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SeAttle WoRld PeRcUssion SocietY
BUilding CoMmuNity THroUgh RhytHm
2026 WoRld RhyTHm Festival Schedule
Event Locations
Columbia Park, 4721 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
Rainier Arts Center, 3515 S. Alaska St., Seattle
Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds St
SWPS Rhythm Tent - Columbia Park
Friday SEPT. 11 - 7:P<M
Opening Night Drum CIRcle
Rainier Arts Event Hall, 3515 S. Alaska St.
Presented by Anu Samrat, Arturo Rodriquez and Boka Koyate
Anu Samrat, Arturo Rodriguez and Boka Kouyate will "tag team" facilitation of a special WRF 2026 Grand Opening drum circle in the Rainier Arts Center Event Hall. Drums will be provided to those who don't bring their own. Anu will start us with Indian vocal percussion, Arturo continues with rhythmic ideas from the Afro-Cuban tradition, and Boka wraps up the evening with Mastering the Drum. Djembe players, especially, will want to be there for that one!
Saturday SEPT. 12
Place | Time | Title | Artist | Type | Art Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbia Park Main Stage | |||||
Columbia Park Main Stage | 1:30 PM | VamoLá | VamoLá | Workshop | Percussion |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 2:30 PM | Pungmul Nori Rhythms from South Korea | Edmonds pung mae | Performance | Music |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 4:00 PM | Union Cultural Center | Union Cultural Center | Performance | Music |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 5:45 PM | Chatur Devam — Four Divine Forms | Krishna Tejaswi Konduri | Performance | Music |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 6:30 PM | A Day In Community! | Boka Kouyate & The Djeliyah Band | Performance | Music |
Rainier Arts Center Auditorium | |||||
Rainier Arts Center Auditorium | 12:00 PM | Traditional Chinese Dances | Huayin Performing Arts Group | Performance | Music and Dance |
Rainier Arts Center Auditorium | 1:45 PM | Odissi Margam | Shubhangi Tewari | Performance | Music |
Rainier Arts Center Auditorium | 4:00 PM | Zambuko: Soulful Marimba Music of Africa | Zambuko Marimba Ensemble | Performance | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | |||||
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 11:00 AM | Egyptian Tablah (Darbouka) Fundamentals | George Sadak | Drum Circle | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 12:00 PM | Lets All Play! Intro to drum circles | Hayley Christine (Embodied Rhythms) | Drum Circle | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 1:00 PM | Resilient Pulse Playshop | Resilient Pulse Playshops - Ashley Everett | Drum Circle | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 2:00 PM | Street Drumming: People, History, & Grooves | John Owens Drums | Drum Circle | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 3:00 PM | Musicality Workshop | Hayley Christine (Embodied Rhythms) | Workshop | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 4:00 PM | Open Drum and Dance with Carold Nelson | Carold Nelson | Drum Circle | Percussion |
Southside Commons | |||||
Southside Commons | 3:00 PM | Nepali drum workshop | Subhash Prajapati | Workshop | Percussion |
Southside Commons | 4:00 PM | Learn Brazilian Dance with VamoLá | VamoLá Brazilian Drum and Dance | Workshop | Music and Dance |
Southside Commons | 6:00 PM | Capoeira Workshop (UCC) | Workshop | Music and Dance |
Sunday Sept. 13
Place | Time | Title | Artist | Type | Art Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbia Park Main Stage | |||||
Columbia Park Main Stage | 11:45 AM | Seattle Kokon Taiko | Seattle Kokon Taiko | Performance | Percussion |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 12:30 PM | King Dre Trio, featuring Steve Black and Dennis Blackman | King dre trio | Performance | Music |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 1:45 PM | Leif Totusek & Freestyle Candela | Leif Totusek & Freestyle Candela | Performance | Music |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 3:00 PM | Dingolay: Caribbean steel pan music | Dingolay | Performance | Music |
Columbia Park Main Stage | 4:30 PM | Indian folk dance (everyone invited) | |||
Columbia Park Main Stage | 5:30 PM | mallari workshop (drum and dance) | |||
Columbia Park Main Stage | 6:30 PM | mallari! - Closing Processional | |||
Rainier Arts Center Auditorim | |||||
Rainier Arts Center Auditorium | 3:00 PM | Rhythms of Anatolia | Anodolu Turkish Musicians | Performance | Music |
Rainier Arts Center Auditorium | 4:30 PM | Anzanga: Exhilarating Marimba music of Africa | Anzanga Marimba Ensemble | Performance | Dance |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | |||||
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 12:00 PM | Drum Circle Facilitation Introduction | John Hayden | Workshop | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 2:00 PM | Springboard Rhythms | Jeff Fenbert | Drum Circle | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 3:00 PM | Drum Church | Arturo Rodriguez | Drum Circle | Percussion |
SWPS Rhythm Tent | 4:30 PM | Mastering The Drum | Boka Kouyate | Workshop | Percussion |
Southside Commons | |||||
Southside Commons | 11:00 AM | Manimou Camara: West African Dance | Manimou Camara | ||
Southside Commons | 1:00 PM | Indigo & David: BellyDance Movements to Live Arabic Rhythms | Indigo & David | Workshop | Music and Dance |
Southside Commons | 2:00 PM | Naby Camara: Balafon Music Workshop | Naby Camara | Workshop | Percussion |
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