New York, January 11, 2008 -- The two big concerts of the annual convention for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters are the Winter Jazzfest on Saturday and GlobalFest on Sunday. But this weekend there will be showcases around town for members of the association, who book concert halls and arrange tours. On Friday Sullivan Hall, a new club in Greenwich Village, presents Cheb i Sabbah, an Algerian-born D.J. who uses dance music to blend Arabic and devotional Indian traditions; Hassan Hakmoun, who leads spellbinding trance ceremonies with the bluesy Gnawa music of Morocco; Bassam Saba, who plays the ney, an Arabic reed flute; and Riffat Sultana, a Pakistani singer in the tradition of her father, the esteemed Salamat Ali Khan.

At 8:15 p.m.,
214 Sullivan Street, near Bleecker Street,
(212) 477-2782,
Sullivan Hall New York City - January 2008
$30