AWMF%252B1.2.jpg — **2024 RWMF Schedule**

Screen Shot 2021-05-11 at 12.07.32 PM.png — **Fire Recovery Fundraiser**

We have REBRANDED!! This Memorial Day Weekend, the Rogue World Music Festival invites you to connect with community and the arts in Medford, Talent, and Ashland. The 2024 RWMF features a live main stage event highlighting culture-bearing musical artists in Lithia Park, a HeartBeat Stories event in Talent, a percussion workshop & zydeco concert in Medford, and a month of SoundWalking through beautiful downtown Ashland.

All festival events are FREE, family friendly, & ADA accessible.

For the most-immediate updates, follow the 2024 RWMF Facebook event page, @rogueworldmusicfestival on Instagram, or sign up for our newsletter.

“The Ashland World Music Festival was amazing again this year! There were so many fabulously talented artists. It just keeps getting better. I feel so lucky to get to be a part of it.”

— Bekkah McAlvage, Ashland educator, musician, & AWMF team member

Photo courtesy of Bob Palermini

Special thank you to Bob Palermini Photography

ARTISTS

La Doña

Singer, songwriter, & multi-instrumentalist, she combines her deep roots in Latin folk traditions like corridos and rumba with propulsive modes sounds of reggaeton, cumbia, and hip hop. Full bio.

John Mambira

A journey creating new musical expression drawing from the rich tapestry of Zimbabwean traditional music fused with elements of African Pop, southern African rhythms, Reggae, and Afrojazz. Full bio.

Maraval Road

Southern Oregon’s premiere professional steel band, featuring Calypso, Soca, and Panorama music, they bring the best in authentic music from Trinidad to Tobago. Full bio.

Seffarine

Showcasing a repertoire combining Classical Arabic & Andalusian music and original compositions influenced by Spanish flamenco, classical Persian music, and American jazz. Full bio.

Dirty Cello

Cello like you’ve never heard before! Combine the virtuosic wail of Jimi Hendrix, the soul of BB King, and the fire of Bill Monroe, and add a whole lot of cello, and you get the Dirty Cello band. Full bio.

Hālau Hula Ka Pi’o O Ke Ānuenue

Featuring hula kahiko (ancient style), hula‘auana (modern style), and old (chant) traditions of Hawai’i. Full bio.

Renegade Orchestra

The beauty of a symphony, the soul of a rock band! It’s time to through out all the old conventions of a quiet, sleepy, stuffy show of musicians locked in straight jackets of tradition. Full bio.

Duniya

A powerful Afro-fusion band of musicians from Mali, West Africa and California brings together ancient and modern sounds and instruments. Guaranteed to move your body and soul. Full bio.

Yelena Valerievna

Musician, songwriter, teacher, & storyteller. Born in Latvia, Eastern Europe, Yelena brings the flavors of her homeland imbued with her own unique touch, via traditional & original music in many languages. Full bio.

Fire Recovery Fundraiser

On September 8, 2020 Almeda Wildfire decimated the cities of Talent & Phoenix and parts unincorporated Jackson County, displacing thousands; primarily low-income, Latinx, and/or community elders.

Since 2020, the RWMF has raised $36,000+ for programs helping community members return home. In 2024, hundreds still live in temporary or transitional housing.

This year our fire recovery fundraiser supports the AGE+ affordable housing project in Talent, serving Almeda Wildfire-displaced seniors.

All donations made via the form below are donated in full to support the AGE+ affordable senior housing project under development in Talent, OR. This project prioritizes providing housing for older community members who are low-income and still displaced by the loss of their home in 2020.

2024 RWMF Fire Recovery Donation Form

Rogue World Music is a 501(c)(3) Oregon arts nonprofit organization, and all donation made via this form are tax deductible. Find out how to earn a tax credit in addition to a tax donation via the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Talent Age+ housing project rendering. This 22-unit senior housing project on Suncrest Road in Talent will open in the summer of 2024.

AGE+ empowers communities of all ages to value and care for older adults, especially those who are isolated, low-income, and underserved. They engage communities through stimulating partnerships, and developing innovative programs that address the challenges and opportunities of aging across the lifespan.

AGE+ embraces the expertise of local community champions and works alongside those with lived experience to create immediate and long-term impact. They focus their work where the need is greatest, including rural areas, low-income communities, and communities of color.

The amount of accessible, affordable housing available for older adults remains a challenge in rural areas, especially where communities are still rebuilding after devastating wildfires. In response to this crisis, AGE+ developed a new model of hybrid modular construction that quickly and efficiently creates housing, allowing many older adults to age in the communities they love.

This 22-unit senior housing project on Suncrest Road in Talent (opening in summer 2024). Residents for this new housing project will be older adults, low-income (60% of area median income), with preference to victims of the Alameda fire of 2020 that destroyed 2600 homes in the region, most of which belonged to Latinx families.

Learn more about AGE+.

2024 RWMF SPONSORS

“We’re delighted to be a small part of a beautiful event that made the world feel a little closer and connected through the joy and experience of music.”

— Danette Harfst, Harfst and Associates Inc. AWMF 2019 Sponsor