Wisconsin Union Theater Announces Tentative Lineup of Madison World Music Fest

The sixth annual Madison World Music Festival will be held from September 16-19, 2009, in the Memorial Union and at the Willy Street Fair.

Read the Madison World Music Fest Guide

All events at the Memorial Union unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, 9/16/09:

4 pm Mystical Arts of Tibet: Mandala Construction Opening Ceremony (Main Lounge)
5:30 pm Film Screening - Creating Buddhas (Play Circle)
6 pm Locally Global Student and Community Showcase (Terrace):
6 pm - Salaam Shalom
6:45 pm - UW World Percussion Ensemble
7:20 pm - David Pederson - Tuvan throat singing
8:00 pm - Asian Pacifiic Dance Group
8:40 pm - Sergei Belkin
9:20 pm - Omulu Capoeira Guanabara
10:00 pm - Anthony Caulkins

Thursday, 9/17/09:

4 pm Lecture & musical performance of Parno Grazs (Hungary) (Ingraham Hall - Room 206)
6 pm Red Baraat (India/USA)
7 pm Parno Grazst (Hungary) singing workshop (Union Theater)
8 pm Parno Grazst (Hungary) dance workshop (Union Theater)
8:15 pm Kepa Junkera (Basque Country)
10:15 pm Kusun Ensemble (Ghana)

Friday, 9/18/09:

3 pm Mucca Pazza & Dragon Knights
4:15 pm Orchestre de Tetouan (Morocco)
5:45 pm Dragon Knights (Veuns / San Diego)
6:15 pm Mucca Pazza (Jupiter / Chicago)
8 pm Maria De Barros (Cape Verde)
10 pm Parno Graszt (Hungary)

Saturday, 9/19/09, Willy St. Fair:

2:30 pm Kepa Junkera (Basque Country)
3:00 pm Dragon Knights (Veuns / San Diego)
4:00 pm Hanggai (Mongolia)
6:00 pm Dragon Knights (Venus / San Diego)
6:15 pm Kepa Junkera (Basque Country)
7:45 pm Los de Abajo (Mexico)

Saturday, 9/19/09:

8 pm Mystical Arts of Tibet (Union Theater - a ticketed event)
10 pm Cheb i Sabbah (Algeria/France/US)

Check out what the media say:

Wisconsin State Journal
Susan Kepecs' article in Isthmus
Madison Magazine


Food at the Fest!
Lakefront on Langdon will be offering these featured items at the pizza window during the Fest. Thursday & Friday, 4:00 pm - Midnight, and Saturday, 2:00 pm:

Humus Dip Cups - $2.50
Cuban Roast Pork and Plantain Sub - $6.25
Greek Gyro Flatbread Pizza - $5.95
Thai Flatbread Chicken Pizza - $5.95
Mexican Taco Flatbreatd Pizza - $5.95

The Rathskeller and Brat Stand will be selling Paella for $5.95.


Again this year, all events are free and open to the public. Patrons who wish to can donate online or send donations to:

Wisconsin Union Theater / MWMF Fund,
800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706.

As in past years, the festival brings extraordinary artists from around the world for free performances, workshops, lectures, and other outreach events. Defying the economic gloom, it offers many opportunities to dance and party as well as enjoy traditional music and marching bands from around the world. Student and community artists will be presented in the Globally Local segment on Wednesday, September 16, following the Mandala Construction Opening Ceremony by the Tibetan Monks of the Loseling Monastery

The festival is presented by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Theater Committee.

Other sponsors include:

The Anonymous Fund, Evjue Foundation, Madison Folk DanceClub, CREECA, Division of International Studies, LACIS, UW System Institute on Race & Ethnicity, Capital City Hues, The Onion, WORT.

Sponsors for the Wisconsin Union’s summer music program, which includes the Madison World Music Festival are: Ale Asylum Brewing, Bud Light, Budweiser, Capital Brewing Company, Goose Island, Green Mountain Beverage, Miller Coors, Pabst Brewing Company, Spaten North American, Sprecher Brewing Company, Stella Artois, and Summit Brewing Company.