Independent Artist Award for Making a Global Impact, Vicki Virk
Indpendent Artists Week, Sept. 2009!
* Non Stop Bhangra Voted as one of 250 Things to do in SF before you Die!
7x7 Magazine- Jun. 2009
*Non Stop Bhangra Voted Best of 2008 Niche Dance Parties
"The Best, 08 Issue"- San Francisco Magazine, 2008
*Voted Runners up: Best Dance Company (Dholrhythms);
Best DJ (Jimmy Love); Best Party Producers (Non Stop Bhangra)
- Best of Bay Issue, SF Bay Guardian, 2008!
*Winner of 2007 Goldie(Guardian’s Outstanding Local Discovery Award)
- SF Bay Guardian, 2007!
*Non Stop Bhangra Voted Top 20 Favorite far-out dance floor destinations
- SF Bay Guardian, 2006!
*Non Stop Bhangra Voted Top 5 Global Events
- SF Bay Guardian, 2005!
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Bhangra Comes to The Mission
Mission Loc@l, May, 2008
Vicki Virk on Dhol Di Awaz-Story on Bhangra
Spark TV Show, KQED SF, Apr. 2009
NSB Featured on SF Station TV, Mar. 2009
Short Story on Vicki Virk, Project on Immigration
U.C Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Produced by Majo Calderon, April 2009!
Dholrhythms included in a feature on Bhangra
Conscious Dancer Magazine, Nov. 2008!
"Lets Bhangra" --Vicki Virk chats with Michael Krasny about Bhangra and its influence on the local dance scene. Listen to the interview.
--KQED NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO SHOW "FORUM" WITH MICHAEL KRASNY--
“Global grooves rarely taste as good as what you will find at Non Stop Bhangra. A night unlike any other & A treat for the eyes and ears, NSB will take your body and soul to whole new realms.”
--NITEVIBE--
“Didn't those festivities in "Monsoon Wedding" seem like the best party in the world? Attending the recent "Nonstop Bhangra" at San Francisco's Rickshaw Stop felt as if you'd been invited to just such a celebration.”
--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE--
“What’s bringing urban club kids and middle-aged Indian immigrants together onto sweaty dance floors, gleefully stomping their feet and raising their arms in unison? At the aptly named Nonstop Bhangra party at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop, DJs alternate classic with cutting-edge tracks, while guest musicians join in on the dhol drums and other classic Indian instruments. There, 20-something indie rockers learn traditional dance moves and play air sitar alongside die-hards from the South Bay nostalgic for home.”
--SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE--
“NonStop Bhangra delivers the whole Punjabi enchilada to the heart of mini-mono scensterdom, Rickshaw Stop. Professional dance performances, lessons for beginners, live painting and drumming, superduper psychedelic visuals, and the fabulous, mini-multicultural sight of people shaking their bangles in glee — what's better?”
–SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN--
"Border-Boundless Night"; an amazing option for those looking to mix their dance with a cocktail and actually learn something in the process"
--SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY--
"Catch the celebratory spirit of NonStop Bhangra. Originally a lively dance of Punjabi farmers celebrating the harvest, the vigorous drum-driven dance is now accented by jingling jewelery and face-swallowing smiles."
--FLAVORPILL--
“Over the course of the past three years, the monthly Non-Stop Bhangra club night has drawn to the Rickshaw Stop's dance floor hundreds of often barefoot revelers eager to lose themselves in the rum-tum-tum of the deep dhol drums, the rippling chimta claps, and the spiky electronic accouterments that make up the unique and funky, Punjabi-by-way-of-London Bhangra sound.”
--SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN--
