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Soul Force Sacred Music Festival

Date
April 26, 2019
Time
12:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Cost
tickets variable (student, senior and family passes available)
Organizer’s Site
www.soulforceproject.com

Celebrating the relevance and power of nonviolent action today, the Soul Force Sacred Music Festival hits Pasadena on April 26-28th. An interfaith celebration of ritual world music, dynamic speakers and social and environmental organizations, Soul Force will fill two stages at the historic Methodist church at 500 East Colorado Blvd. Civil Rights icon Rev. James Lawson will offer a keynote address.

Artists include Sufi qawwali by Fanna Fi Allah, Indian classical vocal dhrupad by the Gundecha Brothers, Moroccan trance music by Innov Gnawa, Filipino sacred chants by Grace Nono, Hawaiian songs of nonviolent resistance by Starr Kalahiki & the Liliʻu Project and Palestinian pianist/composer Donia Jarrar. Ragajazz innovations by Arohi Ensemble are joined by 50 singers of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Young Men’s Ensemble, along with the transcendent vocals of LA’s own jazz vocal visionary Dwight Trible and Columbian woodwind legend Justo Almario. Tickets and full schedule at: www.soulforceproject.com

Location

First United Methodist Church of Pasadena
500 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101 United States + Google Map

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