MUSIC FESTIVAL
Barzakh Festival
February 16 & 17, 2017
Diverse global cultural streams come together on 1 stage for 2 days
Join us in The Red Theater for a festival of world music with 5 leading international bands. Join us in
The opening night features the sounds of North and West Africa with gnawa, rock, and jazz, to a full blown sandstorm of hypnotic grooves. The second night showcases a Ukrainian folk quartet, a combination of Cambodian pop music and lyrics with psychedelic rock, and funky North Indian Bhangra.
Previously in this Event Series

UAE debut
Festival of World Music - DAKHABRAKHA / DENGUE FEVER / RED BARAAT
music
Join us in The Red Theater for a celebration of global sounds bringing with leading international bands.
Closing night features
- Dakhabrakha (Ukraine)
- Dengue Fever (Los Angles / Cambodian rock)
- Red Baraat (Indian Bhangra)

UAE Debut
Festival of World Music - AZIZ SAHMAOUI & UNIVERSITY OF GNAWA / NOURA MINT SEYMALI
music
Join us in The Red Theater for a celebration of global sounds with leading international bands.
Opening night features
- Aziz Sahmaoui & The University of Gnawa (Morocco / France)
- Noura Mint Seymali. (Maritania)

Workshop
Learn Pizzica Tarantata Dance with Silvia Perrone from Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Aziz Sahmaoui & The University of Gnawa | Noura Mint Seymali
Thursday, Feb 16 @ 7:30pm
- Aziz Sahmaoui & The University of Gnawa
- Noura Mint Seymali
Dakhabrakha | Dengue Fever | Red Baraat
Friday, Feb 17 @ 6pm
- Dakhabrakha
- Dengue Fever
- Red Baraat