Soohan (Global Bass)
SOOHAN (Stephen Suchan) blends music from countless cultures into dance floor-ready tracks, creating a unique fusion that transcends borders and ignites shared celebration. With seven albums, 18 million streams, and performances at festivals like Burning Man, Shambhala, and Lightning in a Bottle, SOOHAN has become a global force in dance music, celebrated for his inventive DJ sets and boundary-pushing sound. In 2024, fans can look forward to a steady stream of new remixes, mixes, and original material, as SOOHAN continues to unite audiences worldwide through music and dance.
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Vaidehi Amair (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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Makenu (Cumbia)
Makenu has come together to create a fusion of cumbia that transcends borders, offering a rhythmic celebration that captures the essence of joy. Redefining the cumbia experience, their repertoire seamlessly blends traditional elements with modern influences. Makenu's performances are more than concerts; they’re immersive journeys into celebration, where the magic of cumbia comes alive, and every beat invites you to join the movement. At a Makenu concert, you're not just a spectator—you’re a participant. Makenu doesn’t just play music; they bring a vibe to life.
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Aya Safiya Strings (Global Traditional Music)
Aya Safiya is a Bay Area born singer and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in traditional music. She plays tunes and songs from Greece and other regions of The Mediterranean, The Balkans, Japan, Okinawa, and more.
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Matt Haze (Folktronica)
Matt Haze began his DJ career in the Bronx as a husky 10 year-old, cutting up the dopest Paula Abdul and MC Hammer cassingles at his little sister’s birthday party. In high school, he took a fervent interest in underground music and started attending basement shows and warehouse raves. To share his newfound passion, Haze founded NYC, a pirate radio station with two tape decks, a mail-order transmitter kit, and a ratty pair of old headphones that doubled as the studio mic. Today, after logging thousands of frequent flyer miles and hundreds of gigs, Haze brings an eclectic flavor and sophisticated sonic palette to the turntables. Don’t be surprised to hear Israeli dancehall, Brazilian funk, Ukrainian hip-hop or German oompahtronics in the mix alongside the latest heavy bass cuts and always a few dusties from his deep crates!
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Duygu & Friends (Turkish/Mediterranean)
Duygu & Friends is a dynamic ensemble celebrating Turkish and Mediterranean folk music. With its evolving lineup and creative collaborations, the group brings fresh energy to traditional sounds. Duygu will be joined by Aharon Wheels Bosta on darbuka and frame drums, Marco Ghezzo on violin, and Javi Jimenez on guitar to bring a Mediterranean-style fun to kick off the new year!
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Raman Osman & Susu Pampanin (Syrian/Kurdish/Arabic)
A mixture of Syrian, Kurdish, and Arabic music. This band includes Raman Osman, Kurdish composer and master tembûr/tambour (saz) musician from Al-Hasaka, Syria, and virtuoso percussionist Susu Pampanin.

 

Jill Parker (Bellydance Class & Performance)
Jill Parker is known the world over as a pioneer in the fusion and folk bellydance genres. She is a lifelong student and lover of bellydance. Jill influenced the thriving fusion bellydance scene that flourished during the 1990's and 2000's in San Francisco. She was an original FCBD member and later founded her own professional trail blazing dance theater company that birthed many of today's great fusion dancers.

Teaching: For more than three decades, Jill has honed a masterful delivery method that truly facilitates breakthroughs for dancers of all skill levels. She is a generous teacher with a rare gift for demystifying this sensuous form by meticulously and effectively breaking down complex movements to their essentials and making the technique, nuances, and fluent embodiment accessible. She fosters and emphasizes an atmosphere of fun, well-being, and community in all of her classes. Class is limited space, first come, first-served.
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Ben Kunin & Aharon Wheels Bolsta (Classical Indian)

Sarod player Ben Kunin learned his instrument and the tradition of North Indian classical music over more than 25 years of study under the legendary Maestro Ali Akbar Khan at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA. He also learned tabla from Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri for many years. In 2006 he began training with Pandit Chitresh Das and the Chandam School of Kathak Dance. Aharon Wheels Bolsta is a multi-instrumentalist, whose musical style and influences spans the continents from the West Coast of the USA, to the plains of India, the hills of Bali, the bazaars of Istanbul and Essouira, the coasts of Portugal and Brazil, the pubs of Ireland and Spain and Timbuktu, and the sands and rivers of West Africa and beyond.

Lava Lotus (Fire Arts)
Lava Lotus mesmerizes audiences with a fusion of bellydance and fire. With her flaming fans, poi and staffs she paints arcs of light with every graceful movement. The spectacle intensifies as fire eating or breathing adds a daring element, each burst of flames synchronized with the pulsating rhythm of the music.
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