2014 Lineups Announced – Almost Complete list

This year with More Dancefloor Time! Exclusive Performances as Always!
Music and Dance that you will only see here. Different Lineup each night.

Special Features: 

Live Acoustic Lounge in the beer garden with Dance Performances and Open Dancefloor (lineup tba).

Fire Show set to live music in the beer garden (lineup tba).

Open Dancefloor DJ Sets and Live Music Acts.

Beatbox Guitar returns – You asked for them, we’re bringing them back.

Electric Vardo Live CD Release Party
featuring DJ Amar with Special Guest Musicians
and Dancers featured in his upcoming album and shows.

From the Root: Lady Ra (Beats without Borders, Vancouver, BC) – Lady Ra kicked off the Tribal fest AfterParty with us in 2007, and returns to rock the dancefloor in 2014.

To the Fruit: DJ Psychotropic (Zulu Lounge, LA) – Resident Zulu Lounge DJ Psychotropic will be bumpin the global bass a step further for the first time at Tribal Fest. Like Amar, DJ Psychotropic is amongst a few DJs who collaborate on stage regularly with Tribal Fusion Belly Dancers. Performers in the LA scene join him and amar regularly at Zulu Lounge and Eclectic Ensemble for their tag team sets leading ATS and ITS sessions on stage and on the dancefloor. You can expect a litte ATS + ITS jam session – as well as a splendid time on the dancefloor.

The THE MEGAHEN returns with something completely new, and the DANGEROUS BEAUTIES will be joining us in 2014!

Exclusive AfterParty Acts & Special Features:

Live:

BEATBOX GUITAR (Pete List + Rob Mastriani, Brooklyn, NY)

ELECTRIC VARDO LIVE CD RELEASE PARTY with DJ AMAR + Special Guest
Musicians: PETE LIST, KAROLINA LUX, SURREYYA & more
Dancers: AUBRE HILL, OLU, CALAMITY SAM, SHANTI JOURDAN, AMANDA STEVENS & more

DJ sets by:

LADY RA (Beats Without Borders, Vancouver, BC)

DJ PSYCHOTROPIC (Zulu Lounge, LA)

Performances by:

THE MEGAHEN

DANGEROUS BEAUTIES

LUMINA BELLYDANCE CO.

THE CALAMITOUS COLLECTIVE

T-REX TRIBAL

DANSE CAROUSELLE

LES FEMMES MYSTIQUE

JENN AGUILAR + PIXIE FORDTEARS

BRITTNEY LALEH BANAEI

DANCEFORMERS

SHERRI WHEATLEY

and SURPRISE GUESTS

-:- Different Lineup Each Night -:–:-Each Night’s Lineup announced in March -:-

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2014 AfterParty Tix on sale Nov. 1 – One Day Bonus

Special Super-Discounted tickets on Opening day, November 1st.

During the first 24 hours of ticket-sales launch, a special deal will be live, kicking off at Midnight on November 1st.

$30 gets you entry for both Friday and Saturday night, DJ Amar’s annual DJ mix download … AND… a copy of DJ Amar’s Upcoming Album to be released at Tribal Fest.

Note that in addition to you getting a great discount and bonuses, your early purchase helps enable us to build our lineups to bring some amazing acts over to perform for you. We really appreciate your support.

The 2014 AfterParty will feature a CD Release Party for DJ Amar’s upcoming album in the works, showcasing brand new tracks featuring some of the musicians recorded on the album joining him on stage.

More details and lineups will be released along the way between now and the end of the year, with possible additions and Surprise Guests as usual. If you’ve been to the afterparties before, you know to expect the best of the best in terms of performances and music. You have seen everyone from Cheb i Sabbah to Beats Antique – Rachel Brice to Queen Harish – from big name stars to hidden gems.

Now with the outdoor Beer Garden, we have been featuring Fire Shows and Live Acoustic Music as well as space to chill with your friends with beer and cocktails. Over the past couple of years, we have convinced the venue to serve food till as late as midnight, so you can come straight over from Tribal Fest and order some food, see a select few Exclusive AfterParty performances, and enjoy time on the dancefloor for the rest of the night.

Performer Highlight: Little Beasties

• Little Beasties, Featured Performers, Friday Night

The Little Beasties are …

Amina Zareh and Laura Elizabeth!

2 awesome ladies in their own right coming together for a double bang, Slam-Wham of a duet. You really don’t want to miss these ladies on Friday night.

THIS is the DEBUT of The Little Beasties at Tribal Fest, and they will be Rockin the stage at the AfterParty’s big pumpin sound system. There’s lots I can say about these awesome ladies, but just come and see them – And be AMAZED!

Performer Highlight: Irina Akulenko

• Irina Akulenko, Featured Performer, Saturday Night

I think it was 3 years ago that Irina was here at Tribal Fest with Sarah J. Locke and Alchemy Dance, where they gave an amazing performance at Tribal Fest.

Since then, I have collaborated with her in New York at Kaeshi Chai’s night Djam at Jebon, and seen her perform with Belly Queen.

She is an amazing performer and will be bringing a beautiful solo to the AfterParty on Saturday night.

You will Only see her at the AfterParty this year!

 

Performer Highlight: Hannah Lily

• Hannah Lily, Featured Performer,  Saturday Night

You may have recently seen her recently with the Les Petites Bonbons trio, and will be seeing them on the Tribal Fest stage together this year … BUT …

We will be be hosting Hannah for her first Tribal Fest Solo performance at the AfterParty. I have seen her performance growth since I met her when she was performing with Heather Shoopman’s troupe Se7en, and have seen her with different groups and collaborations over the past years, and have loved what she has brought to each performance.

She has grown from a great dancer to an Awesome dancer in quite a short timespan. I am really looking forward to her solo on Friday night at the AfterParty. In fact, each of the Les Petites Bonbons ladies will be performing solos at the AfterParty.

