Artists
Current Season
Sanam Marvi Hyderabad, Pakistan
Vocal warrior Sanam Marvi is the next, great diviner of South Asia's humanist, folk, and Sufi texts...
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Sounds of Kolachi Karachi, Pakistan
10-piece super group creates a sonic highway from Ragas to the Blues ...
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Previous Seasons
2016
 Oran, Algeria
Hard grooving reggae, rai & rock from cosmopolitan Oran ...
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 Algiers, Algeria
Tranced-out diwan sounds from Algiers, gathered under a big musical tent ...
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 Oran, Algeria
Gritty, intimate theater confronts the destiny of today's Algeria ...
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 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
From the streets of Dar es Salaam, Jagwa Music brings the noise
Speed, heat, and swagger. Tanzania'...
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 Zanzibar, Tanzania
A renewed taarab reinvigorates Zanzibar's syncretic signature sound ...
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2015
 Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Due to unexpected circumstances, a Center Stage tour to the U.S. by Msafiri Zawose scheduled for...
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2014
 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sweeping contemporary dance reveals the cycles of Vietnamese life...
Realism merges with symbolic...
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 Casablanca, Morocco
Captivating movement traces layers of gender, culture, history, and ancestry...
Riveting solo...
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 Casablanca, Morocco
Crowd-wowing, thought-provoking Morocc'n Roll fresh from the Maghreb
This “sharp, vibrant, and very...
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 Peshawar, Pakistan
Transfixing, hyper-folk jams with rich and deep Pushtoon roots...
With its propulsive, furious...
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 Lahore, Pakistan
Discreetly subversive indie rock exposes the inner life of urban pakistan
Poor Rich Boy, Pakistan’s...
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 Agadir, Morocco
A big dose of Amazigh funk, powered by a single (ribab) string...
A feverishly funky sign of...
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 Hanoi, Vietnam
Avant sounds of electronica, acoustic instruments, and Vietnamese motifs
Sophisticated, versatile...
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2012
 Islamabad, Pakistan
Sharp eloquence, humanist politics, and mystic poetries are given a global voice by Arieb Azhar and...
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 Pétion-Ville, Haiti
BélO has been hailed as Haiti's musical ambassador to the world. An outspoken groove innovator, he...
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 Pétion-Ville, Haiti
This company of high-powered dancers and drummers, led by choreographer Jean-René Delsoin,...
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 Yogyakarta, Indonesia
If there was still any doubt that hip hop is truly a global culture, look no further than Indonesia...
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 Padang, Indonesia
Hailing from the island of Sumatra, apart from Indonesia's dominant cultures, Nan Jombang is a...
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 Lahore, Pakistan
Led by charismatic brothers, Ali Hamza and Ali Noor, along with powerhouse drummer and producer...
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 Yogyakarta, Indonesia
In a country renowned for its puppetry traditions, Papermoon Puppet Theatre is a young,...
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 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Masters of Haiti's twoubadou (troubadour) tradition, Ti-Coca and his band, Wanga-Nègès perform...
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 Karachi, Pakistan
Danish Ali, a doe-eyed MD turned punster, and improv comedy frontrunner and viral sensation Ali Gul...
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 Lahore, Pakistan
Cousins, lifelong friends and longtime musical collaborators, Zeb and Haniya bring a highly...
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