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Soul Force Sacred Music Festival in Pasadena, Earth Day Weekend

Soul Force hits Pasadena featuring performers from around
the world celebrating the relevance and power of nonviolent action today. The Soul Force
Sacred Music Festival, an interfaith celebration of ritual world music, spiritual jazz and
dynamic speakers will fill two stages and an outdoor patio at the historic Methodist church on
Colorado Blvd, Pasadena. This citywide collaboration spans from Friday eve through a
special Sunday morning service.
Speakers include Civil Rights icon Rev. James Lawson on the power of nonviolence along
with Sufi qawwali by Fanna Fi Allah, Indian ragas by the Gundecha Brothers, Moroccan
trance music by Grammy-nominated Innov Gnawa, Filipino sacred chants by Grace Nono,
Hawaiian songs of nonviolent resistance by Starr Kalāhiki & the Liliʻu Project and original
piano compositions Reflections on Exile by Donia Jarrar. The Arohi Ensemble will present an
east/west ragajazz world premiere joined by the transcendent vocals of LA’s own spiritual
jazz shaman Dwight Trible and Columbian flute and saxophone legend Justo Almario and 50
singers of the Young Men’s Ensemble of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus.
Join us for a weekend of spirited ritual music, genre-bending rhythms and improvisations,
dynamic speakers as well as local environmental and social organizations dedicated to
climate change awareness and inspiring people to be change-makers in their own
communities. Tickets and full festival schedule of the weekend info visit:
www.soulforceproject.com

Soul Force Sacred Music Festival in Pasadena, Earth Day Weekend
April 26th-28th, First United Methodist Church, 500 East Colorado Blvd.
 
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