Galle Music Festival

Date/Time
Date(s) - 14/05/2016
9:00 am - 10:00 pm

Location
Galle Samanala Ground

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About the festival….

Expect traditional Folk, Fusion and Contemporary Music from AM till PM.

Morning Programme – 10.00 am to 01.00 pm at the FORT Square
The Galle Music Festival will collaborate with the Galle Good Market to feature Sri Lanka’s creative heritage of music, art, and cuisine for the whole family.

The Breakdown

⦁ Display of ancient and traditional masks and a brief presentation on the usage of masks in traditional kolam dancing.

⦁ The Sandasi Beat Drummers, an all-female group, a new generation of drummers, will showcase a wide range of traditional and contemporary drums used in their performance.

⦁Hiran Wijesekera’s ‘Dancing Costume Center’ acts as a modern traditional dance costume museum, to protect the Sri Lankan Tradition and the Culture. He preserves the traditional value in dancing costumes by keeping the authentic trends in place. He will display some of his colorful costumes at the good market for the 1st time in Sri Lanka.

*The Folk Music Conservation Library is currently recording folk traditions from around the country to ensure that there is a record of Sri Lanka’s rich and diverse folk traditions. There is great insight gained on diversity and yet the points of contact of between these traditions.
From 11am to 12 noon – Several artists scheduled to perform at the evening performance at Samanala grounds will take stage at the Good Market followed by an Open Mic Session where we would love to have everyone take the stage and make some music.

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Evening Performance – 05.00 pm to 10.30 pm at Galle Samanala Grounds
As the sun sets Sri Lankan and International musicians will take the stage to celebrate folk and contemporary music.

Traditional Folk: Koolam, Koothu, Thappu, Karaham, Noorthy and various indigenous Art Forms / Contemporary: Urban Rap / Fusion: Musicians blending their traditions in creative ways to find a shared musical expression / International Artists: Raghu Dixit Project, India

The Breakdown

5.30 pm – 5.40 pm / Opening Ceremony

5.40 pm – 5.50 pm / Ayubowan | Vanukkan | Salaam Alaikum
Hiran Wijesekera Dancers

5.50 pm – 6.05 pm / Beat of the Drums
Sandasi Beat Drummers

6.05 pm – 6.30 pm / Pulikoothu
Indigenous Art Performing Group

6.30 pm – 6.50 pm / Jasa Lenchina Mudali
Harishchandra Tukkawadu Kolam Drama Group

6.50 pm – 7.25 pm / Music of the Sufis
Islamic Social Heritage and Cultural Association

7.25 pm – 7.35 pm / Karagam
Kalaimakal Kala Mantram

7.35 pm – 7.45 pm / Kuda Mudal Kummi
Kalaimakal Kala Mantram

7.45 pm – 8.05 pm / Sanda Kinduru Kolam Drama
Harishchandra Tukkawadu Kolam Drama Group

8.05 pm – 8.30 pm / Musicmatters : Trans-coastal Collective
Music Matters and Swani Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies

8.30 pm – 8.45 pm / Thappu
Kaveri Kala Manram

8.45 pm – 9.00 pm / Women Together: Kala Manram and Sandesi Drummers

9.00 pm – 9.10 pm / The Calling: Kaveri Kala Manram, Sandasi Beat Drummers and Soul Sounds

9.10 pm – 9.25 pm  / Voices: University of Jaffna, University of Peradeniya and Eastern University

9.25 pm – 9.50 pm : Urban Rappers
Anoj
Pamuditha Anjana
Krema Diaz & Imaad Majeed

9.50 pm – 10.30 pm : The Raghu Dixit Project

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