World Folk Jam - Winter Edition
TEA TRIBE PRESENTS:
WORLD FOLK JAM
A FESTIVAL OF FOLK ARTS
IN A BEAUTIFUL EAST BAY MANSION
Our events celebrate diversity and honor ancient traditions, featuring world-renowned folk music, movement, art, theater, and spoken word artists. These events seek to nurture and support the Bay Area's world folk communities and to facilitate networking, collaboration, friendship, and cross-cultural understanding.
FEATURING:
Jill Parker (Bellydance)
La Mixta Criolla (Afro-Puerto Rican)
La Zuli (North African/Spanish/Balkan)
Bay Area Balkan Brass (Eastern European)
Nakarat (Turkish, Greek, Ladino, Italian, Griko)
Isaac Cantor & Friends (American Bluegrass)
High Tide (Indian Fusion)
Michelita (Eclectic Afrolatin DJ)
DJ Neptune (world folktronica)
Xochitl Moreno (Mexica Ceremony)
Qi Gong, Yoga, Massage
Fire Arts
Giant Hot Tub
Turkish Folk Art Show
Acoustic Folk Jams
Healthy Kitchen Fare
Free Tea Service
Shoe-Free Indoors
FULL SCHEDULE
SOUTHERN AIR TEMPLE (top floor)
7:30pm: Bellydance Class by Jill Parker
Jill Parker is known the world over as a pioneer in the fusion and folk bellydance genres. She was an original FatChanceBellyDance member and later founded her own trailblazing dance theater company that birthed many of today's great fusion dancers. For more than three decades, Jill has honed a masterful delivery method that truly facilitates breakthroughs for dancers of all skill levels. She is a generous teacher with a rare gift for demystifying this sensuous form by meticulously and effectively breaking down complex movements to their essentials and making the technique, nuances, and fluent embodiment accessible. Space is limited! First come first served.
9pm: La Mixta Criolla (Afro-Puerto Rican)
La Mixta Criolla is a dynamic music and dance ensemble founded by percussionist, singer, songwriter Hector Lugo. The group's distinctive sound balances the color and range of the Puerto Rican and the Venezuelan cuatros, the bass guitar, and the accordion, with the percussive drive of the barrel shaped Bomba drums, the panderos of the Plena, and the güícharo - bongó tandem of the Música Jíbara of the Puerto Rican countryside. Firmly rooted in Puerto Rico's rich musical culture and inspired by the soulfulness of Caribbean music, La Mixta Criolla delivers performances of singular strength and passion to the delight of dancers and music lovers everywhere.
11pm: Bay Area Balkan Brass (Eastern European)
Bay Area Balkan Brass is a collective of members from some of the top Balkan Brass bands in the San Francisco Bay Area. This six piece super band - playing music from Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey and beyond - will make you dance like you’re at a wedding in the Balkans.
1am: La Zuli & Special Guests (North African/Spanish/Balkan)
La Zuli combines the virtuosic talents of violinist Briana Di Mara and guitarist Anis Sehiri. The music they create is influenced by folk genres from Spain to North Africa to the Balkans and beyond. They use live looping to create many layers of unique sound. For this concert they will be joined by Josh Melinger on percussion.
La Zuli will be accompanied by a dance performance by Jill Parker, world-renowned as a pioneer in the fusion and folk bellydance genres.
2:30am: DJ Neptune (world folktronica)
For over 30 years Neptune has been an avid collector of tunes across the entire musical spectrum, compiling one of the most vast and eclectic collections in the world. As a Sonic Shaman Neptune continues to develop the art of transforming people through Music as he guides the dancer into their Bodies, awakening Emotions, and calling upon their Spirits. Through the Magic and Mystery of a Sonic Journey, he helps to create a Musical Map of the Soul’s Evolution.
All Night in Front Kitchen
Pizzas, fresh from our pizza oven (gluten-free option), salad, stew, drinks, and snacks.
All Night in Back Room: Tea Room
Sip gourmet tea served ceremonially.
WATER GARDEN OF DELIGHT (top floor - outside)
Acoustic instruments only. World folk music only. We guest-list dozens of performers for every party to participate in the jams.
Fits 20 people. Bring towels. Clothing optional. Keep it clean and respectful.
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.
Acoustic instruments only. World folk music only. Not a drum circle. We guest-list dozens of performers for every party to participate in the jams. If you would like to be a jam leader in the future, please fill out this form.
Sit and enjoy fine teas served to you ceremonially by our charming tea servers while enjoying the acoustic music.
High Tide is sitar fusion, improvisation, and play. The ensemble brings together musicians of all genres to share original compositions inspired by the ragas of India. Sitarist Sasha Bayan and a rotating cast of artists will take you from meditative atmospheres through long form improvisations.
Drawing on the ancient tones of many cultures and traditions, Isaac Cantor and friends will take you on a magic carpet ride of sonic delight. From bluegrass and oldtime to gypsy vibes and new age soundscapes the music truly is a feast for your ears, imagination and heart. You can find Isaac playing regionally and nationally with the Dusty Green Bones Band, Grateful Bluegrass Boys and his electronic music project Mycelial.
Michelita was born in Long Beach, California and raised in both the U.S and Colombia. By day she's a funky psychologist and at night she's a DJ who takes you on an eclectic, soulful and nostalgic journey with an eclectic mix of afrobeat, amapiano, caribbean, hip-hop, soul, salsa, latin, and traditional colombian.
If you do visual folk arts and want to do a show at our events, please contact us.
ABOUT OUR TICKETS
This event will definitely sell out, and ticket prices will go up, so get your tickets now!
Ticket sales help to cover expenses and pay competitive wages to our musicians, performers, shuttle drivers, security, and other event staff.
VOLUNTEER
We encourage all attendees to participate in creating experiences. Bring instruments to jam. We invite dance, flow arts, circus arts, spoken word, live painting, acrobatics, body-painting, interactive art and theater, puppet shows, etc. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. No alcohol will be provided. BYOB. Free gourmet tea ceremonies by Tea Tribe / Om Shan Tea.
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.
Rockridge BART Plaza, at the corner of College Ave and Keith Ave:
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.