globalFEST and APAP Showcase schedule Jan. 12-16th

Sunday, Jan. 16th, Lincoln Center (David Geffen Hall) gloalFEST, Dengue Fever, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Khadija El Warzazia’s Bnat el Houariyat & Esraa Warda, The Legendary Ingramettes, María José Llergo, Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento, Moonlight Benjamin, New York Arabic Orchestra, Son Rompe Pera, Tamikrest

Feature 1

Thursday Jan.12th, 8pm  SOBs 204 Varick Street, - Afromondo Showcase featuring Sherlee Skai, Akawui, Kizaba, Wesli

Friday Jan. 13th, 6:30pm Good Night Showcase, Drom, 85 Avenue A, - Night in Tunisia, Maya Burns, Djely Tapa, Grupo Rebolu, DJ Shub Presents: War Club Live, NY Gypsy All-Stars, Balaklava Blues 

Tuesday, Jan. 17th, 8pm, DROM, Khadija El Warzazia’s Bnat el Houariyat with Esraa Warda

Khadija el Warzazia leads the all-women chaabi and houara group Bnat el Houariyat. Khadija’s songs are about the romantic, personal, spiritual, societal, and natural, representing the raw spectrum of human experience. She’s known for fusing Gnawa prose with female-focused music.

Feature 2

Friday Jan. 13th, 9:30pm Congo On 'Off Broadway’ - Nkumu Katalay at The Triad Theater

Friday Jan. 13th, Cumbia Vortex, Elsewhere, 599 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, two special guests from Colombia and Mexico City

Saturday, Jan. 14th 8pm, SOBs, 204 Varick St, Africa Meet Caribbean, British Dependency, Sekouba Bolomba, Francis Mbappe and the Tribes

Thursday Jan.12th Drom, 85 Avenue A, 7:30PM  Unfit Music Showcase (in order of appearance) – Zaki Ibrahim, Kobo Town, Balkan Paradise Orchestra, Battle of Santiago, Telmary, Nomadic Massive, “Special Guest”

Saturday Jan.14th, 7PM, Secret Planet Showcase, Drom, 85 Avenue A, Sunken Cages x Dragonchild, Mehrnam Rastegari, Mafer Bandola and Pipiris band, Sonny Singh, Slavic Soul Party, La Banda Chuska, Habbina Habbina.