From the Chicago Cultural Center to Navy Pier, the 25th World Music Festival Chicago will activate 12 citywide venues to celebrate diverse heritages through music, including a sunset to sunrise Ragamala event. Throughout the 10-day festival, musical genres from geographical regions including Colombia, Vietnam, Egypt, Bosnia, and more will be presented for free to the public.For the complete schedule, visit WorldMusicFestivalChicago.org.Saturday, September 27Yeison Landero (Colombia)Funkeria (Brazil/Chicago)Martyrs’3855 N Lincoln AveChicago, IL 606138 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show21+

Elida won huge acclaim for her first album and the song Nta Konsigui (2.7 million views on YouTube), her warm, smooth voice conveying a powerful exultation. On her second album, Kebrada (named for the village where she grew up), she asserts her African identity, seasoning her Cabo Verdean beats - batuque, funaná, coladera and tabanka - with Latino energy.

Luciano was born in 1969 into a musical family in rural Iretama, Parana, Brazil’s southern region. Luciano's performance takes the audience on a tour of Brazil by presenting a wide variety of Brazilian compositions combined with his own originals; complex harmonies and melodies and complex rhythms.

Brazilian born percussionist, Heitor Garciawas introduced to percussion at the age of four; three years later his brother Paulinho Garcia gave him his first drum-set. Heitor has performed withGrazyna Auguscik, April Aloisio, Marshall Vente, Linda Tate, Francesco Crosara and his mother Lilian Terry, Matthew Skoller, Luciano Antonio, Joe Vasconcellos, Paulinho Garcia and many other musicians.