Sufi Devotional Music from North India and Pakistan

Name: Sufi Devotional Music from North India and Pakistan
Start: 2025-03-08T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-03-08T20:30:00-08:00
Location: 770 Dolores St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94110

Schedule

Sat Mar 08 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

770 Dolores St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94110 | San Francisco, CA

In-person | $20 In advance, use promo code SUFI | $25 Day of.
We appreciate advance registration: https://shorturl.at/0Ud6w
Join us for exploration of traditional devotional music from the motherland of Yoga. Sukhawat Ali Khan is an eleventh generation Sufi vocalist from the Sham Chaurasi Gharana (family) of music.that has been performed in traditional North Indian/ Pakistani Classical Music for over six centuries. Trained at a young age by his legendary father- Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Sukhawat Ali has perfected the art of soulful sufi song. He considers music as a sacred experience that unites the performer with the listener. His universal themes of love, devotion, compassion and peace appeal to audiences around the world.
Sukhawat Ali will be joined by his band, Dua, a local collective of world musicians whose high energy rhythms move audiences to their feet.
Sukhawat Ali Khan’s Sufi Music samples can be found on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sham84west
Sukhawat Ali Khan, (born 1950), son of Indian-Pakistani vocalist Ustad Salamat Ali Khan and nephew of Nazkat Ali Khan is a classical singer of Sham Chaurasia gharana tradition founded in 16th century as well as a performer of North Indian and Pakistani classical music and related folk music. He began singing and playing at age seven and has performed around the world.”