We strongly believe that music should be accessible for all. Likewise, every individual should enjoy the right to education. We share this conviction with Sababu – Association for Equal Opportunity and the Support of Intercultural Dialogue. For the Sababu Festival in April 2024, we are putting on a multifaceted stage performance that brings together our strengths and skills to uplift the elimination of acoustic barriers.

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 First international Sababu Festival in Vienna.

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  In April 2024, the first international Sababu Festival is taking place at the Jazz & Music club Porgy & Bess. “Sababu” comes from the West African language Bambara and means “luck and happiness”. Twenty five years ago, at the age of twenty five, Mamadou Diabate – known as the “Master of the speaking balaphone” – came from Burkina Faso to Austria.

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 Now, as the host of the festival, he wants to share the joy of his musical success with established and upcoming talents and shine together with them on the stage.  The public is in for an unprecedented fusion of upbeat improvisation, jazz world music, slam a cappella, percussion, and – above all – lots of rhythm. All of these performers have one thing in common: the feeling of joy that comes from bringing so many memories, feelings, and people together through music.

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 From those who are new to the world of music to those who are sophisticated music connoisseurs, everyone can find something that inspires them – whether it be solo musical acts or a 16-person percussion band. And there’s more – the icing on the cake of this concert is that the festival has been equipped with an inductive sound system and that a variety of the events will also be interpreted into Austrian sign language.