event Madison World Music Festival And Willy Street Fair: Saturday

Much of the Madison World Music Festival's Saturday lineup is actually playing at the Main stage of the Willy Street Fair. At 4 p.m., that stage will host perhaps the festival's most far-flung act, both in terms of origin and sound. Beijing's Hanggai explores Mongolian folk music from slow, entrancing drones to festive drinking songs, using such traditional elements as the horse-hair fiddle and throat-singing, but also taking cues from rock and pop. Kepa Junkera (6:15 p.m.) comes from the Basque Country to share his mastery of the region's variation on the accordion, known as the trikitixa. Mexico City's Los De Abajo (7:45 p.m.) closes out the Willy Street portion of the fest by blasting ska-punk through a Latin filter. In a ticketed show over at the Union Theater, a group of Tibetan monks will share the "Mystical Arts Of Tibet" (8 p.m.). The festival reaches an unconventional end with Algerian-born DJ Cheb I Sabbah spinning the melodies and rhythms of the Middle East and India in a trippy and invigorating direction.

Much of the Madison World Music Festival's Saturday lineup is actually playing at the Main stage of the Willy Street Fair. At 4 p.m., that stage will host perhaps the festival's most far-flung act, both in terms of origin and sound. Beijing's Hanggai explores Mongolian folk music from slow, entrancing drones to festive drinking songs, using such traditional elements as the horse-hair fiddle and throat-singing, but also taking cues from rock and pop. Kepa Junkera (6:15 p.m.) comes from the Basque Country to share his mastery of the region's variation on the accordion, known as the trikitixa. Mexico City's Los De Abajo (7:45 p.m.) closes out the Willy Street portion of the fest by blasting ska-punk through a Latin filter. In a ticketed show over at the Union Theater, a group of Tibetan monks will share the "Mystical Arts Of Tibet" (8 p.m.). The festival reaches an unconventional end with Algerian-born DJ Cheb I Sabbah spinning the melodies and rhythms of the Middle East and India in a trippy and invigorating direction.

Much of the Madison World Music Festival's Saturday lineup is actually playing at the Main stage of the Willy Street Fair. At 4 p.m., that stage will host perhaps the festival's most far-flung act, both in terms of origin and sound. Beijing's Hanggai explores Mongolian folk music from slow, entrancing drones to festive drinking songs, using such traditional elements as the horse-hair fiddle and throat-singing, but also taking cues from rock and pop. Kepa Junkera (6:15 p.m.) comes from the Basque Country to share his mastery of the region's variation on the accordion, known as the trikitixa. Mexico City's Los De Abajo (7:45 p.m.) closes out the Willy Street portion of the fest by blasting ska-punk through a Latin filter. In a ticketed show over at the Union Theater, a group of Tibetan monks will share the "Mystical Arts Of Tibet" (8 p.m.). The festival reaches an unconventional end with Algerian-born DJ Cheb I Sabbah spinning the melodies and rhythms of the Middle East and India in a trippy and invigorating direction.