Eclectic Fever: A New Year's Eve Carnival Party (Event Over)

The Bay Area’s best comes to life at this can’t-miss event celebrating all that makes San Francisco the best place to live, work, and play. Proceeds will benefit House of Hope School in Uganda, East Africa.


Held at San Francisco’s Giftcenter Pavilion on December 31, Eclectic Fever’s multicultural lineup offers a wealth of global sounds for just one reasonably-priced cover charge: Afrobeat, Afropop, and Nu-Afrikan grooves ( Sila and the AfroFunk Experience); sweaty Afo-Latin funk ( B-Side Players); provocative and boundary-busting worldy grooves ( Cheb i Sabbah);roots reggae and ska (all-Filipino ensemble Native Elements); contemporary Indian music and dance ( Nonstop Bhangra Collective); wildly energetic Brazilian dance ( Sambamora Dance Company); seductive belly dance ( Roz Wood); and the latest in international electronic sounds and world music classics ( DJ Jeremiah and Afrobeat Nation, DJ Dragonfly and DJ Felina).

Let your hangover - not apathy - be the only thing you regret in the morning.

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Funk Artist of the Year - Los Angeles Music Awards

Africa's James Brown - Oakland Post

Mixing the legendary sounds of Fela Kuti with some tricks gleaned from James Brown and P-Funk, Sila (who sings in Swahili and English) and company create a dancefloor-ready throb guaranteed to move you. - San Francisco Weekly

Kenyan funk master - San Francisco Chronicle

Guaranteed to keep you glued to the dance floor- San Francisco Bay Guardian 

Bay Area dance kings Sila and the Afrofunk Experience combine an international vision with dazzling musicianship. Frontman Victor Sila rivets audiences with a combination of James Brown's punchy grooves and Fela Kuti's relentless West African swing. - East Bay Express 

2. B-SIDE PLAYERS
(Afro-latin, Funk, Afro-Reggae, Latin-afrobeat)

Since 1994, the B-Side Players have stirred the world music melting pot with remarkable vigor. Fusing the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, and Brazil with American funk, rock, jazz, and hip-hop, the nine-man San Diego-based outfit has delivered some memorable results.- Miami News Times

Seven-member Latin music group B-Side Players play evocative songs mainly based on socio-political themes. The Players creatively blend soulful vocals, Latin percussion, reggae and salsa rythms to create a unique and infectious sound. Their new album Fire In the Youth holds the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Latino Alternative List. - MetroMix Orlando

3.DJ CHEB i SABBAH
(World beat, Middle Eastern,)

His approach to music reflects a passion for bringing people together. "Dance music can only grow bigger, because it's one way all people [can] have some sort of communion that's not present in Western society." - SF Weekly

"San Francisco's top name in global beats returns with a North African sound-scape rooted in Algeria and Morocco. The lush vocals spread like luminous tendrils wrapped around a palate of superbly textured beats and pay homage to Cheb I Sabbah's homeland folk which he jacks into a 21-century musical matrix." - Relix

"an absolutely untraditional foray into some very traditional-sounding music." Orlando Weekly

"provocative and boundary-busting" - Orange County Register

"Frequently astonishing" - The Beat

4.NATIVE ELEMENTS
(Reggae, Dub)

For more than a decade, Native Elements have been thriving on the Bay Area reggae scene, performing at musical festivals such as Reggae on the River and the Monterey Bay Reggaefest and packing them in at local clubs such as Pier 23 in San Francisco and the Shattuck Down Low in Berkeley - San Francisco Chronicle

5. NON-STOP BANGRA
(Bhangra, Dholrhythms Dance Troupe.)

Voted Top 5 Global Nights, SF Bay Guardian, 2005
Voted Top 20 Favorite far-out dance floor destinations, SF Bay Guardian, 2006

6. DJ JEREMIAH AND THE AFROFBEAT NATION
(Afrobeat, Brazillian, Afro-house, Middle Eastern, Funk)

DJ Jeremiah and his Afrobeat Nation, who provide live trumpet and percussion while Liberia-born DJ Jeremiah spins funk by the likes of James Brown as well as Afrobeat stars like Fela Kuti, infusing orchestral jazz and African tribal chants into the mix. - San Francisco Chronicle

7. DJ FELINA
(Equtorial Beats, Hip-hop, Samba, Afro-Brazilian)

"The multicultural dj with a tropical vibe" - SF Bay Guardian

"DJ Felina breaks down cultural boundaries and creatively selects the
most stylistic sounds" - Nitevibe

8. DJ DRAGONFLY
(House, Tribal, Drum n Bass, Funk)

 
9. SAMBADAMORA DANCE COMPANY
(Brazilian Samba dancers)

10. ROZ WOOD
(Tribal Belly Dancer)