Mandala Makers Festival returns this March, and it's all about music. The dynamic range of voices and genres within the South Asian diaspora is showcased in Mandala Art's annual festival.
Vocalo will welcome Chicago-based artist Sen Morimoto for an intimate virtual performance. The performance will be followed by a live Q&A with Jill Hopkins that will touch on the importance of civic engagement and voting.
Tatsu Aoki brings back the Sudden Impact Summer series with its third full streaming event to facilitate new catalystic events, providing a substratum for Chicago’s musical artists to create and collaborate, and conduct musical experiments.
Shi-An Costello performs the playful and vibrant masterpiece Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano. This concert will have a live audience and will also be livestreamed. For an in-person ticket, you can buy a SOLO ticket, to be seated alone, or a DUO ticket, to be seated at a table with room for two.
Tatsu Aoki brings back the Sudden Impact Summer series with its third full streaming event to facilitate new catalystic events, providing a substratum for Chicago’s musical artists to create and collaborate, and conduct musical experiments.
Celebrate our first inductee into IAHM's Hall of Fame! Acclaimed Jazz pianist and MacArthur Fellow Vijay Iyer accompanied by Chicago's award winning, guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque for an unforgettable concert at Northwestern University's stunning Mary Galvin Recital Hall!
Mikey Bustos, Jessica Sanchez and SamaSama Project in Chicago concert to celebrate FAHM 2016 CHICAGO, IL — This October, Filipino-Americans in the Windy City are invited to celebrate Filipino American History Month (FAHM)
Join us as we celebrate six of the most talented Asian Americans in the Chicagoland area as they compete for the title of the 2017 Kollaboration Chicago Winner and a chance to compete in Kollaboration Star this fall.
Join Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago and Stir Friday Night on SATURDAY, May 26 to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a special variety show at iO Chicago!
This free performance uniting Gin-ei (a type of Asian poetry) with Japanese drum and traditional performing arts features a cast of more than 50 singers and dancers and is presented in honor of the Nippon Ginkenshibu Foundation’s 50th Anniversary.
Mohori music ensembles were in existence in Cambodia before Angkorian times; and probably dated back to as early as the 9th century. Music played by the ensemble is gentle and fluid. The music is suitable for an entertainment in social and traditional events. Songs and lyrics of Mohori music normally depict the beauty and admiration of nature, and the confession of love.
Melissa Polinar: a soulful independent singer/songwriter based in North Texas. Melissa has played several venues all over Los Angeles and has completed residencies at The Hotel Cafe and Room5, to name a few.
On Friday, August 3, kick off our fifth annual Destination Asia festival with a formal ceremony, engaging performances, culinary delights, and a breathtaking Japanese lantern display.
On Sunday, September 23, World Music Festival meets the World Dumpling Fest at Navy Pier's Polk Bros Park Performance Lawn to deliver food, culture and international performances from 1 until 7:30 p.m. as part of a special collaboration with Navy Pier, Chicago Cultural Alliance and DCASE.
Featuring the student-base of the Aloha Center Chicago in our tradition of Kanikapila! Hawaiian style jam with Uke Nation & E Hula Mau bringing songs of the south pacific and impromptu hula. Bring your `uke and play along, sing, take a "Hula Lesson"
"The whole record is about me taking my life back, without really realizing it," she says. "I realized I'm the only person that is going to look out for me. I have to be my main person. No one else."
In its most common incarnation Taiko (Japanese drum), is typically heard at seasonal festivals and temples all throughout Japan. The more esoteric and theatrical expression of Taiko is a less frequent and more difficult endeavor, but at the core of Tsukasa Taiko’s artistic and musical vernacular.
The Time ‘n’ Place tour is their first using a 5-piece live band. Playing selections from across their discography arranged for guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals, it will be their most raucous yet.
This program is part of a unique partnership developed by Illinois Holocaust Museum and Victory Gardens Theater to further their shared goals of combating hatred, prejudice, and indifference.
Whether you're learning about gamelan for the first time or have enjoyed it for years, be a part of our community and bring your friends and family at CBG's first concert at mHUB!
