Upcoming 'african music' Events
Past 'african music' Events
08/06/2019 - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Spirit of the Suffragettes with NITTY SCOTT and Sammus
The Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival presents... NITTY SCOTT & SAMMUS Performing in Freedom...
07/23/2019 - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Spirit of the Suffragettes with Climbing PoeTree and OKAN
The Spirit of the Suffragettes Summer Festival presents... CLIMBING POETREE & OKAN Performing in Freedom...
10/25/2018 - 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Vusi Mahlasela
The Sanctuary for Independent Media welcomes acclaimed South African artist Vusi Mahlasela back to the...
04/21/2017 - 04/22/2017 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
The Nile Project
Introduced by local Hudson River water warriors, including Maureen Cunningham from Hudson River Watershed Alliance....
04/08/2017 - 04/09/2017 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
Meklit
Advance sales have ended but tickets are available at the door! The concert is also...
04/02/2017 - 04/03/2017 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
Salif Keita
Advance tickets for this show have sold out. It will be broadcast live on WOOC...
02/18/2017 - 12:30 am - 3:00 am
WOOC benefit with Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars and Vusi Mahlasela
The Egg, in cooperation with The Sanctuary for Independent Media, presents a fundraising concert for...
11/10/2016 - 12:00 am - 2:00 am
Trio Da Kali
Trio Da Kali is a group of outstanding musicians from the Mande culture of southern...
07/23/2016 - 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Mamadou Kelly in Freedom Square
Mamadou Kelly hails from Goundam and Niafunke, in the heartland of Mali’s Niger River Delta. Born...
04/30/2016 - 12:00 am - 2:00 am
Sanctuary 10th anniversary celebration with Fatoumata Diawara
Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara (aka Fatou) was born of Malian parents in the Ivory Coast...
04/03/2016 - 12:00 am - 3:00 am
Sanctuary 10th anniversary celebration with Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited
Join us for a spectacular celebration of the first ten years of The Sanctuary for...
04/29/2015 - 04/30/2015 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
Noura Mint Seymali
Noura Mint Seymali is breaking ground. Heir to a Mauritanian Griot lineage stretching back for...
04/12/2015 - 04/13/2015 - 11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Tal National
By the time Tal National reached international acclaim with 2013’s "Kaani," the band’s first release...
07/11/2014 - 10:00 pm
Debo Band at Freedom Square
The incredible 11-piece Ethiopian orchestra known as Debo Band returns to Troy for a free...
05/30/2014 - 05/31/2014 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
Oumar Konate
A rising young star from Gao, Mali, Oumar Konate is blazing the new wave...
10/24/2013 - 10/25/2013 - 11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Vieux Farka Toure
With his 2010 World Cup performance before a billion people in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vieux...
10/08/2013 - 10/09/2013 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
Christine Salem
Christine Salem sings dangerous tunes that rouse the spirits and challenge the authorities – which...
09/28/2013 - 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
"StoryHarvest 2013" w/ Don Byron New Gospel Quintet, Nawal, local music stars and a free community potluck and BBQ
Join us for the third annual celebration of StoryHarvest, and celebrate a growing community network...
07/27/2013 - 1:00 am - 3:00 am
"Soul Power" screening
A documentary by Jeffrey Levy-Hinte celebrating the legendary music festival that accompanied “The Rumble in...
07/26/2013 - 07/27/2013 - 9:00 pm - 12:00 am
Caravan for Peace: Mali’s call for peaceful dialogue comes to Freedom Square in North Troy this summer
The traveling version of Mali's award-winning "Festival in the Desert," featuring two of Africa’s most...