Folktronika feat. Yohm, Esoterica Tropical, Vaidehi Amair

Lake Merritt Dance at Veterans Memorial Building, Oakland, California
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This video teaser showcases the electrifying atmosphere you can expect at FOLKTRONIKA!

TEA TRIBE PRESENTS:

FOLKTRONIKA
FRI, MARCH 1ST, 7PM-MIDNIGHT

A MONTHLY GLOBAL FOLKTRONICA DANCE PARTY

AT LAKE MERRITT DANCE

200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610
All Ages. Wheelchair Accessible.

Parking: Lot at building will fill up early.
Street parking in neighborhood or Nearby Parking Garages:
Cathedral Parking Garage 250 21st St (2 blocks away)
SP Plus Parking Garage 260 23rd St (2 blocks away)


BALLROOM
(Shoe-Free Dancefloor)

7:00 PM  Marco Ghezzo with Javi & Luis Jimenez
(Barrio Manouche, Latin Gypsy Jazz)
8:15 PM  Vaidehi Amair
(Indian Mantra Bass)
9:30 PM Batey Tambó
(Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Dance & Drums)
9:45 PM  Esoterica Tropical
(Electro-Afro-Puerto-Rican-Harp)
10:45 PM  Yohm
(Global Bass)

LOUNGE
7:00 PM  Yoga Class by Gurjeet
8:00 PM  Qi Gong by Sean T Fox

JAM HALL
Acoustic World Folk Jam

Musicians will be jamming live in the Jam Hall.
Jam musicians can apply here to receive free tickets.

Vegan Meals & Non-Alcoholic Drinks Available
Drug & Alcohol Free Event
Free Gong Fu Tea Service

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Our events celebrate diversity and honor ancient traditions, featuring world-renowned folk music and performance arts. These events seek to nurture and support the Bay Area's world folk communities and to facilitate networking, collaboration, friendship, and cross-cultural understanding. Sign up for our events list here.

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ARTIST BIOS

Esoterica Tropical (Electro-Afro-Puerto-Rican-Harp)
Esotérica Tropical, a queer Boricua bruja, defies boundaries with her intuitive folk harp, Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba rhythms, and electronic innovation. Her music transcends mere auditory experience, leading listeners on a mystical journey through magical, decolonial, and transcendent realms. Esotérica Tropical's musical universe is rooted in a continuous process of discovery and care, where trauma is transformed into art.
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Bomba Performance by Batey Tambó
Batey Tambó is an Oakland and San Francisco-based, women of color-led, cultural group grounded in the centuries-old musical tradition of Afro-Indigenous Puerto Rican Bomba. As an embodied musical tradition Bomba is the result of the transatlantic slave trade and a tool for survival practiced by freed Africans (Cimarrones), in alliance with Taínos in Puerto Rico, to communicate, pray, agitate and organize revolts. Batey Tambó continues in that service of healing and liberation, through the music and dance tradition of Bomba, by offering classes, facilitating workshops and creating space for performances on the stage and in the community that honor the complex histories and experiences of our diverse Latinx Diaspora.
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Yohm

Yohm began the journey as a DJ in the year 2000 playing vinyl reggae,funk and hip hop records. Over the years his sound has evolved into a blend of world influenced fusion beats with thick bass drops. Known for playing remixes of classic tunes and medicine bass. Yohm (pronounced like Yo and Ohm) is a combination of Yosef's birthname and one of the most healing sounds on Earth. With a sharp focus on clean mixing and composing a journey through different genres, Yohm's energetic sets keep the crowd engaged and satiated for hours.
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Vaidehi Amair 
(Indian Mantra Bass)
Vaidehi Amair is a creative entrepreneur that loves to share spiritual knowledge and mantra through music and dance. Born and raised in the Bhakti Yoga tradition, she has a love for mantra and hip hop and now produces her own mantra bass hip hop music with ancient Sanskrit chants. Her vision is to bridge the culture of Bhakti Yoga into the world of music and festival culture.
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Marco Ghezzo with Javi & Luis Jimenez
(Barrio Manouche, Latin Gypsy Jazz)
One of lead Balkan violinists in San Francisco meets the brothers of Barrio Manouche.
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 Gongfu Tea Service by Tea Tribe
All-you-can-drink free gourmet tea service for the duration the event, served gongfu style.
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Grounding Yoga Flow with Movement by Gurjeet
Come join in on a gentle flow of breath and movement. Ground into your bodies and come to a deeper connection with yourself and others.
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Sean T Fox
 (Daoist Medical Qi Gong)
We will be breathing, stretching and flowing through Daoist Medical Qigong sequences to explore the alchemy of breath, embodied movement, and meditation. Sean T Fox is a certified Acupuncturist, Hatha Yoga and White Tiger Medical Qigong Teacher.
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