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Event Details
Submitted by the Event Organizer
2014 Berkeley World Music Fall Equinox Festival | Sept. 20-21
Music once again spills out from all corners of Berkeley during the first ever Fall Equinox event in the 11th season of the Berkeley World Music Festival at Telegraph and Haste which serves at the main hub for two days of continuous music showcasing Bay Area’s dazzling world music scene with dancing, a craft market, kids’ activities and more.
2014 Fall Equinox Berkeley World Music Festival
– Saturday, September 20, 2014 | Noon to 9 pm
– Sunday, September 21, 2014 | Noon to 6 pm
Telegraph and Haste, Berkeley
FREEEach day, beginning at noon, offers different sights and sounds. Saturday features a wonderful mix of cafe music (noon – 9 pm), as well as the Amoeba Music concert with Craft Village (noon – 6 pm). On Sunday, the festival turns into a street fair carnival (noon – 6 pm) between Dwight Way & Durant Ave. and features a main stage concert, beer garden & street entertainment.
Schedule maps will be at the info booth on Telegraph at Haste St, near UC Berkeley.
2014 Schedule:
Saturday, September 20
People’s Park | Noon – 6 pm
Crafts Fair (Village) & Amoeba Music Concert – in order of appearance
- 1 – 2:30 pm: La Misa Negra ~ Afro-Colombian: Cumbia / Porro / Gaita
- 2:45 – 4:15 pm: SambaDá ~ Brazilian Samba Funk
- 4:30 – 6 pm: Markus James & the Wassonrai ~ Mississippi Meets West Africa
Exhibition Performances ~ front of stage
- 12:30 – 1 pm: All Nation Singers ~ Traditional Native American exhibition & social dance
- 2:30 – 2:50 pm: UCA Berkeley/ Capoeira Arts Foundation ~ Afro-Brazilian Marital Arts Dance
In Telegraph Ave. Venues | Noon – 9 pm
- Noon – 1:30 pm: Talking Wood ~ West African Kora & Balafon, – Caffé Mediterraneum, 2475 Telegraph Ave,
- 1-4 pm: Reinhardt Swing ~ Gypsy Jazz – Sidewalk: Channing to Durant
- 1:30 – 4:30 pm: Back40 ~ Americana Roots – Berkeley Hat Co., 2510 Telegraph Ave
- 2:30 – 4:30 pm: Taraf de Locos ~ World Beat Fusion – newest addition – Sweet Leaf Café, 2468 Telegraph Ave
- 2:30 – 4:30 pm: True Life Trio ~ Balkan & Beyond – Sculpture Garden, Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave
- 4-6 pm: Dr. Loco ~ Tex-Mex – Remys Mexican Restaurant, 2506 Haste St
- 6-7 pm: Karl Young ~ Japanese Shakuhachi Flute, – Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave
- 6:30 – 8 pm: The Ulysses Trio w/ Melanie O’Reilly, George Brooks & Frank Martin ~ Ethno-Jazz – Cafe Milano, 2522 Bancroft Way
- 7 – 9 pm: Quijeremá ~ Latin American Folk & Jazz – The Village, 2556 Telegraph Ave
- Tango Revolution Telegraph – Argentine Milonga Music & Class, 7:30 – 9 pm, “Milongo” (Dancing) 9-11:30 pm – Caffé Med, 2475 Telegraph Ave
- Michael Masley ~ World Kalimbalom & Eggdawn Autoharp – Sidewalk: Telegraph at Channing, All Day
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Telegraph Ave. Street Fair | Noon – 6 pm
Main Stage Concert, at Haste – in order of appearance
- Noon – 2 pm: Sadza Marimba ~ Zimbabwean Dance Music
- 2-4 pm: The Bouchaib Abdelhadi Band ~ Moroccan Chaabi Pop & Middle Eastern
- 4:30 – 6 pm: Baraka Moon w/ Stephen Kent (didjeridu) & Sukhawat Ali Khan ~ Estatic Sufi Trance Dance
Channing – Durant
- 12:30 – 4:30 pm: Bayou Noir ~ Cajun & Zydeco – Durant – Channing
Blake – Dwight
- 1-4 pm: Simcha ~ Klezmer – Berkeley Hat Co., 2510 Telegraph Ave
Noon – 6 pm: Beer Garden Along Telegraph Ave ~ a Benefit for Ashkenaz Music & Dance Berkeley World Music Festival – Telegraph Ave at Haste featuring:
- Frisco Fred ~ Contact juggling, magic, escape artist – Haste to Channing: 3 – 4, pm & Special Show: 4 -4:30 pm
- Miss Tickle – 4 pm – quad Kinetic Interactive Puppet
- Michael Masley ~ World Kalimbalom & Eggdawn Autoharp
- Telegraph @ Channing, All Day
- KIDs Zone w/ Presto the Clown Balloon Trister, Face Painting, Chalk Painting, Bounce House
- Berkeley Chess School – Bringing the joy of chess to children & adults since 1982. Teaching over 7,000 students annually at more than 140 locations throughout the Bay Area, Moes’ Reading Corner, & more.
- Telegraph Ave. Street Art & Merchants: Moe’s Reading Corner, Gifts of Tara, & more
Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.
Cost: FREE
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