Timbuktu Funk Affair - Fundraiser with Sila and the Afrofunk Experience March 23, 2007

GLEAN and the Timbuktu Music Project present:
“A TIMBUKTU FUNK AFFAIR”: A Benefit Event

Sila and the Afrofunk Experience and much more… Join the North Bay-based Global Education and Action Network (GLEAN) and The Timbuktu Music Project, when they rock SF in their annual fundraiser concert at SomArts Cultural Center (934 Brannan Street – between 8th and 9th Street). Headliners will be the critically-acclaimed local favorites, Sila and the Afrofunk Experience. Entrance to the event is $20 for adults and $10 for students, but anyone who RSVPs to timbuktufunk@hotmail.com by March 21st will be added to the guest-list and pay only $15. The all-ages event will raise funds for musical education and instruments in Mali, as well as this year’s youth expedition to West Africa, where Bay Area teens will learn about, and help document local culture, and especially music.

The night’s events will include an African buffet, a bazaar, a silent auction as well as a paintings and photographs by local artists for sale. Several African restaurants have agreed to donate their services to form a buffet, and there will also be a bar. African arts, jewelry and crafts sellers from around the Bay Area will be selling exotic goods.

Past GLEAN fundraisers have included bands such as Califone, and have always been awesome parties - this one will be no different!