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800 Langdon St.
Madison, WI 53706
608-265-ARTS

Box Office at Wisconsin Union Theater, Park Street:
Monday - Friday:
11:30 am - 5:30 pm

Box Office at University Theater, Vilas Hall:
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Hours extend to 1/2 hours past curtain time on days of scheduled events.

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2011 Madison World
Music Festival

Thursday-Saturday, September 15-17, 2011
FREE!

Three days of magnificent, free performances, workshops and lectures by artists from all over the world.

Please note: Events are subject to change.

Saturday, 9/10/11:

10pm - Vieux Farka Toure - MWMF warm-up concert on the Terrace.

Wednesday, 9/14/11

7pm - Screening: "Cultures of Resistance" film, followed by a panel discussion about the role of music in resisting injustice and conflict. Confirmed panelist: Dr. Jonathan Overby, a host of Wisconsin Public Radio. The Marquee, Union South.

Thursday, 9/15/11

6:30 - 8:00 pm - Chai Found Music (Taiwan) - Union Theater
7:00 pm - Film: "Cultures of Resistance" - Play Circle
8:30 - 10:00 pm - Nawal (Comoros Islands) Sufi Music- Union Theater
9:00 pm - Film: "Cultures of Resistance" - Play Circle
9:00 - 10:30 pm - Frigg (Finland) - Rathskeller

Friday, 9/16/11

5:00 - 5:30 pm - Dragon Knights - Terrace
5:30 - 7:00 pm - Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (Italy) - Terrace
7:00 - 8:00 pm - Chai Found Music (Taiwan) - Union Theater
8:00 - 8:30 pm - Dragon Knights - Union Theater
8:30 - 10:00 pm- Kutumba (Nepal) - Union Theater
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm - Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana/US) - Terrace


Saturday, 9/17/11

12 noon - Workshop "Puppetry - Big and Small" with Dragon Knights - Union Theater
1:45 - 3:00 pm - Luisa Maita (Brazil) - Willy Street Fair
3:00 pm - Dragon Knights - Willy Street Fair
3:30 - 5:00 pm - Marco Calliari (Italy/Canada) - Willy Street Fair
5:00 pm - Dragon Knights - Willy Street Fair
5:30 - 7:00 pm - Sergent Garcia (France) - Willy Street Fair
7:30 - 9:00 pm - Bomba Estereo (Colombia) - Willy Street Fair
9:30 - 11:00 pm - Sergent Garcia (France) - Union Terrace (Rain location is the Rathskeller)

On Saturday, September 17, from 1-8 pm Greyhound offers free hourly shuttle service to the Willy Street Fair from the Memorial Union. Hourly return shuttles from the fair back to the Union end at 9:30 pm.

 Greyhound Shuttle departs Memorial Union to MWMF at Willy St Fair:
2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, and 7pm (last shuttle).

Greyhound Shuttle departs Willy St. Fair for return to Memorial Union: 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, and 9:30pm (last shuttle).



Thank You to Our Sponsors:

The festival is presented by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Performing Arts Committee in collaboration with the Willy Street Fair and Office of Student Life - Madison College.

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Other sponsors include the Anonymous Fund, Evjue Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts.

 

 
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