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We got LADY RA comin down to rock the partay!

Oh yeah! here's the deets.

SAHARA: NYE EXTRAVAGANZA
Benefit for children in Darfur, Sudan
Sunday, December 31
New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

TICKETS:
Limited $25 Advance Discount Tickets.
$40 general admission

ON NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY UNTIL SUNRISE WITH 500 OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND HELP CHANGE THE WORLD:

SAHARA: A NYE EXTRAVAGANZA is the most culturally rich and diverse NYE event in the Bay Area with heart. This year’s NYE will feature two floors of diverse and electrifying live musical acts, Tribal Belly Dancers, Samba Dancers, African Master Drummers & Dancers, and DJs from India, Belgium, Ivory Coast, Liberia, France, Canada, Czech Republic, Brazil and the US, all coming together to bring the house down while raising funds for children in Darfur, Sudan.

The event will take place at the elegant New Langton Arts in San Francisco featuring two majestic rooms with warm wood floors, high ceilings, large windows and attractive skylights upstairs, and an authentic Bedouin Style lounge with visual imagery and bass heavy vibes downstairs in the Dj/dance room

Relish and revel in luxe libations and lavish samplings of irresistible hors d’oeuvres by Electric Vardo's Chef SAROJ, and sip on hot authentic chai hand-blended by CHAI-G.

Wander from a live show in the AFRICAN SHRINE to the Dj/Dance Performance Suite in Electric Vardo's BEDOUIN BEAT LOUNGE where the walls will be decorated with Nomadic Art and projection of Tribal and African films.

ARTIST LINE-UP:

• SILA AND THE AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE (Live Afrobeat, Afrofunk, Funk, Reggae)
• LADY RA (Beats without Borders) Masala-Sonica vibes from Vancouver BC
•J-BOOGIE's dubtronic science (Om Records, FPS)
• MANEESH THE TWISTER: Drum&Dubstep spinnsta (dhamaal, dub mission, Surya Dub)
• VANKA: Brazilectro, Latin vibes (Stellartrax)
• DJ AMAR (Electric Vardo, worldly, nonstop bhangra)
• SOOOZHYQ: live doumbek (Triple Power, electric vardo)
• DJ JEREMIAH AND THE AFROFBEAT NATION: Paying tribute to the legacy of Fela Kuti
Kathak, Tribal Belly Dance and Samba dance by:
• ARIELLAH • CLANDESTINE • FREYJA • SHE'ENEDRA from LA • HOLLY GIBSON
• SAMBADAMORA DANCE COMPANY (Samba dance) • SONIA MANN: Indian Kathak dance

+ surprize guests and special collaborations.

ABOUT MAISHA PRODUCTIONS & ELECTRIC VARDO

Maisha which means "life" in Swahili is a production and promotional company that is dedicated to bringing cultural and exciting events to the Bay Area. We specialize in socially concious and community building event that promote diversity and our beauty.

Whenever you see our name attached to any event, you can be rest assured that it will be a high-energy, take-no-prisoners, good vibes electric affair. Over the years we have promoted and produced sold out events at the Great American Music Hall, Slim's, The Independent, Elbo Room, Boom Boom Room and San Francisco Magazine Best of the Bay.

Electric Vardo launched as a collaboration of multi-dimensional artsbringing gypsy culture and heart to the dance and music scene in SF. OnMarch 11, 2005, DJ Sep, DJ Dragonfly, Amar & Ultra Gypsy together created what was to become one of San Francisco's most unique nights ever, with a Global Gypsy Flair extending the borders of artistic creation - in forms
of Music, Dance, Visual Art, and Culinary Extravagance.

What is a Vardo?
A vardo is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by the Romani Gypsies. The design of the vardo included large wheels running outside the body of the van, which slopes outwards considerably towards the eaves.

We love what we do and it shows!