Master Drummer Bolokada Conde is back in town!

He will offer 7 community class sessions for djembe and dun duns this fall! The classes will be on Sundays again from 4 to 5:30 pm at the new Capoeira Center at 221 S. Locust St. Champaign. No need to pre-register. The cost will be $12 for students and $15 for non-students. If you pay for 5 classes at once you get the 6th class free. Dates are Sept. 4, 11, 18, and Oct. 2, 9, 16, and 23. On Nov. 2

Bolokada will depart to spend the winter months in Guinea with family and drumming there, so take advantage of his classes while he's in town!

Please spread the word about these classes and bring friends!!

Master Drummer Bolokada Conde is back in town!

He will offer 7 community class sessions for djembe and dun duns this fall! The classes will be on Sundays again from 4 to 5:30 pm at the new Capoeira Center at 221 S. Locust St. Champaign. No need to pre-register. The cost will be $12 for students and $15 for non-students. If you pay for 5 classes at once you get the 6th class free. Dates are Sept. 4, 11, 18, and Oct. 2, 9, 16, and 23.

On Nov. 2 Bolokada will depart to spend the winter months in Guinea with family and drumming there, so take advantage of his classes while he's in town!

Please spread the word about these classes and bring friends!!

In this musical trip through the wintry festivities, the Irish band known for its rowdy spontaneity summons timeless traditions from the fabled green hills of Ireland.

With 60 years of history, the joyous National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China outshines its peers on award-winning performances devised from intense research, creative exploration, and attention to stagecraft.

With 60 years of history, the joyous National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China outshines its peers on award-winning performances devised from intense research, creative exploration, and attention to stagecraft.

As an artist works in the ancient Japanese papermaking tradition to create new sheets onstage from historical documents, four narratives emerge that connect us to their forgotten past and become a part of our own lives.

Grass Roots Revival performs Bluegrass & Gospel

Some of the best names in bluegrass return to Rockome Gardens for two days of music in their 17th Annual "Bluegrass in the Gardens" Music Festival. The festival features stage shows from 12:00 noon to 6 PM both days, with bluegrass bands from Illinois, Ohio, New York, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.

For more information, download our flyer.
http://www.bluegrassmidwest.com/downloads/9.pdf

Saturday-August 20, 2011

Noon New Outlook

1:05 PM Tommy Brown & County Line Grass

2:10 PM The Bankesters

3:10 PM **Intermission***

3:30 PM Rigney Family

4:35 PM Dyer Switch

Sunday-August 21, 2011

Noon Dyer Switch

1:05 PM Rigney Family

2:10 PM Link Family

3:10 PM **Intermission**

3:30 PM Guitar Drawing

3:35 PM Punches Family

4:35 PM Pickin Chicks

Based in Champaign-Urbana, IL, Desafinado is a six piece ensemble that plays a combination of Samba, Bossa Nova, and MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira).

CU PRIDE FEST PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

MAIN STAGE
4:00-4:20: DJ Randall(will be playing throughout the evening between performers)
4:40-4:45: Committee Welcome
4:45-5:05: Dawna Nelson
5:30-5:35: DJ Randall/Up Center Welcome
5:35-5:55: Desafinado

6:25 – 6:50 Drag Show 1

7:05-7:25: Amasong
8:00-8:25: Vanattica
8:40-9:05: Drag Show 2
9:20-9:50: Carnivale Debauche
9:50- : DJ Rico with Drag Hotspots

SECOND STAGE:
4:20-4:40: Dona Flor
5:15-5:30: Alex Miffin
6:00-6:25: Zoo Improv
6:50-7:05: Tom Miebach
7:35-8:00: Class Act Improv

Dreamy, psychedelic melodies meet funky improvised beats in the didj explorations of Tree Thump. Phil Clark cranks it up with the didjeridu, JB Faires mixes it up on bass, Ben Hay lends a Zimbabwe-pop-and-zydeco infusion to his drum licks, and percussionist Jason Finkelman brings congas, caxixi, bells, and whistles to a music that can only be called—as the band puts it—“an experience.” Special Guest guitarist Ben Juday will join Tree Thump for Sweetcorn Festival.