FULL SCHEDULE

SOUTHERN AIR TEMPLE (top floor)

All Night in Front Kitchen:
Freshly made meals (with vegan and gluten-free options), young coconuts, chai, hot chocolate, kava-colada, chocolate treats, snacks, and more.

7:30pm-8pm: Opening Ceremony by Troy Dayton
After two years of not being able to gather the way we want, we no longer take it for granted. Please join us to set a container that brings our attention to the magic of the moment we are in and the remarkable humans that we will share this evening with.

8pm-9pm: Malian Dance Class by Mariam Diakite
Ms. Diakité is the dynamic front-woman for Orchestra Gold (playing at 11:30pm). Mariam will help you learn the dance, rhythms and songs of Mali, focused on “Oldstyle” Malian dances rooted in ceremonial practice. Watch this video about Mariam’s dance. Space is limited. First-come, first-served.

9pm-11pm: Buncrana (Irish Folk)
Celebrating a belated St. Patrick’s Day, this “session” will feature the Bay Area's top Irish folk talent: Autumn Rhodes, Timothy Hill, Will Wheeler, Briana Di Mara, and more. They will be sharing lively tunes on fiddle, guitar, harp, uilleann pipes, bodhrán, concertina, and more! Deirdre Stretton will offer an Irish dance performance. Deirde dances with Siamsa le Cheile, and teaches at the McBride School of Irish Dance.

11pm-11:30pm: Musical Interlude

11:30pm-1:30am: Orchestra Gold (Malian Psychedelic Rock)
It’s 1976 and you just stepped inside a smokey club in Bamako, Mali. The air is thick with the gritty analog sounds of funky folkloric music, psychedelic guitar swirling with jazzy horns and hypnotic bass. As the crowd shakes their bell bottoms to the infectious grooves, the singer commands the stage with her soulful vocals and dance moves that give James Brown a run for his money. This is the vibe that Oakland’s own Orchestra Gold creates in their live shows as well as their recordings.

1:30am-3:00am: dj warble
dj warble (oshan anand) warble will be weaving a magical musical collage of world folk music styles with an emphasis on post-genre orchestrations and dub-inspired dance.

3:00am-Late: DJ Black Camel (Morocco)
DJ Black Camel plays world-folk inspired electronic music. He’s the mystery DJ who’s been playing at the end of our recent parties. This is your last chance to dance with him before he returns to Morocco, so let’s send him home in style.

All Night in Back Room: Divine Chaos Sound Healing Lounge & Tea
Sip gourmet tea served ceremonially while basking in a peaceful womb of ambient healing sound. This is an open jam, bring bowls, bells, gongs, chimes, handpans, harps, didgeridoos, and voices.

WATER GARDEN OF DELIGHT (top floor - outside)

All Night: Giant Hot Tub
Fits 20 people. Bring towels. Clothing optional. Keep it clean and respectful.

7pm-10pm: World Folk Acoustic Jam
Acoustic instruments only. World folk music only. We guest-list dozens of performers for every party to participate in the jams. If you would like to be considered, please fill out this form.

9pm & Midnight: Fire Arts Performances
Performances by Lava Lotus, Ling Ling, Missy Velveteen, and Jake Ross.

9:30pm: Dance Performance Open Jam
All forms of folk dance welcome. Just show up and share your magic. We guest-list dozens of performers for every party to participate in the jams. If you would like to be considered, please fill out this form.

MIDDLE EARTH LOUNGE (middle floor)

8:00pm-9pm: Daoist Medical Qi Gong by Sean T. Fox
We will be breathing, stretching and flowing through Daoist Medical Qigong sequences to explore the alchemy of breath, embodied movement, and meditation. Sean T Fox is a certified Acupuncturist, Hatha Yoga and White Tiger Medical Qigong Teacher. Space is limited. First-come, first-served.

