June 27 is your last day to buy early bird tickets!
¡Globalquerque! fans are guaranteed to have a good time at one of the best international shopping experiences in the world. More then 100 craft artists from 40 countries fill Santa Fe's Museum Hill with a stunning array of crafts. ¡Globalquerque! co-producer AMP Concerts is helping coordinate entertainment, featuring Bobi Céspedes (Afro-Cuban), Balla Kouyaté (Guinea), Le Chat Lunatique, Vietnamese Lion Dancers and many more. For a full schedule, click here.
¡GLOBALQUERQUE! SUMMER CONCERTS:
¡Globalquerque! is teaming with the New Mexico Jazz Workshop on two hot dance parties in August:
- José Conde y Ola Fresca, NYC's hottest salsa fusion band, will be part of the popular Salsa Under The Stars series at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater on August 14.
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Baby Loves Salsa, a bi-lingual dance party for the little ones at (and in partnership with) the National Hispanic Cultural Center on August 15.
Videos, background and ticket information
¡GLOBALQUERQUE! AFFILIATED EVENTS:
¡Globalquerque! presents
¡Localquerque! at the State Fair
Sunday, September 20, noon to 8:30 at the NMSF Pavilion
Enjoy one hour sets from Albuquerque-based ensembles with an international flavor. Hosted by ¡Globalquerque! founders Tom Frouge and Neal Copperman and KUNM's Global Music DJ Riti Sachdeva.
12:00 - Kathryn Stately & Bob Mihovilovich (Eastern European)
1:30 - Los Reyes De Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA)
3:00 - Sekhou Senegal Etoiles (Senegal)
4:30 - Gamelan Encantada (Bali)
6:00 - The Rebbe's Orkestra (Klezmer/Judaic)
7:30 - Wagogo (New Mexico/Zimbabwe)
¡Globalquerque! preview concert
Thur, Sept 24: Novalima at New Mexico State University (Las Cruces)
Live Radio Broadcast
Once again, Southwest Stages, Native Voice 1 and KUNM will be collaborating to bring ¡Globalquerque! performances to the airwaves and Internet. Each night will be broadcast live from 7 pm to midnight MST on KUNM and distributed to stations around the country and on-line. (Broadcast details coming.)
Albuquerque Festival Weekend!
GO! Downtown Albuquerque Arts Festival is a 3-day outdoor celebration of visual and performing arts. Along with the outdoor art exhibits, GO! provides live music and dance performances, a children's activity area, a scrumptious food court and beer garden. The GO! Arts Festival is outdoors on Gold Avenue between 2nd and 5th Streets in downtown Albuquerque. It is free and open to the public.
Only one mile separates GO! and ¡Globalqeurque! and a free shuttle will be running between the two festivals. Come to downtown Albuquerque for two distinct festivals in one weekend!
Enjoy reviews, photos and videos of the 2008 festival:
VIDEOS:
- Check out the ¡Globalquerque! video channel! Dozens of great clips from the 2008 festival, with more to come. Most provided by Jerry Wellman. (Thanks Jerry!) Videos on vimeo and YouTube.
REVIEWS:
- Dirty Linen: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- The Conical Glass: Part 1, Part 2
- Angel Station: Part 1, Part 2
- Duke City Fix
PHOTOS:
- Excellent artist photos by Neil Parker
Visit ¡Globalquerque! on MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo.
WHAT FESTIVALGOERS ARE SAYING:
"I thought this was gonna just be World Music - it is truly WORLD-CLASS music as well!" - Karla L.
"[¡Globalquerque!] was the coolest world music event I've been to in the last decade. Highly recommended."
- Christy Williams Dutton, Program Director, KZMU Moab, Utah
"What a spectacular, varied, and rich program! Highlights for us were 17 Hippies, Savina Yannatou, and Lo Cor de la Plana. I also thought Jefferson Voorhees did a heroic and artistically sensitive job with drumming for Mor Karbasi...especially on one rehearsal. She did not have easy music! Congratulations AGAIN for a splendid festival." - Katie H.
"Another great Globalquerque! I was there Sat. night. The performers were stellar. The venue is beyond compare. What an incredible musical happening."
