Mahala Rai Banda with Red Baraat

Global Roots Festival 2010 brings in the big brass to kick things off: the wild gypsy brass music of Mahala Rai Banda (Romania), and the funky dhol 'n' brass North Indian Bhangra fusion of NYC's Red Baraat. Both bands are renowned for the incredible energy they bring to their live performances.

Global Roots Festival Special: Buy a Festival Pass for only $49, and gain entry to all four Global Roots Festival 2010 shows! Buy passes from Ticketweb, or the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), or from a hard-working Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during shows.

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.

All Cedar shows are all ages.

Tonight, there will be a limited supply of food available for purchase from It's Greek to Me.

Presented in collaboration with the NY Gypsy Festival and support from the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York.

Mahala Rai Banda

Wild Gypsy Brass from Romania!Mahala  is the common name gypsies use to designate the areas where they form the majority of the population, and which sometimes develop into small towns.Raï is a word of Arab origin borrowed by the Rom populations which...

Red Baraat

Led by drummer Sunny Jain, Red Baraat is the first and only dhol ‘n’ brass band of its kind in the States, melding the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with brass funk and expressing the human spirit through improvisation and a powerful live sound....