Around the World in One Night

The fifth annual GlobalFest, a one-night showcase of top world-music performers, will be held on Jan. 13 at Webster Hall in Manhattan. Connected to a conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, this year’s GlobalFest will feature 13 performers on three stages, including the eccentric Italian songwriter Vinicio Capossela; Fallou Dieng, a rising star of Senegalese mbalax; the Korean drumming group Dulsori; Chango Spasiuk, an accordionist from Argentina; José Manuel Cobles (a k a Puerto Plata), an octogenarian guitarist and singer from the Dominican Republic; Samarabalouf, a French Gypsy jazz band; and Toumast, a guitar group from the deserts of Niger. Tickets: (866) 448-7849 or globalfest-ny.org.
- Ben Sesario