{"id":6970879,"date":"2025-12-12T21:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=6970879"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:45:48","slug":"angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five-time Grammy Award\u2013winning artist <strong>Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo<\/strong> makes her long-awaited return to Ann Arbor, bringing her unmistakable voice, radiant energy, and joy-filled music back to the stage for the first time since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognized by <em>TIME<\/em> as one of the \u201cMost Influential People\u201d of 2021 and hailed by <em>The Guardian<\/em> as one of the \u201cTop 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World,\u201d Kidjo stands among the most powerful creative forces in international music today. Her work boldly bridges genres, generations, and cultures\u2014 weaving West African rhythms with jazz, pop, funk, R&amp;B, Latin grooves, and contemporary dance music. Through this musical alchemy, she honors Africa\u2019s rich heritage while constantly pushing its sound into new, forward-looking territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of four decades, Kidjo has built an extraordinarily diverse artistic journey, collaborating with some of the world\u2019s most celebrated musicians, including Bono, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Yo-Yo Ma, Branford Marsalis, Carlos Santana, Philip Glass, Dianne Reeves, and the Kronos Quartet. As NPR writes, \u201cHer music transcends mere danceability and instead possesses you with its rhythm, leaving you no choice but to move with the groove.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her return promises an unforgettable evening of musical brilliance\u2014an invitation to connect, celebrate, and move together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6971158,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[230],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[238],"class_list":["post-6970879","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-music","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-concert"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Experience the electrifying return of five-time Grammy winner Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo to Ann Arbor. A global icon, Kidjo blends West African rhythms with jazz, pop, and contemporary sounds in a powerful celebration of connection, culture, and musical innovation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Experience the electrifying return of five-time Grammy winner Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo to Ann Arbor. A global icon, Kidjo blends West African rhythms with jazz, pop, and contemporary sounds in a powerful celebration of connection, culture, and musical innovation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-12T21:45:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/akidjo_600x600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor - Villa Albertine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/akidjo_600x600.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-12T21:45:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-12T21:45:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Experience the electrifying return of five-time Grammy winner Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo to Ann Arbor. A global icon, Kidjo blends West African rhythms with jazz, pop, and contemporary sounds in a powerful celebration of connection, culture, and musical innovation.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/akidjo_600x600.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/akidjo_600x600.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/events\\\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/\",\"name\":\"Villa Albertine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/villa-albertine.org\\\/va\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor - Villa Albertine","description":"Experience the electrifying return of five-time Grammy winner Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo to Ann Arbor. A global icon, Kidjo blends West African rhythms with jazz, pop, and contemporary sounds in a powerful celebration of connection, culture, and musical innovation.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor - Villa Albertine","og_description":"Experience the electrifying return of five-time Grammy winner Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo to Ann Arbor. A global icon, Kidjo blends West African rhythms with jazz, pop, and contemporary sounds in a powerful celebration of connection, culture, and musical innovation.","og_url":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/","og_site_name":"Villa Albertine","article_modified_time":"2025-12-12T21:45:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/akidjo_600x600.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/","url":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/","name":"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor - Villa Albertine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/akidjo_600x600.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-12T21:45:38+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-12T21:45:48+00:00","description":"Experience the electrifying return of five-time Grammy winner Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo to Ann Arbor. A global icon, Kidjo blends West African rhythms with jazz, pop, and contemporary sounds in a powerful celebration of connection, culture, and musical innovation.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/akidjo_600x600.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/akidjo_600x600.jpg","width":600,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/angelique-kidjo-a-global-icon-returns-to-ann-arbor\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo: A Global Icon Returns to Ann Arbor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/#website","url":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/","name":"Villa Albertine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/app_event\/6970879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/app_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/app_event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6971158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6970879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"app_discipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/app_discipline?post=6970879"},{"taxonomy":"app_city_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/app_city_tax?post=6970879"},{"taxonomy":"app_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/app_event_type?post=6970879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}