Event Listing - Music, Dance
Fri May 23 - Sun May 25

Maisha Productions Present

Carnival Fever

San Francisco's Hottest Carnival Party


Tel. 415-377-4879
Email Carnival Fever
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$15
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Box Office: 415-377-4879

Location
Date and Time
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110 map
cross street: between 21st & 22nd
district: Mission

Fri May 23 (10PM) - Aphrodesia, Boca Do Rio, Bayonics, Dj Sep
Sat May 24 (10PM) - Sila & The Afrofunk Experience, Cheb i Sabbah, Native Elements, Dj Jeremiah & The Afrobeat Nation, Sambamora Dance Company
Sun May 25 (10PM) - Bat Makumba, Manicato, Fuga!, Sambamora Dance Company, Dj Vanka

Description
Every year, San Francisco's famed Carnival brings tens of thousands of revelers to the city's Mission District for an annual celebration of life, music, dance, spirituality, and good times. But after the parade is over and the live bands are through for the day, Carnival celebrants have often found themselves all dressed up - and in many cases, costumed - with no place to go after dark.

This year, Maisha Productions - the creative team behind the highly-successful Afrofunk Festival and Eclectic Fever events - has the solution: Carnival Fever!!!

With three nights of events featuring some of the best global talent the Bay has to offer, Carnival Fever has your after-party dialed in. The best part is, you don't even have to leave the Mission District to get your groove on. The multicultural extravaganza (which takes place at 12 Galaxies May 23-25) is the only Carnival party to feature a diverse array of international artists, dancers, and DJs representing Brazil, Kenya, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Spain, England, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Argentina.

The fete begins on Friday evening, headlined by Aphrodesia, a SF-based nu-Afrobeat unit who recently became the first American group to play Femi Kuti's Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria; the Mission's own Bayonics, a big band who mix Latin music with hip-hop, reggaeton, funk, and jazz; Boca Del Rio, one of the Bay's best Brazilian samba and bossa outfits; and DJ Sep, founder of SF's longest-running club night, Dubmission.

Saturday's party doesn't stop, with performances from Kenyan groovemaster and Maisha Productions co-founder Sila and the Afrofunk Experience; All-Filipino reggae and ska experts Native Elements; Brazilian dance troupe Sambaora; legendary DJ and Six Degrees recording artist Cheb i Sabbah; and last but not least, Maisha Productions co-founder DJ Jeremiah, performing a special set with Afrobeat Nation.

The Carnival spirit continues with Sunday's grand finale, headlined by Brazilian expatriates Bat Makumba, and also featuring Mission-based funk/plena/reggae/salsa specialists Manicato (representing the Puerto Rican/Taino contingent); nu-Chicano/cumbia band Fuga (representing Mexico); Brazilian dance from Sambaora Dance Company; and one of SF's best-loved DJs, Vanka(Stellar Trax/Dubmission).

With such an impressive lineup of artists - representing the Afro-Latin diaspora and beyond - Carnival Fever is sure to live up to its name. Don't miss the hottest party of the year - all three nights of it!!!

CARNIVAL FEVER LINEUP:

Friday May 23,2008.: Aphrodesia, Boca Do Rio, Bayonics, DJ SEP


Saturday May 24, 2008: Sila and the Afrofunk Experience, Cheb i Sabbah, Native Elements, Dj Jeremiah and the Afrobeat Nation, Sambamora Dance Company

Sunday May 25, 2008: Bat Makumba, Fuga, Manicato, Sambamora Dance Company, DJ Vanka