MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The second annual Midtown Global Music Festival takes place Saturday. The event features music from all around the world.

Spokesperson Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra says there will be a variety of music.

NewsRadio 830 WCCO’s Susie Jones Reports

“We have jazz, we have the steel tropic drums, we have Ole Olson, so we even have Scandinavian folk music, so we have a variety of things happening,” said Sekhr-Ra. “There’s Africa, there’s China, there’s Mexico. You name it; it’s here at the Midtown Global Market.”

There is a lot to learn as well about other cultures.

“It’s an opportunity to have just a little taste of it,” she said.

The event is free and runs until 8pm Saturday night at the Midtown Global Market on Lake Street.