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8th Annual Rogue World Music Festival

May 26, 2023 - May 29, 2023

 8th Annual Ashland World Music Festival

www.rogueworldmusic.org/awmf

Rogue World Music presents the 8th annual Ashland World Music Festival! Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-29, this FREE multi-day, multi-venue event features: 

  • The 3 day-long concert series highlighting culture-bearing artists in Lithia Park

  • The HeartBeat Stories story-telling event, featuring stories and music of ‘home’

  • A percussion workshop produced in partnership with Southern Oregon University

  • A weekend-long SoundWalk blending visual art installations with festival music for a self-directed experience

  • (NEW EVENT) A Community Dance on Ashland’s Downtown Plaza

2022’s festival brought together over 2,500 people in multiple Ashland venues to enjoy personal stories, concerts, workshops, dancing, and connection. The Parks Performances concerts showcased a full day of culture-bearing performances from artists like the Okaidja Afroso Trio from Ghana, Grupo Masato showcasing chicha dance music from Peru, and modern takes on Yiddish folk songs & Cafe Jazz by the San Francisco Yiddish Combo. This year, the SFYC returns, along with headliners Smithsonian Folkways Label artist Jake Blount, and the fantastic Fabiola Mendez trio.

 The Almeda Wildfire devastated our Rogue Valley community in September of 2020. In response, RWM leveraged this free community event to support the urgent community need for fire relief. Between 2020 and 2022, we raised over $30,000 for Almeda Wildfire relief and recovery programs directly serving fire-impacted community members. 

2023 will continue this work supporting fire recovery efforts, and have kicked off with a $2,500 matching challenge issued by Cascade-Hasson Sotheby’s Realty! “Rebuilding after the fire is underway, but it will take the communities of Phoenix and Talent years to fully recover from this disaster. RWM’s mission is community building, and we are committed to supporting that through creating opportunities for connection AND tangible rebuilding efforts.”- Ana Byers, Rogue World Music Executive Director.

 For ongoing updates about the AWMF line up, fundraiser progress, and all the event details of the 2023 Ashland World Music Festival,  follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RogueWorldMusic/) or Instagram (instagram.com/rogueworldmusic/) or join our mailing list (www.rogueworldmusic.org/contactrwm)."

 

Location:   Ashland
Website:   http://www.rogueworldmusic.org/awmf
8th Annual Ashland World Music Festival www.rogueworldmusic.org/awmf Rogue World Music presents the 8th annual Ashland World Music Festival! Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-29, this FREE multi-day, multi-venue event features:  The 3 day-long concert series highlighting culture-bearing artists in Lithia Park The HeartBeat Stories story-telling event, featuring stories and music of ...
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