Musical traditions from these nations were presented
by the Monterey World Music Festival  1997 - 2003:


In Loving Memory:
The Monterey World Music Festival
1997 - 2003
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No matter what your tradition or background, music lifts the spirit and expresses with beauty, feeling and dignity the yearning of every people. 

Music is a potent expressive and spiritual force that has the power to dissolve racial, national, and ideological barriers.

   Artists from around the world came to the Central Coast for seven annual Monterey World Music Festivals.   Please join with us in remebrance and share the spirit of the global family!

As a gesture of global healing in response to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the board of the Cultural Council for Monterey County presented the Monterey World Music Festival free of charge September 14, 15, and 16,  2001.