Festival and Annual Events

Rose Festival (1989-99, 02, 06, 07)
Lewis and Clark College (2002-07)
Zimbabwean Music Festival (1993-2004, 06, 07)
Zoolala (2006-07)
Portland Community College Artbeat 2006
Folklife Festival, Seattle (1989-95)
Music Fest Northwest (2001)
Oregon Coast Aquarium/Rhythms by the Bay
The Mayor's Ball (1989-92)
Rose Festival (1989-94)
The Bite (1991-95, 1997)
Oregon State Fair (1996)
Salem Art Fair (1997)
KBOO's Boo Ball (1990)
Renn Fayre, Reed College (1991)
Taste of Beaverton (Almost every year since 1992)
Bridgeport Brew Pub's Rhythm & Blues Series (1994)
Ducky Derby (1992)
Good in the Hood (1996-2000)
Hawthorne Street Fair (1992, 1997, 2001)
Oregon Peace and Music Festival (1989, 1990)
Earth Day Celebrations (1990, 1991)
Diversity Celebration (1993) (band highlighted by Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News)
Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions, Pioneer Square (1989, 1992)
Northwest Marimba Fest, Seattle (1991, 1992)
Zimbabwean Music Festival (1993, 1995-2001)
OMSI's Worldbeat Dance Party (1994, twice)
Model Democratic Convention (1992) (Attended by Bill Clinton, Paul Tsongas, and Jerry Brown)


Statue of Portlandia's 10-year Anniversary Celebration (1995)
Homowa Festival (1995, 1998)
Opening Night concerts and Portland Center Stage (1996-2000)
Oregon Drum and Percussion Festival at Portland Statue University (1997)
Portland City Hall rededication (1998)
Hawthorne Bridge rededication (1999)

Opened for the following African musicians on tour

Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe)
Bhundu Boys (Zimbabwe)
Aster Aweke (Ethiopia)
Fela Kuti (Nigeria)
Dumisani Maraire (Zimbabwe)

Concerts in the following clubs

Echo Theatre
Imago Theatre
Melody Ballroom
St. Johns Pub (McMenamins)
Roseland Grill
Pine Street Theater (now La Luna)
Key Largo
Mt. Tabor Pub
The Red Sea
Berbati's Pan
Hawthorne Rhapsody

Private/Corporate Events

National College of Natural Medicine
NW Medical Teams
As well a multitude of conferences, conventions, private parties, benefits, and weddings

Summer Park Series

in Portland, McMinnville, Salem, Cannon Beach, Seaside, Hood River, Prineville, Sandy, and Vancouver, WA.

Collaborations with the following artists and groups

Do Jump! Theater
The Concord Choir
Aurora Women's Choir
Ysaye Barnwell, formerly of Sweet-Honey-in-the-Rock

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