- Robin
"The activities on Saturday for families were great! I brought my granddaughter and we spent the entire afternoon there and had a blast. Good show all around." - Ann
"personally and professionally - i loved Globalquerque this year - even more than the past years...and i have loved them all! i was totally enchanted by several groups! and it is always the groups i don't expect to like that i actually love the most! who knew that i would be a total convert to latin techno-pop!? but, suprisingly, i fell COMPLETELY IN-LOVE with the music from the Mexican Institute of Sound...please, bring them back (as long as there is a dance floor!) next time, let's do a School Day with them!"
– Shelle Sánchez, NHCC Director of Education
"I truly enjoyed Globalquerque. I recently relocated to the Duke City from the Bay Area in California and was very impressed with the caliber of musicians you had at this event. My daughter lives in NYC and when I told her about who was here for Globalquerque -- she was mightily impressed! They plan on coming out here next year to attend. I think you will find that this event is truly going to become a destination for lots of people over time." – Barb H.
"Globalquerque was absolutely amazing." – Kelly R.
"A Big Congrats to Neal, Tom and the whole team for putting on a wonderful festival! The lineup was great, everything ran smoothly, and the sunbaked, stately grounds of the National Hispanic Cultural Center proves a truly welcoming environment. It was a great pleasure to be part of it."
- Jonathan Bernard, Orchid Ensemble
"My family and I truly enjoyed ¡Globalquerque!. I was surprised to find out who my kids' favorite artists turned out to be. The a cappella group from France stunned my boys; they sat still in awe during the entire act. HAPA was wonderful. They engulfed the crowd and interacted beautifully. We've seen Polynesian performances before, but this venue was so intimate it blew the rest away. And the Mexican Institute of Sound took me back to the clubs in Mexico City and Juarez. My eldest son was mesmerized by Mor Karbasi, and it took my boyfriend and me back to the tapa bars in Rota. We had a wonderful night, hated to see it end. Thank you!" - Alighieri Saenz
"Globalquerque was such a success! Te felicito. It was so beautiful out and the music was just superb." - Rosi Amador, Sol y Canto
"It was GREAT" - Christy Mendoza, Cultural Arts Director, Clovis Community College
"Globalquerque rocked this year indeed!" - PePe Monstrito
"Thanks go to you for a wonderful event. No where else would I get to hear live music from so many different countries. It is a perfect venue too--so relaxed and free-flowing." - Chris Desai
"Once again you guys have put together a great event. The performers you bring are really great. I'l be there next year." - Lorenzo Lacovara
"To all of you at Globalquerque, I wish I could shake your hand and say “thank you” face to face for the incredible feat that was accomplished this past weekend. I have done event planning and know what it takes to tackle just one-tenth of what you did. Though I know there’s probably room for improvement, there’s a good chance you out-did yourselves on this one! I took my teenage daughter, who is planning to be a voice major, to primarily see Mor Karbasi and Savina Yannatou. Afterwards, Ms. Karbasi even spent a few minutes privately with her and offered even more inspiration than what she had already received just from hearing them. More was accomplished (or should I say “Mor”) than just incredible entertainment. I can’t wait for the next one. Thank you again." - Steve Herrera
"Thank you both for all your year-long efforts to give us this wonderful festival!" - Susanna de Falla
“i absolutely enjoyed the lineup. as a musician, i am inspired by how many facets there are to this thing we call music. so many interpretations and sounds. thanks for your contribution to my listening world and thanks to all the musicians i saw who have given me a different perspective that i might try.” - jj otero
"This was my first Globalquerque! Great event! I liked just about everything I heard and wished I'd been to both nights. I had no idea this was so cool."
- Jim Lynch
"This was my second time attending and I think the event continues to get stronger. Warm weather treated the large but comfortable crowds quite well. The range of music was wonderful and it's always a delight to see familiar faces mixed with bands new to me. There's nothing like fun dance music under the stars on a cool New Mexican evening. but there wasn't a performance that doesn't deserve acclaim. It's proof that Globalquerque is coming into its own. Tom and Neal have made the festival a little better each year and are really learning to use this unique site to advantage. I've already marked my calendar for next year!"
- Elaine Erb, Music Director, KGNU, Boulder (Full review here)
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