9pm-10:30pm: Tzigane Quintet (Balkan)
A band of musicians who love the music and culture of the Balkans focused on the ROM (gypsy) rhythms of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey. Through traditional melodies and harmonies we take the audience on a deep journey to the regions of Eastern Europe.

10:30pm-4am: World Folk Acoustic Jam
Acoustic instruments only. World folk music only. We guest-list dozens of performers for every party to participate in the jams. If you would like to be considered, please fill out this form.

All Night: Free Gourmet Tea Ceremony
Sit and enjoy fine teas served to you ceremonially by our charming tea servers while enjoying the accoustic music.

FIRE DRAGON DEN (bottom floor)

In the Hallway: Art Show and Live Painting by Jonathan Solter
Jonathan Solter’s artwork specializes in unique psychedelic forms such as higher dimensional travel, ancient civilizations and animism. His surreal scenes, beautifully-depicted in glowing colors, hold resonance with psychonauts and transcendental meditators alike.

7:30pm-9:30pm: Daniel Fríes (Flamenco Guitar) 
Daniel Fries is one of the premier flamenco guitarists in the San Francisco Bay Area, both as an accompanist for flamenco song and dance, and as a soloist. He has performed with many world class and local flamenco artists. While his playing style remains grounded in the roots of the traditional Spanish flamenco, he also explores new directions in musical composition as well as blending of elements from the various musical traditions around which he grew up in San Francisco; Indian, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African. 

9:30pm-11:30pm: IMAGINE:Nation (Malian Folk)
Featuring Malian Kora virtuoso Karamo Susso (Toumani Diabate, Ballake Sissoko), globe-trotting percussionist Robert "Bobby" Wallace (Bonnie Raitt, Margareth Menezes, Airto Moreira), and innovative guitarist Nicco Tyson (Malikan, Studio Nanou), IMAGINE:Nation creates a lush tapestry of ancient Malian songs, acoustic soul songs exploring current life in Oakland, and daring improvisation.

11:30pm-Midnight: Gathering Sparks: Jewish Folk Stories & Song
Born and raised in Huchiun/Oakland, California, Ariel Luckey is an interdisciplinary artist and activist who blurs the lines between performance, public ritual and political action. Remixing stories from Jewish folk and mystic traditions, global politics and his personal life, Ariel will lead us through time and place, gathering sparks of light along the way.

Midnight-2am: Raman and Friends
A mixture of Kurdish, Turkish and Arabic music. This band includes Raman Osman, Kurdish composer and master tembûr/tambour (saz) musician from Al-Hasaka, Syria, and Faisal Zedan, Syrian virtuoso percussionist. Award-winning dancer Nicole Maria will perform traditional Arabic dance.

2am-4am: World Folk Acoustic Jam
Acoustic instruments only. World folk music only. We guest-list dozens of professional musicians for every party to participate in the jams. If you would like to be considered, please fill out this form.

IMPORTANT PARKING AND SHUTTLE INFO
Do not park in our neighborhood or you will not be admitted to the event!
A ticket AND proof that you didn't park in the neighborhood (Uber/Lyft or free shuttle receipt) will be required for entry to the event.

We're providing a shuttle service to bring you to and from the venue.
Shuttles will run every 10-20 minutes. First shuttle departs Rockridge Bart at 6:45pm. The last shuttle from the venue is at 4am.
Shuttles will run up to the Berkeley hills mansion from:
Rockridge BART Plaza, at the corner of College Ave and Keith Ave:
https://goo.gl/maps/X7PWVbKwYtpkavKbA

The venue address and Uber/Lyft instructions will be included with your ticket.

We love the world folk music and dance community!
Through these World Folk Jams, we seek to support and promote this community in a number of ways. Our events provide a space for professional networking and creative collaboration. We hire many performers for our events and pay them competitive rates, and we are building a gig referral network to connect event producers and performers. We also run a large Facebook group, World Folk Music and Dance (Bay Area), to help the community publicize its events.