A multicultural musical celebration featuring local musical talents Hickory Stew, The Joel LaRue Smith Quartet and Balatón.

Hickory Stew, a Tufts band, features Irish Traditional and American old-time high energy dance music. The members are Addie Holland (fiddle), Patrick Murray (uillean pipes), and Mike Dupuy (guitar/banjo).

The Joel LaRue Smith Quartet plays a mix of jazz, and Latin jazz. They have traveled extensively through Europe and the Caribbean. The band features Joel LaRue-Smith on piano, Chuck Langford on tenor sax, Brian McCree on bass and Alvin Terry on drums.

Balatón as a group celebrates the rich diversity of Latin America and the Caribbean through a vast array of styles and rhythms. Balatón features Gian Carlo Buscaglia on cuatro, guitar and vocals, Roberto Cassan on accordion and keyboard, Papo Rosario on vocals and small percussion and Lionel Girardeau on bass.