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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)
Fri, Jan 1, 2016, 12pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC
Tix: web.ovationtix.com/
Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/
Whirled Music at the Barnes!
with Phyllis Chapell, Ken Ulansey, Stan Slotter, Dave Posmontier, Chico Huff and Ruth Naomi Floyd
Friday, January 1, 2016, 6 PM - 9 PM
The Barnes Foundation
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
We'll be musically celebrating the work of Albert Barnes and Violette de Mazia, two trailblazers whose partnership sparked art education at the Barnes Foundation, with a program of French, Jewish and Jazz traditions. A great way to start the new year! Tickets are $25 (members free) and you can get 'em here: www.barnesfoundation.org
More info: www.facebook.com/events/1091493017541447/
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)
Sat, Jan 2, 2016, 7:30pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC
Tix: web.ovationtix.com/
Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/
Gaida Electrique - we blow dead goats
Sat, Jan 2, 2016, 8pm
barbès
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Tel: 347 422 0248
Matt Darriau (Klezmatics, Paradox Trio) leads his Bulgarian goat through new and used Balkan bagpipe music in a post-Paradox electric vein. Like any good shepherd he will wrangle an eclectic flock, featuring some of Brooklyn's finest Balkanites: Matt on gaida and alto, Jessica Lurie - bari sax, Seido - drums, Ari Folman-Cohen - bass, Yoshie and Avi - guitars.
klez'manne
Sat., January 2, 2016, 9pm
es Trois Arts
21 rue des Rigoles,
75020 Paris, France
More info: www.facebook.com/events/1654837974788967/
Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on Jan 3 features Allen Watsky & the Djangle Box Project.
General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/546766928816548/
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
the golden bridge (di goldene kale)
Sun, Jan 3, 2016, 2pm, 6pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
NYC
Tix: web.ovationtix.com/
Sure to be a cultural cornerstone of the season, don't miss this rediscovered and restored classic operetta masterpiece. Performed with a cast of 20 and 14-piece orchestra, The Golden Bride will debut to an audience for the first time in 70 years!
More info: www.facebook.com/folksbiene/
Klezmer session at The Harrison
Sunday Jan 3, 2015, 8-10.30pm
The Harrison,
28 Harrison Street,
London WC1H 8JF
Join Ilana Cravitz and friends for a new monthly Klezmer session at The Harrison in Kings Cross.
First Sunday of every month, 8-10.30pm on the Ground Floor.
(No brass or percussion instruments)
Spectacular! See you there?
Free to listen or play
pdfs of tunes
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1540888606157169/
Tim Sparks, Phil Heywood & Dean Magraw
Saturday, January 9, 2016, 8 PM
Hopkins Center for the Arts
1111 Mainstreet,
Hopkins, Minnesota 55343
$22 ($19 for students & over 60); Box Office: 952-979-1111
More info: hwww.facebook.com/events/543916339100339/
Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour
Fri, January 8, 2016, 9pm
Radio Coffee & Beer
4204 Manchaca Rd,
Austin, Texas 78704
Come dance the hora with us! A night of instrumental Klezmer music and Yiddish folk songs. January 8th's performance will be part of a continuing Klezmer series 2nd Fridays after Shabbat services 9-11pm at RADIO Coffee and Beer on Man-shack just north of Ben White.
More info: www.facebook.com/events/522258607948384/
Le Samedi 09/01/2016 à sevran (93) dans le cadre d'une deuxième programmation au sein de la saison culturelle.
Espace François-Mauriac à 20h30
Plus d'infos: www.ville-sevran.fr/programme-du-premier-semestre
Benefit Concert for the Klezmer Music Foundation
Sunday, January 10, 4 pm
Temple Chai, 1670 Checker Rd,
Long Grove, IL
The Klezmer Music Foundation supports the Junior Klezmer Orchestra, which helps to pass along traditional Jewish music from generation to generation. Please come to hear our music and support this organization.
Suggested Donation: $10 Adults, $5 Children at the door
Stay for a dessert reception and bake sale after the show!
Calling all Angels! Call or email to get your “Band Angel” $36 Special Seating (by reservation only)
More info: www.facebook.com/events/673013792838667/
Women’s Voices, Women’s Stories with poets, Shadab Zeest Hashmi and Alicia Jo Rabins
Sunday, January 10, 4 pm
Women's Museum of California
2730 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 103
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone: (619) 233-7963
This new monthly series will feature women writers of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and other genres who will read from or perform their work and engage in dialogues with audience members.
