Here is a line up for local musicians performing at the Festival and special blues concert:

Musicians Set To Perform

Tommie Macon & The Gentlemen of Jazz

Rick Carter Project Blues/Rock

Tweety

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Burundi Drummers of Atlanta
AMAZING sounds and rhythms!

The Burundi Drummers of Atlanta is a special group by its composition. The drumming group is not only composed by men as it was in Burundi tradition, it includes ladies who can drum and dance, making the group very unique. The group is also formed by the three ethnic groups that compose the Burundi community: Hutu, Tutsi and Twa (pygmy). It’s amazing to see people from ethnic groups in conflict back home sharing joys and working as a team in beating the drums.

Africa is the continent of drums, but the drums of Burundi require extraordinary vigor, dexterity, agility and grace. Burundi drums sound like rolling thunderclaps. You don’t listen to them with your ears; you listen with your heart.

Keith and Donny Dynamic Music Duo -Blue Grass and Jazz

Dazzlin Dames Dance troupe

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Zydeco T -  Zydeco Band

Lil Malcom – Zydeco Band

R & B Inc. Old School  – R & B

Stoni Taylor & The Miles of Stones -Alternative Rock

Atlanta 17 Orchestra

Seed & Feed Band
An Atlanta Favorite! One of a kind marching band

Zaina Zahra

Zaina Zahra is a professional artist, choreographer and instructor of Middle Eastern and World Dance. She has studied Belly dancing and Indian Classical Dance and has a passionate interest in cultural dances from around the world. It is her belief that everyone is united in dance as it expresses joy form the soul.

salsaBELLES of the ATL

salsaBELLES of the ATL is an all female performance group that dances a traditional Cuban style salsa called Rueda de Casino. We are all about having fun and bringing people together through dance.

KCC Daf Group

The Kurdish Cultural Center (KCC) Daf Group is composed of students and a teacher of the musical instrument Daf. Daf is an ancient Kurdish instrument that is similar to a drum. It is hand held, with small chains on it. It is made with a roundly shaped wood that has animal (goat or sheep) hide stretched across it. KCC offers Daf class every Saturday at 6PM free of charge.

This is just a few of the local bands that will be entertaining folks at the festival in Sept.