National Geographic Music (National Geographic)

From outdoor festivals to big stadium shows, summer means live music season - and this summer some of our favorite artists from the Nat Geo Music roster will be on tour and playing at a venue near you. Here in North America we've got Canada's hardrocking Bedouin Soundclash barnstorming through the Northeast, Midwest and Canada in June and July; psychedlic afrorockers Toubab Krewe will be touring up and down the East Coast at the same time; and GRAMMY-winners Grupo Fantasma will bring their big cumbia sound to select Southern dates in June. We're even bringing over Italian pop rockers The R's for a few dates in New York City, including a gig at downtown indie music mecca Pianos.

Meanwhile, if you live in Europe, we've got the ever-elegant Bibi Tanga and The Selenites playing select dates in France and Spain; Spanish singer-songwriter Depedro will be touring Italy, Spain, Russia and Germany; Forró in the Dark will bring their Brazilian swing to Central Europe, and our old friends Balkan Beat Box will split their time between both continents, bringing their whirlwind stage show to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic - including a lighting raid on their old home town, at NYC's Brooklyn Bowl.

Complete Summer Tour Listings Below:

Bedouin Soundclash:

6/9/11 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY.
6/10/11 Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, Burlington, VT.
6/11/11 The Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY
6/22/11 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN.
6/23/11 Subterranean, Chicago, IL
6/24/11 Shelter, Detroit, MI.
6/30/11 Market Square Boardwalk, Saint John, NB


7/2/11 Kirkland Lake Community Complex, Kirkland Lake, ON
7/6/11 Lebreton Flats, Ottawa, ON






7/8/11 Wascana Park, Regina, Saskatchewan






7/11/11 The Whiskey, Calgary, AB






7/16/11 Holland Park, Surrey, BC

Grupo Fantasma:

6/17/11 The Earl, Atlanta, GA
6/18/11 Riverbend Festival, Chattanooga, TN
6/25/11 Wine and All That Jazz Festival, Charleston, WV
6/26/11 Clifton Center, Louisville, KY

Toubab Krewe:

6/13/11 Seacrets, Ocean City, MD.
6/15/11 Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA.
6/16/11 World Cafe Live, Wilmington, DE.
6/17/11 Recher Theater, Towson, MD.
6/18/11 Clearwater Festival, Croton on Hudson, NY.
6/30/11 Electric Forest, Rothbury, MI.
7/2/11 - 7/3/11 High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy, CA.
7/15/11 All Good Music Festival & Campout, Masontown, WV.
7/28/11 - 07/29/11 Floyd Fest - Blue Cow Pavillion, Floyd, VA.
8/5/2011 - 8/6/11 Gaia Festival - Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville, CA
1/9/12 - 1/14/12 Jam Cruise 10, Ft.Lauderdale, FL.

Balkan Beat Box:
6/24/11 SOLIDAYS, Paris, France
6/25/11 Rencontres et Racines, Audincourt, France
6/26/11 Genk, Belgium
7/14/11 Chauffer dans la Noirceur, Montmartin/Mer, France
7/15/11 La Mar de Musicas, Cartagena, Spain
7/16/11 Sonnenrot Festival, Munich, Germany
7/17/11 Les Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix, France
7/19/11 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
7/20/11 Lincoln Hall, Chicago, Illinois
7/21/11 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY
7/22/11 Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival, Trumansburg, New York
7/23/11 Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary, Canada
8/27/11 Aste Nagusia, Bilbao, Spain
8/28/11 SOL Festival, Extramadura, Spain

Bibi Tanga & The Selenites:

7/7/11 Sun Arts Festival, Vaucluse, France
8/6/11 Cvrest Jazz Vocal Fest, Rhône-Alpe, France
8/12/11 Fête Basque - Hendaye, Hendaye Hendaye, Pays Basqu
8/17/11 Scène d'été Genève, Switzerland
10/28/11 Auditorio de Baranain Pamplona, Spain

DePedro:

6/30/11 Libra Festival + Devochka, Biella, Italy
7/2/11 Movement Festival, Perm, Russia
7/7/11 Nocturama Seville, Spain
7/16/11 Pirineos Sur, Sallent de Gállego, Huesca
7/29/11 Bardentreffen, Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany

Forró in the Dark:

6/12/11 The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
6/28/11 Festival de la Cite, Lausanne, Switzerland
7/1/11 Sommarscen, Malmo, Sweden
7/2/11 Samba al Pais, Negrepelisse, France
7/7/11 Lucerna Music Bar, Prague, Czech Republic
7/8/11 Pohoda Festival Trencin, Slovakia

The R's

6/14/11 Bruar Falls , Brooklyn, NY
6/15/11 TBA New York NY
6/16/11 Pianos. New York, NY