More info: womensmuseumca.org/event/author-series-hashmi-and-rabins
Sklamberg & the Shepherds
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 7pm
Brighton Unitarian Church
New Road Brighton,
East Susx BN1 1UF, UK
Sklamberg & the Shepherds brings together three renowned performers of
traditional Eastern European Jewish music: Lorin Sklamberg, cofounder and lead
singer of the Klezmatics; clarinetist/composer Merlin Shepherd, a uniquely
innovative force in the klezmer renaissance; and Polina Shepherd, a virtuosic
vocalist/pianist/composer originally from Siberia. This fresh collaboration blends
traditional and newly composed Yiddish and Russian song with klezmer and
southern Mediterranean music.
Tickets here (£11.49–£16.75)
More info: sklambergandtheshepherds.wordpress.com/news-events/
Moishe Oysher - The Master Singer of His People!,
a full-length musical review with Cantor Arik Luck, singers Sari Greenberg and Cantors Billy Tiep, Roslyn Barak, and Marsha Attie, and a seven-piece band.
Monday, January 11, 7:30pm
Temple Emanu-el
2 Lake St
San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $22 seniors, students / $25 general.
More info: 415.751.2541,
Brown Paper Tickets
Steven Greenman leads a Klezmer Music Master Class
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016; Time TBA
Carleton College
Department of Music
One North College Street
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
tel: 507-222-4347
Acclaimed klezmer violinist/composer/educator Steven Greenman will lead a klezmer music masterclass for Carleton College's World Music Chamber Ensemble. Music taught to include East European Jewish instrumental folk music (klezmer), Yiddish song and one Romani (Gypsy) melody.
More info: www.stevengreenman.com
Saray Iluminado plays a concert of Sephardic music
Jan 13, 2016
Hobart Synagogue,
Tasmania, Australia.
Details and bookings at www.trybooking.com/JMDA
The Braided Candle—Jewish Violin Meets Chinese Pipa
Steven Greenman and Gao Hong
In this captivating collaboration, internationally acclaimed musicians Steven Greenman (violin) and Gao Hong (pipa) weave a braided tapestry of musical impulses through improvisation, the use of ancient musical modes and contrasting rhythms inspired by both traditions.
Thurs, Jan 14, 2016
11:00am
Kang Le Adult Day Care Center
5593 West 78th Street
Edina, MN 55439
2:00pm
Sholom East Campus Auditorium
740 Kay Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102
6:30pm-9pm Central
McNally Smith College of Music – Auditorium
19 Exchange Street East
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
Pre-concert Discussion/Demonstration at 6:30 p.m.
Concert begins at 7 p.m.
tel: 2162806033
More info: www.stevengreenman.com
Klezmer Workshop, with Dave Rosenfeld
Thursday, January 14, 2016, 7:00-8:15pm and subsequent five Thursdays
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 644-2020
Klezmer scales, rhythms, melodies, and ensemble skills for all instruments and levels. Tuition: $130 for the session. $120 for early enrollment.
More info: 415.407.7162
thefreight.org/klezmer-ensemble-workshop-1-dave-rosenfeld
Musical Improvisation for Instrumentalists & Vocalists, with Dave Rosenfeld
Thursday, January 14, 2016, 8:30-9:45pm and subsequent five Thursdays
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 644-2020
From klezmer to the avant-garde; anything is possible! All instruments and levels welcome. Tuition: $130 for the session. $120 early enrollment
More info: 415.407.7162
www.thefreight.org/musical-improvisation-instrumentalists-vocalists-david-rosenfeld
BIG, BOLD, AND BALKAN
ZLATNE USTE GOLDEN FESTIVAL 31 YEARS AND COUNTING!
Friday, Jan 15th, 7:30pm to 12:30am;
Grand Prospect Hall
263 Prospect Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Admission: $35
Two Night Festival Admission: $80
Discount for students with ID
Children 12 and under: free
Tix/More info: http://goldenfest.org
On January 15 and 16th, 2016, Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall will again come alive with the music, song, and dance of the Balkans (and well beyond) as some 60 bands and 3000 revelers gather for the 31st annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival. Anchored in Balkan traditions (roughly Romania to Greece, Croatia to Turkey), and venturing generously beyond (this year including Yiddish Zingeray and Michael Winograd!), the programming spans the ancient and the experimental, the oud and the synthesizer. It’s a pop-up community where young and old, the folklorist, music professional, and party animal come together in two nights of joy.
Complimentary Balkan & Middle Eastern Snacks/Cash Bar
Carleton College Faculty & Guest Artist Concert:
Gao Hong and Steven Greenman
An enticing concert blending traditional klezmer and Chinese folk music
Friday January 15th, 2016 from 8pm-9:30pm
Carleton College – Concert Hall
One North College Street
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
(507)222-4350
The Braided Candle: Jewish Violin Meets Chinese Pipa
In this captivating collaboration, internationally acclaimed musicians Steven Greenman (violin) and Gao Hong (pipa) weave a braided tapestry of musical impulses through improvisation, the use of ancient musical modes and contrasting rhythms inspired by both traditions.As a special addition to this concert, Greenman and Gao Hong will be joined by members of the Carleton World Music Chamber Ensemble performing repertoire learned during Greenman’s master class.
