Additional past performances (PDF)
(Last Update 2/14/08)
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Tour Schedule
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July 18th, 2008 :: Joe's Pub
New Africa Live - A Bimonthly Music Series
Curated by Somi and featuring performances by Wayna and The Olatuja Project.
425 Lafayette Street. New York, NY
***please note: Somi is hosting the event at Joe's Pub NOT performing in it.
Doors at 9pm; Tickets are $20.
July 17th, 2008 :: Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
Doors at 7pm; Sets at 8pm and 10pm. 20£.
47 Frith Street, London W1D 4, UNITED KINGDOM
July 15th, 2008 :: Momo's Kemia Bar
Doors at 7pm; Show at 9pm. 20£. Guest DJ Global 'til 1am.
25 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BH, UNITED KINGDOM
July 5th, 2008 :: Brooklyn Museum of Art's FIRST SATURDAYS
Steinburg Family Sculpture Garden
Show from 6pm-8pm. Entrance is FREE.
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York.
June 5th, 2008 :: BAM Rhythm & Blues Fesitval with Lionel Loueke Trio
Show at 12 noon. Outdoors and FREE.
Metrotech Center, Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.
May 30th, 2008 :: The Zipper Theater :: New Africa Music Series
Somi and will host the event featuring a premiere US screening of Zina Saro-Wiwa's film "This is My Africa" and performances by Malika Zarra and Krukid.
336 W. 37th street. New York, NY - Doors at 7pm
***please note: Somi is hosting the event at Zipper Theater NOT performing in it.
May 16th & 17th, 2008 :: The Kennedy Center with Jazz Reach’s Multi-Media Theater Piece
She Said/She Says: History of Women in Jazz.
May 1st, 2008 :: Southern Connecticut State University
Somi will present a lecture on Transnational African Feminisms and a short performance. Event begins at 7pm.
New Haven, CT
April 25th & 26th, 2008 :: The Apollo Theater:: The Salon Series
Listening
to Roots and Hearing Branches
World Premiere of Multi-Media Theater Project by Somi and Chanda Rule
253 West 125th Street. New York, NY - 7:30pm
April 19th, 2008 :: Cape
May Jazz Festival
Aleatheas at the Inn of Cape May - Shows at 8:30 and 11pm
Cape May, New Jersey
April 18th, 2008 :: Germantown Performing Arts Center :: Jazz in the Box Series
1801 Exeter Road. Memphis, Tennessee
April 16th & 17th, 2008 :: The Dakota
Shows at 7 & 9pm
1010 Nicollet. Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 15th, 2008 :: Scullers Jazz Club
Show at 8pm.
400 Soldiers Field Road. Boston, Massachusetts
March 21st, 2008 :: The Zipper Theater :: New Africa Music Series
Somi and will host the event featuring Loide and Abena Koomson
336 W. 37th street. New York, NY - Doors at 7pm
***please note: Somi is hosting the event at Zipper Theater NOT performing in it.
March 13th, 2008 :: Flushing Town Hall
Inaugural NewTrends/NewTracks Vocalist Series
137-35 Northern Blvd. Flushing, NY - 8pm
February 17th, 2008 :: Joe's Pub :: Celebrating the Valentine Season
425 Lafayette Street - New York, NY
$20 at the door - 7:30pm
February 1st & 2nd, 2008 :: Istanbul Jazz Center - Istanbul, TURKEY
January 25th-31st, 2008 :: Half Note Jazz Club - Athens, GREECE
January 11th, 2008 :: The Zipper Theater :: New Africa Music Series
APAP Showcase featuring Somi, Lionel Loueke, and Gino Sitson
336 W. 37th street. New York, NY - Doors at 7pm
December 12th - 21st, 2007 :: Moscow Club Tour - Moscow, RUSSIA
November 30th, 2007 :: Rutgers University
Celebrating the Arts in Africa
A short performance and discussion by Somi on her work in the wider socio-political context of contemporary African arts movements
100 George Street, Trayes Hall, Douglass College Center. New Brunswick, NJ - 7pm
November 24th, 2007 :: La Cigale
Africa Fete: A Tribute to Mamadou Conte
120 Bd Rochechouart 75018 Paris, FRANCE - 8pm
November 3rd, 2007 :: Pearl of Africa Music Awards - Kampala, UGANDA
October 29th & 30th, 2007 :: Connect Africa: A Summit of African Leaders - Kigali, RWANDA
October 17th – 22nd, 2007:: The RUSSIA Tour: Moscow to Siberia.
