Main Branch (501 Copper NW, Downtown) on Friday, September 21 at 10:30 am,
* Dragon Art Studio presenting outreach performances in Magdalena, Silver City, Socorro and Albuquerque (Sept 18 to 21).
* Puerto Plata at New Mexico State University (Las Cruces) on Sept 20,
* Lankandia Cissoko at the Museum of International Folk Art (Santa Fe) in conjunction with the exhibit A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal on Sept 23.