Mokoomba is one of Africa's most exciting young bands. Hailing from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Mokoomba combines traditional Tonga, Luvale, & Nyanja sounds with a vibrant, voracious embrace of African and pop styles, including soukous, reggae, ska, funk and Afro-Cuban music. Mokoomba return to North American stages in July in support of their latest album, Luyando, available on Outhere Records.

Mokoomba 2017 Summer North American Tour:

July 14-16      Detroit, MI: Concert of Colors

July 19           Montreal, QP: Nuits d’Afrique - Canada

July21-22     Trumansburg, NY: Grassroots Festival

July 23           Charleston, WV: Mountain Stage

July 26           Cleveland, OH Cleveland Museum of Art

July 27-30      Lowell, MA: Lowell Folk Festival

Aug 1              Washington DC: Kennedy Center’s Millenium stage

Aug 5              Erie, PA:  Erie Art Museum Festival

Aug 6              Phoenix, AZ: MIM (Musical Instrument Museum)

Aug 9              Stanford, CA: Stanford University 

Aug 10-13      Edmonton, AB: Edmonton Folk Festival - Canada

Maria Pomianowska and ReBorn are an outstanding Polish ensemble dedicated to the preservation of the suka fiddle -- a near-forgotten traditional Polish instrument reconstructed by contemporary scholarship. This all-female quartet bring this unique instrument to life in a 21st century context; both onstage and on their critically-acclaimed 2016 album, The Voice of Suka.

7/25   Lincoln Center Festival, NYC, NY

8/2  Kennedy Center Millenium stage, Washington DC

9/14-15  Landfall Festival of World Music, Cedar Rapids, IA

9/19  Young Auditorium, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

9/29-10/1  LOTUS Festival, Bloomington, IN

10/5   Madison WI – tbc

10/6  Cedar Cultural Center, S. Minneapolis, MN