PAST: Celebrate Nevruz with Turksoy an Evening of Music & Dance of the Turkic World MON, March 28th at Lincoln Theatre 6:30pm - 9:00pm Free, RSVP

TURKSOY: Music and Dance of the Turkic World

Monday, March 28th

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Free with RSVP

The free evening will feature over 150 musicians and dancers from 11 different Turkic nations who are uniting for an epic US debut. The event is held in celebration of the New Year holiday Nevruz, observed in most part of Eurasia, celebrating the start of spring and regarded as the first day of the year when the sun enters the house of Aries. The word Nevruz is of Persian origin and is a combination of the words “ nev” (new) and “ruz” (day), meaning new day.

Performers will be participating from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Gagauzia (Republic of Moldova), Crimea (Ukraine), Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation), The Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation), The Tuva (Russian Federation), Hakkassia (Russian Federation). This US debut concert will be a colorful display of each region’s unique, traditional customs, costumes, music and dance.

The concert is co-sponsored by The U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) and the U.S. Turkic Network (USTN) and presented by TURKSOY, The International Organization of Turkic Culture.

Lincoln Theatre

1215 U St, NW
Metro: U St