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SeAttle WoRld PeRcUssion SocietY
BUilding CoMmuNity THroUgh RhytHm
Friday, April 25 Times and Locations
Events are in the Rainier Arts Center Auditorium, 3515 S. Alaska St. & The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave. S
Time | Title | Artist | Type | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
6:00 PM | Grand Opening Drum Circle | Jamtown John | Drum Circle | Rainier Arts Center Auditorium |
6:45 PM | The Cooper Drummers | The Cooper Drummers | Performance | Rainier Arts Center Auditorium |
7:00 PM | Exciting Marimba Music from Zimbabwe | Anzanga Marimba Ensemble | Performance | Rainier Arts Center Auditorium |
8:00 PM | Opening Night at the Royal Room | Todo Es | Performance | The Royal Room |
Saturday, April 26 Times and Locations - Rainier Arts center
Rainier Arts Center Auditorium, 3515 S. Alaska St.
Time | Title | Artist | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
11:00 AM | Kathak Sandhya | Pooja Ganesh | Performance |
11:30 AM | Universal Rhythms: A Percussive Tribute to Zakir Hussain | CIPA - C. Hastings and J. Jayaprakash | Performance |
12:30 PM | A Transcendental Journey: Exploring Kathak | Naosheen Noor | Performance |
1:00 PM | Tambor y Fuego | Todo Folklore Cubano | |
2:00 PM | Manjira Nartan and Mridang Badan | Movements in Motion | Performance |
3:00 PM | Japanese Ensemble Drumming | Seattle Kokon Taiko | Performance |
3:30 PM | Solo Frame Drum Improvisation | Ken Jacobson - Performance | Performance |
4:00 PM | MENAT inspired Dance and Finger Cymbals | Compass Dance Collective | Performance |
4:30 PM | Chinese Folk Dance, Taji, and Qigong | Huayin Performing Arts Group | Performance |
5:00 PM | Gaita and Parranda Music from Venezuela | Tumbarancho Venezuela | Performance |
5:45 PM | Mongolian Music Performance | Zie Mongol | Performance |
6:30 PM | Aigiri Nandini: The Fierce Grace of Goddess Durga | Navya Gangadharappa Ramesh | Performance |
7:00 PM | Bharatanatyam - Classical Indian Dance | Alapadma | Performance |
7:30 PM | Pratishruti Foundation presents Sattriya ensemble | Prateesha Suresh and Group | Performance |
8:30 PM | Saturday Night Dance Party!!! | The Highlife Band | Dance Party |
saturday, April 26 Columbia park
Time | Title | Artist | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
11:30 AM | VamoLa Brazilian Music and Dance | VamoLa | Performance |
1:00 PM | Community Rhythms with Natty and the Seattle Hand Drummers | Natty Riddims | Drum Circle |
2:00 PM | Phinney Ridge Steel Band | Phinney Ridge Steel Band | Performance |
3:00 PM | The Cooper Drummers | The Cooper Drummers | Performance |
4:00 PM | Exciting Sounds from Southern Africa on the Marimba | Zambuko Marimba | Performance |
5:00 PM | Sun, Moon, Stars Jam | Jamtown John - Sun Moon Star Jam | Drum Circle |
Columbia Park 4721 Rainier Ave S
saturday, April 26 New Freeway Hall
Time | Title | Artist | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
12:00 PM | Learn Brazilian Percussion with VamoLa | VamoLa | Workshop |
12:15 PM | Songs and Rhythms of Brazilian Pagode | Alexander | Workshop |
1:00 PM | Tambor y Fuego | Todo Folkore Cubano | Performance |
2:00 PM | Rhythmic Footprints: Exploring Nadais through Dance and Mridangam | Chamber of Indian Performing Arts | Workshop |
3:00 PM | Cuban Folkloric Dance and Percussion | Todo Folkore Cubano | Workshop |
4:00 PM | Learn Conga with Tor Dietrichson | Tor Dietrichson | Workshop |
5:00 PM | Accompanying Dancers on the Conga | Tor Dietrichson - Acc. Vanessa | Workshop |
5:00 PM | Salsa and Cha Cha Cha | Vanessa Villalobos | Workshop |
6:00 PM | Egyptian Darbuka | George Sadak | Workshop |
New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S
sunday, April 27 Columbia park and Library
Columbia Park; Columbia Library 4721 Rainier Ave S
Time | Title | Artist | Type | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11:00 AM | An Approach to Odd Time Signatures | Ken Jacobson - Approach to Odd Time Signatures | Workshop | Columbia Library Meeting Room |
11:00 AM | Open Non-Facilitatied Drum Circle | World Rhythm Festival Community | Drum Circle | Drum Tent in Columbia Park |
1:00 PM | Rhythm Meditation -- Embody your internal rhythmic hard drive! | Zorina Wolfe | Workshop | Columbia Library Meeting Room |
1:30 PM | Open Non-Facilitated Drum Circle | World Rhythm Festival Community | Drum Tent in Columbia Park | |
3:00 PM | Rhythmic Harmony: Body Percussion & Circle Singing Workshop | Abby Greene-Bull - Rhythmic Harmony | Workshop | Drum Tent in Columbia Park |
3:00 PM | Everyday Rhythm: Discovering the Music Around You | Abby Greene-Bull - Everyday Rhythm | Workshop | Columbia Library Meeting Room |
4:00 PM | Whole Person Drumming: | Zorina Wolfe | Workshop | Drum Tent in Columbia Park |
5:30 PM | Djembe Rhythms with Boka Kouyate | Boka Kouyate | Workshop | Drum Tent in Columbia Park |
sunday, April 27 Southside Commons
Time | Title | Artist | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
11:00 AM | Rhythms from Mali | David Casteal | Workshop |
1:30 PM | West African Dance with Baba Kauna & Sarah Lee | One World Dance | Workshop |
2:30 PM | West African Dance with Afua Kouyate | Afua Kouyate | Workshop |
3:30 PM | West African Dance with Nailah Bulley | Oni Arts Collective - Nailah Bulley | Workshop |
4:30 PM | Afro Peruvian Dance and Musicality | Pasion Peruana | Workshop |
Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds St
Performance & Workshop Locations
2025 WoRld RhyTHm Festival Schedule
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