Through dance, music, and lectures, this festival presents an array of international and diasporic musical traditions extant in NYC and how they are sustained and evolve within the immigrant communities of the city. Rather than focusing on one tradition or culture, BIMF seeks to highlight through local, living exponents of traditional musics from outside the United States, the pancultural experience of how musical traditions are maintained outside their homelands in NYC. 

June 10th:
Doors @ 6:30pm

7:00pm - Ba Ban Chinese Music Society Trio

8:00pm - Zahra Alzubaidi & Friends

9:00pm - Melody from the Dancing Crane Georgian Cultural Center

10:00pm - Peter Stan Ridgewood Balkan Tone

10:00pm at the Jalopy Tavern - La Banda Chuska

June 11th:

12:00pm - Raga Kids

5:00pm - Vong Pak Traditional Korean Drumming Workshop
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Doors @ 6:30pm

7:00pm - Trio Pasión Juvenil

8:00pm - Vong Pak's Binari with BK-Gut

9:00pm - Sheila Anozier & Rufus Cappadocia

10:00pm - Mamady Kouyaté & the Mandingo Ambassadors

10:00pm at the Jalopy Tavern - Hasta La Zeta

Jalopy will be following all state and city distancing and capacity guidelines, along with providing UV powered air filtration and adequate ventilation. We will also be requiring all who attend to show us proof of the following...
Being fully vaccinated and it has been 14 days or longer since your final shot, OR
You had a PCR test administered in the last 3 days and the result was negative, OR
You had an antigen test administered in the last 6 hours and the result was negative.
Attendees must follow all mask, distancing and hand washing guidelines when in attendance. If you are vaccinated in New York, we encourage you to use Excelsior Pass to prove your vaccination. Excelsior pass is an app for your phone that can hold your vaccination and testing data. Download Excelsior Pass in the apple store or on google play.
NOTE: We will also accept other forms of proof of vaccination from other states including CDC Vaccination cards (with photo id), etc.