Performer Highlight: Gibson Pearl

• Gibson Pearl, Featured Performer,  Saturday Night

I have known Gibson Pearl and admired her dancing since my first introduction to the Tribal Belly Dance scene in 2004. She always stood out to me, even back in the Ultra Gypsy days when we were doing shows together at El Rio in SF before Electric Vardo sprouted.

Many of you may not know this, but she was an integral member of the Electric Vardo crew from its very beginnings. Her, Jill Parker and Rose Harden produced the first Electric Vardo shows with DJ Sep and I.

She has been part of the AfterParties since the beginning of time (ok, well, 2007, when it all started :). When I started planning the first Tribal Fest AfterParty, she was on top of my list of performers to bring in, and has been a part of the resident headlining crew since then.

The only year she missed was shortly after her baby was born in 2012. In 2011, though, she was there with baby in belly and rocked the stage with one of her most stellar performances (painting below by Calvin Lai, from original photo by Brad Dosland, taken during her duet piece with Mareeshka at the 2011 AfterParty).

We are so happy to have her back this year for another Exclusive AfterParty performance on Saturday night at the Hopmonk.

 

Performer Highlight: Faust & Freyja / Glass Butterfly

• Glass Butterfly: Faust & Freyja, Featured Performers – Friday Night

One of the things I am most excited about this year is debuting a new song. Not only will I be debuting a new song, but it is the first piece of music I have produced – all thanks to a couple of amazing ladies I call friends and creative collaboration partners – Freyja and Jennifer Faust, who asked me to do the music score for The Glass Butterfly.

Freyja and I have done several projects and collaborations together, including performing together as a trio with SooozhyQ (DJ+Dance+Dumbec) at Electric Vardo and other bay area events. Soon after our performance collaborations started, Freyja joined me in production of Electric Vardo and Shadowdance. She was part of the performer crew at the first AfterParties in 2007 and 2008 (I know some of you will remember her from The Beckys – way back, as well as her awesome choreographed performances and improv sets with me). After a performing hiatus while she focused on her career and training in holistic movement, she has returned to perform with us for this special piece.

Photo by Sequoia Emmanuelle

Jennifer has been a regular performer at Electric Vardo and Hip’n’Bass shows over the years. She is a member of the Suhaila Dance Company and Deshret Dance Company. I am looking forward to having her at the Tribal Fest AfterParty, and thankful that she has included us in this project.

Now the 3 of us are part of what began as an idea in Jennifer’s creative brain, and has flowed into a full blown feature short film, or music video of sorts, backed by a group of professional animators and film industry producers. Below is a glimpse of the work in progress and vision from the successfully funded kickstarter campaign. The original music score was produced by DJ Amar (Yeah, That’s Me :), – and that’s me in the video clip) with choreography by Vanessa “Freyja” Naja. The project was taken on as a student project by the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is due for release later this year.

Shots-In-Progress: Glass Butterfly – Chapter I from Jennifer Phang on Vimeo.

(Note that the soundtrack in the above video is not the song we are using in the final cut).

Friday night will be the World Premiere public performance and preview of the new song, which will be included in my upcoming album due for release in 2014.

Performer Highlight: Emily Alrick

• Emily Alrick, Featured Performer, Friday night

My first introduction to Emily was in Ashland, when we did a show together. The introduction was coordinated by my friends Jeffe & Layla from Eugene. Emily hosted us in Ashland, and performed at the show with her troupe, Circus Tribal.

I was obviously impressed because I quickly invited her to perform at the Tribal Fest afterparty in its early years. If my memory serves me right, it was 2008 when she joined the cast and immediately became one of our resident performers. What I mean by ‘resident’ is that, while we bring in different performers each year, we have a small crew of regulars who join us when they are able to make it to Tribal Fest. She hasn’t been able to join us every year, but she has been there consistently as a soloist or with her troupe, Circus Tribal.

This year, she will be joining me in an improv set as part of the Electric Vardo Live piece, along with Michaella Manning and singer Daniella White. I am really looking forward to having Emily in my set, and mixing the music live – on the fly – for a truly interactive improv performance by both DJ and Dancer.

Performer Highlight: Avery Lamar

• Avery Lamar, Featured Performer, Friday night

While Tribal Fest and the AfterParties bring in performers from across the globe, we also have our home-grown folks who are hot on the touring circuit and are gems of the local community. Avery is no exception, and no stranger to the Hopmonk stage. She has hit the festival stages with the likes of Drumspyder, David Starfire and DJ Dragonfly at  Symbiosis, Earthdance and (as pictued below) Lightning in a Bottle.

She will be joining DJ Dragonfly for an improv. dance performance on Friday night.

Performer Highlight: Ariellah

• Ariellah, Featured Performer, Friday night

We are very honored to have the amazing Ariellah back for another performance at the Tribal Fest AfterParty. It is a rather rare opportunity to catch her in town these days, so we are fortunate to have her back. Many of you remember the first Tribal Fest AfterParty in 2007, when we had Ariellah, Unmata and Sabrina Fox headlining the show that started it all – the one at Oddfellows Hall (This pic below was taken at that show by Brad Dosland).

Since then, she has either been out of town or teaching and performing on the Tribal Fest stage (One thing that makes the AfterParty unique is that we do not book the same acts performing at Tribal Fest). She graced our stage at the Hopmonk again in 2011, and will be back this year for an Exclusive performance at the AfterParty, opening the performance section of the night with a very special guest joining her.

Once you enter the Abbey (following the Fire Show, performances and Live Music by Helm outside) you will be greeted by the humble greatness that is Ariellah – and will probably be blown away. I can’t think of a better way to bring ‘Halfway to Halloween’ into the night.