This year’s WorldFest highlights the following performers:
- Murilo Mendes, a performer of the pífano, a Brazilian flute, and an expert in forró, a Brazilian genre from its northeastern region.
- Ensemble Adilei, specializing in traditional polyphonic songs and chants of the Eurasian nation of Georgia.
- Minu Pasupathi, leading an ensemble performing classical and light classical South Indian Carnatic Music.
- Mike Speller, a teller of stories from around the world.