A featured artist at this year’s PVD Fest, Sidy Maiga will be leading a drum circle at 2pm in Burnside Park on Saturday.
Maiga is a gifted percussionist and teacher from Mali who combines West African rhythmic traditions with Caribbean and hip-hop styles. He partnered with DPPC last September to lead the Afrika Nyaga drum and dance festival in Burnside Park, and has performed for the Burnside Music Series with his group Afrimanding. He will also be leading drum circles at the downtown farmer’s market several times this summer. Maiga has taught workshops at various schools and universities and has performed with a wide variety of artists.
In 2011, he was honored as the RI State Council’s Folk Arts Fellowship winner and was selected as one of the MacColl Johnson Fellows for Music Composition. We’re so excited to be able to host such a talented and celebrated artist at PVD Fest this year! Every 4th Tuesday in July and August, Sidy Maiga will do open drum circle at Play in the Park during downtown farmers market.