One Village World Music Celebration Benefiting Amala Foundation at CLOSED

One Village World Music Celebration Benefiting Amala Foundation

Fri. 07/30 | 5:15PM @ CLOSED - Momo's

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The One Village World Music Celebration will feature performances by bands from around the world. The evening will start at 6:45 pm with the 1001 Nights Orchestra, followed by Katie Gray, Naga Valli, Manga Rosa, Marc Utter & the Blackland and La Guerilla. The event will also include performance art, live tshirt printing, a raffle and specials from local sponsors. This is a benefit to offer scholarships to refugee youth who have recently arrived in Austin from war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Burma, Colombia, Iraq and the Congo.

Come be a part of a global community and support a great cause! Please bring your spending money and give generously to support these beautiful youth!

This event is brought to you by Bemba Entertainment and the Amala Foundation. Sponsored by Agents for Change: http://www.myagentsforchange.com.

$10 at the door
18 & up

About the Global Youth Peace Summit:
The Global Youth Peace Summit unites over 70 local, refugee, immigrant and underserved youth for a week long overnight peace conference in Wimberley. At the Summit, the youth engage in activities to promote leadership, self-awareness, and global understanding. Over 25 countries are represented, creating a model village of cooperation and understanding.

The Amala Foundation offers scholarships to over 60% of the youth who attend, partnering with these local social services agencies: Refugee Services of Texas, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries, Caritas, and the Center for Survivors of Torture.

Bands Featured:

6:45 pm: 1001 Nights Orchestra:

"Conceptualized and led by Kamran Hooshmand, 1001 Nights Orchestra has entranced Austin with the music and culture of the Middle East since the late 1980's."

8 pm: Katie Gray

"After spending 4 years in the acting industry in Los Angeles, singer/songwriter Katie Gray began her musical path in 2004.
Katie has persevered the not-so-simple journey of being a young woman in the world today and put her pain, love and inspiration into the creating and performance of her songs."

9 pm: Naga Valli

"The mesmerizing singer Naga Valli infuses sounds from her native India with original Western pop and rock songs. Currently recording, she plans to release an album this year."

10 pm: Manga Rosa

"Manga Rosa is a band envisioned and created by Singer Sarah Altoé and Guitarrist/Songwriter Frank Almendra with the intention of bringing a variety of Brazilian rhythms and beats to their own creative light an treat them with the duo's modern arrangements and musicality."

11:30 pm: Marc Utter and the Blackland

"From the heart of a century old barn on the blackland prarie just east of Austin, comes a sound that, while unmistakably Texan, might be heard on the plains of some distant land across the ocean. Gypsy rhythms and slide guitar, banjo and snake charmer blend beautifully as Marc Utter's new band grooves his tales of desprate lovers, destiny, guns and angels."

1 am: La Guerrilla

"Austin, Texas international experimental pop rowdy band La Guerrilla - named for the Peruvian guerrilla groups that Rumiche grew up accustomed to as a child - feature violinist/vocalist Liza McCown, bassist Nathaniel Natal, drummer Paul Joseph Loney, sousaphonist/percussionist Zumbi, and singer/guitarist Enrique Rumiche."