¡GLOBALQUERQUE! Announces First 8 Confirmed Acts; Early Bird Tickets Now On Sale!

¡Globalquerque! New Mexico's Annual Celebration of World Music & Culture, the Southwest's biggest world music and culture party, enters its 14th year of bringing some of the finest acts from around the planet to New Mexico! The festival, slated for September 21 & 22, will again take over the beautiful National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) campus along the banks of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM. As always, ¡Globalquerque! will creatively mix the most eclectic lineup of world-class acts from across the planet - from the traditional to the cutting-edge - the legendary to up-and-coming new discoveries!

Early Bird Tickets are now on sale - offering one the country's best values for live music! There will also be hotel and ticket offers in partnership with the festival Official Hotel Sponsor: Best Western Inn & Suites Albuquerque Airport, only 5 minutes from the festival venue! Room and ticket or room, ticket and Railrunner packages available, including shuttle to and from venue / Railrunner station! Ticket and hotel info at www.globalquerque.org/tickets.html.

Already confirmed are acts from such diverse regions as Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy and Egypt, bringing with them eclectic sounds that mix the contemporary (hip hop, rock, new acoustic), with the traditional. World class groups like Cuba's La Dame Blanche, Canada's Lemon Bucket Orquestra, Congo's Jupiter + Okwess, Egypt's Youssra El Hawary, Italy's Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Ecuador's Rio Mira, Spain's Xabier Diaz y Adufeiras de Salitre, and Pan-Latin group LADAMA - with many more to be added!