More info: www.stevengreenman.com
BIG, BOLD, AND BALKAN
ZLATNE USTE GOLDEN FESTIVAL 31 YEARS AND COUNTING!
Sat, Jan 16th, 6:00pm to 2:00am;
Grand Prospect Hall
263 Prospect Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Admission: $55
Two Night Festival Admission: $80
Discount for students with ID
Children 12 and under: free
Tix/More info: http://goldenfest.org
On January 15 and 16th, 2016, Brooklyn's Grand Prospect Hall will again come alive with the music, song, and dance of the Balkans (and well beyond) as some 60 bands and 3000 revelers gather for the 31st annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival. Anchored in Balkan traditions (roughly Romania to Greece, Croatia to Turkey), and venturing generously beyond (this year including Yiddish Zingeray and Michael Winograd!), the programming spans the ancient and the experimental, the oud and the synthesizer. It’s a pop-up community where young and old, the folklorist, music professional, and party animal come together in two nights of joy.
Complimentary Balkan & Middle Eastern Snacks/Cash Bar
Klezmer night at GPSCY
Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 8pm
204 York St.,
New Haven, CT
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1713200595660222/
Our first of a series of local music community showcases! Come down to the lounge at GPSCY (204 York St, upstairs) and learn some awesome music:
There will be a brief introduction to the music and a walkthrough of a song followed by jamming.
No experience necessary, just bring an instrument and willingness to learn and jam!
Must be 21+ with valid gov't ID to enter.
Orchestra Euphonos
Mon, Jan 18, 2015, 6-8pm
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
1475 Shattuck,
Berkeley, CA
No cover; $10 minimum purchase
(510) 848-3354
More info (when calendar is actually updated): hsaulsdeli.com/deli/klezmer-mondays/
Hankus Netsky & Eden MacAdam-Somer
Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 7:30pm
The Burren
247 Elm St.
Somerville, MA 02144
Join two of the world's most renowned, dynamic, & original
Jewish music performers for an evening of Yiddish & Hassidic
song & klezmer dance tunes.
More info: www.facebook.com/events/512655845526334/
Our next klezmer jam will be Wednesday, January 20, 2016, from 7:30 to 10:00 with a potluck soup and snack break around 9. This will be an all-request evening. 9705 1st Ave NW, Seattle. All instruments and levels welcome. Sheet music is provided.
immersenyc presents: Water & Wine
An elegant evening of wine, music, storytelling to honor our volunteer mikveh guides, who pour their hearts into the work of facilitating powerful, transformative experiences.
Featuring delicious, local, and kosher hors d'oeuvres by Moss Café, powerful storytelling performances about mikveh and transformation, music by guitarist Yoshie Fruchter & violinist Alicia Svigals, and hosted by Shira Kline, ritual leader of Lab/Shul.
Jan 21, 2016, 6-8pm
City Winery
NYC
More info: waterandwine.splashthat.com/
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Jan 21, 2016
Norden Farm Arts Centre
Maidenhead, UK
tix: norden.farm
box office: 01628 788997
Yiddish Art Trio
January 21, 2016, 7:30pm
House Concert
Palo Alton, California
more on Yiddish Art Trio Website
Musik in Auschwitz
Friday, January 22, 2016, 7pm
Gemeindezentrum St. Marien Lemgo
Stiftstrasse 56, 32657
Lemgo, Germany
gelesen von Markus Hottgenroth aus dem gleichnamigen Buch von Simon Láks
Musik von Verena Guido und Annette Maye
More info: www.facebook.com/events/1081822138507496/
Yiddish Art Trio & Veretski Pass
January 22, 2016, 8pm
House Concert @ Karen and Delilah's
Double Bill w/ Veretski Pass
San Francisco, CA
Limited seating and always sells out. Tickets: $20
more on Yiddish Art Trio Website
Yiddish Art Trio
January 23, 2015
House Concert
Santa Barbara, CA
more on Yiddish Art Trio Website
The London Klezmer Quartet
Klezmer Keilidh with Guy Schalom (dance caller)
23 January, 2016, 7:30pm
Marine Theatre
Lyme Regis, UK
An alternative Burns Night dance, with hot stew dinner! Details and tickets
Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8pm
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
3330 Civic Center Drive
Torrance, CA 90503
Tickets $25-$35
310-781-7171
More info: torrancearts.org/metropolitan-klezmer/
די וועלט פֿון חסידישער מוזיק The World of Chasidic Music
Sun, January 24, 2016, 1:30 pm
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center-Bronx
3301 Bainbridge Ave,
Bronx, New York 10467
איר זענט האַרציק פֿאַרבעטן אויף אַן אינטערעסאַנטער לעקציע פֿון אַ היימישן מבֿין, ר' וואָווקע, "די וועלט פֿון חסידישער מוזיק". אין דער מוזיקאַלישער פּראָגראַם: אַ חסידישער בל-מנגן. אַרײַנגאנג: $5, פֿרײַ פאַר מיטגלידער.