October 15th, 16th, and 17th, 2007 :: Orange County Performing Arts Center
with Jazz Reach’s Multi-Media Theater Piece
She Said/She Says: History of Women in Jazz.
600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, California
Matinee Performance - Check OCPAC website for ticket information.
October 8th, 9th, and 10th, 2007 :: Special Guest
at Idan Raichel’s Songs for Peace Concert
at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, Battery Park City, New York, NY - $30-$75 tickets
October 5th, 2007 :: New York University Kimmel Center’s Eisner Auditorium
Somi will headline the Save Darfur Fundraiser
sponsored by the African Business Students Association
60 Washington Square South, New York, NY – 7pm
September 15th, 2007 :: Christel
House International Gala
Linden House Estate, Indianapolis, Indiana
8pm – Private Event
September 13th, 2007 :: The
Kennedy Center’s Millenium Stage
Part of the Duke Ellington
Jazz Festival
2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC – 6pm – FREE
September 11th, 2007 :: Brooklyn Academy of Music Rhythm and Blues Festival
presents
The September Concert
Metrotech Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn, NY
12:30pm – FREE
July 31st, 2007 Grace Towers Plaza :: Afternoon Out Jazz Series
sponsored by the International Center of Photography
On the corner of 42nd and 5th at 12noon - FREE
July 3rd - July 27th 2007 :: (Tuesdays to Saturdays)
The Jazz Club at The Plaza Casablanca
Rond Pont Hassan II - Casablanca, MOROCCO
Sets at 10pm and 11:30
June 27th, 2007 :: Newport Towers Afternoon Jazz Series
FREE - Outdoors - Performance from 12:30 - 2:00PM
June 23rd, 2007 - Freihofer's
Jazz Festival
Gazebo Stage :: Saratoga, NY
check website for varying ticket prices - Performance begins at 2:45pm
June 16th, 2007 :: Indy
Jazz Fest 2007
Jazz Central Stage :: Indianapolis, IN
$25 one-day festival pass or $55 three-day pass available online - set at
5:00 pm
June 12th, 2007 :: The
Jazz Standard :: Somi's Birthday Celebration w/ special guest Edmar Castaneda
116 East 27th Street - New York, NY
$20 at the door - sets at 7:30 and 9:30pm
May 26th, 2007 :: the
lower east festival of the arts
10-minute reading from Somi's new theater piece Listening
to Roots and Hearing Branches
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue - New York, NY
FREE - 7:17pm
April 20th, 2007:: Women
of Africa Festival - Honoring Miriam Makeba
Marrakech, Morocco
April 26th :: La Java Club - Paris, France - 8pm
April 18th, 2007 :: Brooklyn
Museum of Art's Inaugural BrooklyNites Jazz Series
In conjunction with the Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art exhibition
200 Eastern Parkway - Brooklyn, NY
6:30pm - 8:30pm
April 16th, 2007 :: Jazz
at Lincoln Center's "Sing Into Spring Festival"
at Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club
Broadway at 60th Street - New York, NY
$15 cover - 7:30 and 9:30pm sets
April 13th, 2007 :: J&R Music World In-Store Performance and CD Signing
located on Park Row between Beekman & Ann Streets - 12:30pm
April 12th, 2007 :: Restaurants
Against Hunger Kick-off and
Fundraiser for Action Against Hunger
The Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street - New York, NY
8pm to 12AM - $75 ticket price
