Wed October 8, Ashkenaz: Live Music, monthly Balkan Folk Dancing, with Orkestar Unbound, 7 pm!
Nadav Nur
Party Time!
Live Music for monthly Balkan Folk Dancing with Orkestar Unbound!
at Ashkenaz, Wednesday, October 8th, 7 to 10 pm.
This month’s Balkan Folk Dancing on Wednesdays will be a special treat: Folk Dance Party to Live Music with Orkestar Unbound!
Orkestar Unbound will also be playing at Kolo Festival (Nov 28-30) and to get you in the Balkan swing, Kolo Festival is covering the cost of the band playing at Ashkenaz on October 8th. Thank you Kolo Festival! (https://kolofestival.org/)
Orkestar Unbound serves up a heady stew of energetic and soulful dances from the Balkans (Macedonia, Bulgaria, the Romani, Greece, Albania, etc.), and beyond!
The Bay-Area favorite band includes:
Bill Cope: gajda, bouzouki, tambura, accordion,
Yağmur Alı Coşkun: Turkish saz, tambura & guitar
Dan Auvil: percussion.
Teaching for all levels by Nadav Nur and Susie Shoaf, 7 to 730 pm, Dancing 730 to 10 pm.
Whether you are a novice or an expert, we hope you can come!
Ashkenaz Music & Dance, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, nr Gilman, ashkenaz.com
Cost, $10. More info here (note: dancing 730 – 10 pm to live music w/ Orkestar Unbound!)
Mark your calendars:
Wednesday, November 12: Balkan Folk Dancing to Recorded Music, 7 to 10 pm:
Join us for a revival of `70s-style Berkeley folk dancing—with International Request dancing—to recorded music, evoking the spirit that inspired David Nadel when he opened Ashkenaz in 1973. Cost, $10.