Performances and Events - 2009

The University of Hartford’s International Center hosts its 24th annual International Festival on Saturday, March 7, 2009. The festival begins at 5:00 pm at the Gengras Student Union. Odaiko New England is scheduled to perform at 6:00 pm. The event also features performances by Violet Samudra and Berkshire Samba, as well as cuisine from 11 different countries around the world.

Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for faculty, staff and guests. Tickets are on sale at the International Center or by calling 860-768-4870.

Odaiko New England joins the Northeastern University community to celebrate the 12th annual International Gala Night, a colorful cultural spectrum of song, dance and fashion from around the globe. Enjoy dazzling cultural performances from Albania, Barbados, China and more in one, dazzling, unforgettable evening! The International Gala Night is sponsored by Northeastern University’s International Student & Scholar Institute.

Odaiko New England will be the opening act at 7:00 pm.

ISSI 12th Annual International Gala Night (pdf)
7:00 – 9:30 pm
Northeastern Univerity
Blackman Theatre - Ell Hall
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

To celebrate the start of baseball season at Fenway Park, Odaiko New England and Japanese jazz trumpeter Tiger Okoshi will present a concert of traditional Japanese and American music. The program will feature the taiko-and-trumpet rendition of the National Anthem that opened several winning Red Sox games!

The one hour concert begins at 10:00 am on April 15th at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall at the UMass Amherst campus.

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
UMass Amherst

Odaiko New England joins local artists and schools for Jamaica Plain’s Wake up the Earth Festival. Since 1979 the festival has stood as a celebration of community, and a showcase of what people of all traditions, cultures, ages, and beliefs can accomplish when we come together!

Odaiko New England will be performing from 12:15 to 1:00 pm on the 'Moon Stage' near the Stony Brook stop on the Boston MBTA Orange Line.

Odaiko New England’s thunderous taiko rhythms will energize more than 40 thousand walkers at this year’s Walk for Hunger in support of Project Bread. We’ll be playing at Commonwealth Avenue and Hereford Street in Boston, at mile 18.5 on the 20-mile route. We look forward to sharing our spirit and joy with walkers nearing the end of a long and admirable journey.

Concord-Carlisle's Taiko After Dark is hosting this year's Spring Showcase.
Performers include Taiko After Dark; ONE Ensemble Members; ONE Community Members (performing Hamon); ONE Styles Class (performing Matsuri); ONE Recreational Taiko Class; Wellesley University's Aiko; and more!

Admission is free, donations appreciated.

Concord-Carlisle High School Auditorium,
500 Walden Street,
Concord, MA.

Just like Odaiko New England, Boston's Dragon Boat Festival transforms ancient traditions into an exciting cultural event. The longest-running dragon boat festival in North America celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend! And Odaiko New England (who celebrated its own 15th anniversary just last weekend) is thrilled to once again send some noise across the Charles River toward the Boston-side races.

The Cambridge-side festival starts at 12:00 noon and admission is free. Odaiko New England performs at 4:00 pm, right before the Awards Ceremony. For more information, www.bostondragonboat.org

Perhaps one of the most exuberant celebrations of Boston's Pride Week is the Pride Parade, which winds through Boston on Saturday, June 13th, rain or shine. Odaiko New England will join the Boston Queer Asian Pacific Alliance for the parade, and is thrilled to help celebrate this year's theme, "Trans-forming our Community."

http://www.bostonpride.org

Odaiko New England joins in celebrating the City of Waltham and its relationship with the Charles River in the first annual Waltham Riverfest.

http://www.walthamriverfest.com/

Odaiko New England leads the Fight Back Ceremony for the Wakefield Relay for Life.

For more information, visit the American Cancer Society website.

Odaiko New England will be riding on the Fugakyu float in this year's July 4th Parade in Sudbury, MA.

Odaiko New England performs at the Newport Blackships Festival, hosted by the Japan-America Society of Rhode Island.

Saturday's Festival of Drums will be held at the
  Newport Yachting Center.

Sunday's Festival of Drums will be held at
  Cardine’s Field

www.blackshipsfestival.com

Bring a blanket and picnic basket to MacKay Library in North Chelmsford for Odaiko New England's World Wide Wednesday performance on July 29th at 6:30 pm.

• MacKay Library
• 43 Newfield Street
• N. Chelmsford, MA 01863

Odaiko New England will join ONE Board Member Midori Oka in a celebration of Obon, the Japanese festival to honor our ancestors.

• Springstep
• 98 George P. Hassett Drive
• Medford, MA 02155

Tickets are available at www.springstep.org .

Odaiko New England will join the Boston Children's Museum in their celebration of Obon, the Japanese festival to honor our ancestors.

• Boston Children's Museum
• 300 Congress Street
• Boston, MA 02210

www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org

Odaiko New England is honored to be performing at this year's Taiko 10, a community concert held in association with the biennial North American Taiko Conference.

• Noguchi Plaza, Little Tokyo
• 244 S. San Pedro Street
• Los Angeles, CA 90012

Cancelled due to Tornado Watch!

Odaiko New England's Pangaea performance takes place in Edwards Auditorium and is free and open to the public! Doors open at 7:30.

• Zenshinkan Dojo
• 65 Water Street
• Worcester, MA 01604

Showa's annual student-presented festival.
Student displays begin at 1:00 pm, followed by Odaiko New England's performance at 3:30 pm.