Join the spectacular team from Yokocho as they welcome in guest bartender Jacyara de Oliveira from Leblon Cachaça and Chicago DJ Jesse Sandwich for the inaugural Tomadachi night!
Take a trip down memory lane as classic records from Japan's bubble economy era set the mood for an authentic experience in an artisanally crafted interior by renowned woodworker Steven Teichelman.
Join us in the Aon Grand Ballroom for an afternoon celebration of Chinese New Year, featuring live dance, music, and other performances, plus traditional food, crafts and more!
Please come and experience our 3rd Annual collaboration between Japanese classical dance and live traditional music, perpetuating the legacy for performing arts diaspora here in the Midwest.
A free, pre-opera talk will begin one hour before curtain, and the audience is invited to a post-performance discussion. Attendees will also have the opportunity to view images on loan from the Alphawood Foundation from the 2017 exhibition Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Tatsu Aoki brings together a new musical series to facilitate new catalystic events, providing a substratum for Chicago’s musical artists to collaborate and bring forth different musical experiments.
Please join the National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial as we commemorate more than two million people who lost their lives during the Khmer Rouge regime and celebrate the resilience of the Cambodian community through a play, Cambodian Rock Band, by Lauren Lee with music by Dengue Fever.
Join Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago for a night of theater at Victory Gardens to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and build power for our communities!
Join us for this opening celebration of YOKO ONO: POETRY, PAINTING, MUSIC, OBJECTS, EVENTS, AND WISH TREES, featuring screenings of Ono’s films EYEBLINK, FLY, CUT PIECE, and MATCH PIECE.
Sugimoto draws inspiration from Lennie Tristano, Ornette Coleman, Japanese folk and popular songs, and classical compositions. She continues to channel these inspirations and others into writing for her new quartet.
Join us for performances of Indian Jewish music alongside Hindu abhangs, compositions of Iranian Baha'i refugees, music of Jewish and Muslim composers from Andalusia, and more!
This experimental piece focuses on the presentation of self; exploring ideas of pedagogy, identity and gender presentation using the aesthetics of Japanese classical dance and Japanese cart puppetry (kuruma ningyo) as a lift off point.
Every major artist has that one defining album or performance, but for ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro, his entire career has been filled with such magical achievements.
One of Hawaii’s most popular artists, Kuana Torres Kahele garnered world-wide attention lending his voice to the lovesick volcano in Disney Pixar’s hit short film, Lava.
World Music Festival Chicago opens Friday, September 13, with Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music, a FREE overnight concert starting at 6 p.m. through 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Inside the music of Keshi, ethereal melodies and lo-fi beats entwine with handcrafted instrumentation and understated guitar wizardry, emitting modern transmissions by way of a traditional beacon.
Following the success of their first fanmeet tour DAY6 LIVE & MEET IN NORTH AMERICA 2017 and first world tour DAY6 1ST WORLD TOUR ‘YOUTH’ IN NORTH AMERICA last year, the boys will be hitting seven Stateside cities for a total of nine shows.
The 2019 World of Dance Tour promises to deliver an unparalleled experience to both participants and spectators in an effort to build a reputation as the Nation's authority in Urban Dance Culture.
This short performance will feature music celebrating the living tradition of Cambodian arts, and the event will also include a masterclass for UIC students.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year at Symphony Center with a dynamic evening of traditional Chinese music and theater. The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra highlights the history, legacy and influence of Chinese culture with a program of works performed on traditional instruments.
Explore rich holiday traditions from around the globe while creating your own traditions with loved ones in Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light.
Taiko Legacy is one of the largest Taiko drumming concerts in the U.S.Midwest. This perennial presentation reunites professional contemporary and classical performers alongside enduring community members to celebrate over two decades of artist directed performance.
The procession will head north up Wentworth to Cermak Road, and feature marching bands, colorful floats, traditional lion dances and a special appearance by Ronald McDonald.
Ho Etsu Taiko blends the culture of Japanese-American taiko with influences that celebrate the diversity of its ensemble and its mission to spread joy is heard with every thunderous drumbeat.
Enjoy an extravaganza of dance, martial arts, music and drumming on three stages, kicked off by our iconic lion dancers, as Navy Pier's AON Grand Ballroom is transformed into a festive Chinese marketplace.
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