Balkan New Year's Eve at Ashkenaz!

[Jenette Sellin]

Hi everyone, 

Mark your calendars for this year's Balkan New Year's Eve Celebration at Ashkenaz! Come ring in the New Year with three amazing live bands, dancing all night, champagne, and an energetic family friendly party! 

📍Location: Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA

🗓 Date: December 31st 2025 8 PM - late. Music begins at 8:30 PM.

🎟 Tickets: available at https://www.ashkenaz.com/#/events/158738. $35 Pre-Sale tickets, $45 Day-Of tickets. Kids 12 and under enter FREE! Midnight champagne included in ticket price. 

This year features an opening set of vocal-harmony-forward tunes from the Balkans to the Bayou by True Life Trio, an exhilarating Balkan Brass dance party by Fanfare Zambaleta, and a folk dance accordion extravaganza by Dan Cantrell & Friends! Bring your dance shoes, your shiny outfits, and a readiness to leap into 2026 surrounded by friends, family, and live music! There will be Bulgarian, Romani, Greek, Albanian, and more.

New Year’s Eve at Ashkenaz is traditionally a night of Balkan music and dancing in honor of the late Ashkenaz founder David Nadel and the music he first featured at his world dance club. Hope to see you there!