Rarely can a global traveler buy a single ticket, and make it from the Dominican Republic, to the Sahara Desert in one night, hitting Budapest, Marseilles, Milan, Seoul, and several other musical hot spots along the way. That’s just what festival-goers will experience when they go to the fifth annual globalFEST on Sunday, January 13, 2008, starting at 7 pm on all three stages at Webster Hall. The festival has become a leading showcase of global music, demonstrating the multiplicity of sounds, and performance contexts that fall under the ‘world music’ label. A third of this year’s performers are playing in the US for the first time, so globalFEST will undoubtedly introduce you to artists that may have slipped under your radar. This year, performances include artists from Korea, Senegal, France, Hungary, Brazil, Italy, Nigeria, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the United States. The festival has been internationally reviewed, and represents one of the best opportunities to catch up with the finest upcoming world musicians. Get a taste of this kaleidoscopic event, you surely won’t regret it!