Please attend our upcoming lecture in Yiddish by a heymisher expert on Hasidic music, Reb Vovke: "The World of Hasidic Music" In the musical program: A singer of Hasidic songs and nigunim. Contribution: $5.00 Members free. Corner 208th street, near Montefiore Hospital. D train to 205th St. or 4 train to Moshulu Parkway
More info: www.facebook.com/events/566253063539221/
24 January, 2016, 3pm
Exeter Synagogue
Exeter, UK
Yiddish Art Trio
January 24, 2016, 7pm
Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA
Sun, Jan 24, 2016, 7pm
Musical Instrument Museum
4725 East Mayo Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ 85050
480-478-6000
Tickets $38.50-$43.50
Sklamberg & the Shepherds
Sunday, January 24, 2016, 7pm
Jamboree
Cable Street Studios Courtyard
566 Cable St., Limehouse
London, E1W 3HB, UK
Sklamberg & the Shepherds brings together three renowned performers of
traditional Eastern European Jewish music: Lorin Sklamberg, cofounder and lead
singer of the Klezmatics; clarinetist/composer Merlin Shepherd, a uniquely
innovative force in the klezmer renaissance; and Polina Shepherd, a virtuosic
vocalist/pianist/composer originally from Siberia. This fresh collaboration blends
traditional and newly composed Yiddish and Russian song with klezmer and
southern Mediterranean music.
Tickets here (£11.49–£16.75)
More info: sklambergandtheshepherds.wordpress.com/news-events/
24 January, 2016, 7:30pm
Artsreach
Portesham Village Hall
W. Dorset, UK
More info/tix: www.artsreach.co.uk/programme/show_details.php?showid=291
Reading: Alicia Jo Rabins with Kate Angus, Frances Justine Post, & Joe Pan
Tues January 26, 2016, 7 pm, free
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave,
Brooklyn, New York 11238
More info: www.facebook.com/events/587667398055595/
Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on Jan 17, 2016 features a double bill: Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos
General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
For further info: www.citywinery.com
Klezmer Creek
Fourth Wednesday Klezmer Nights—performance followed by jam
Wednesday, Jan 27, 2016 7:00-8:00pm
Gaia's Garden
1899 Mendocino Avenue,
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Entertainment free with $5 minimum purchase.
More info: 707.544.2491
Yiddish glory: Lost songs of life and fate
Wed., January 27th, 2016, 8pm
Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
10268 Yonge Street,
Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 3B7, Canada
Tel: 905-787-8811
Tix: www.russiantix.com/tickets.asp?event=440
An all-star supergroup resurrects Yiddish songs from World War II that were thought lost to history until U of T professor Anna Shternshis discovered them sealed in Ukrainian archives. From a collection of thousands, the most heartfelt and defiant songs have been selected and arranged for their premieres – featuring Russian singer Psoy Korolenko and the virtuosic trio Loyko from Russia, and acclaimed Canadian artists: singer Sophie Milman, accordionist Shalom Bard, clarinetist Shalom Bard, trumpeter David Buchbinder, and young singer Isaac Rosenberg.
More info: www.showoneproductions.ca
29 January, 2016
Lakeside Theatre
University of Essex
Colchester, UK
Folk Ball Festival
January 29-31, 2016
Union South
1308 W Dayton St
Madison WI 53715
Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation of usual venue Memorial Union.
SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK, your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
More info: www.madfolkball.org
Folk Ball Festival
January 29-31, 2016
Union South
1308 W Dayton St
Madison WI 53715
Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation of usual venue Memorial Union.
SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK, your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
More info: www.madfolkball.org
Folk Ball Festival
January 29-31, 2016
Union South
1308 W Dayton St
Madison WI 53715
Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation of usual venue Memorial Union.
SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK, your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
More info: www.madfolkball.org
Folk Ball Festival
January 29-31, 2016
Union South
1308 W Dayton St
Madison WI 53715
Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation of usual venue Memorial Union.
SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK, your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
More info: www.madfolkball.org
Folk Ball Festival
January 29-31, 2016
Union South
1308 W Dayton St
Madison WI 53715
Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation of usual venue Memorial Union.
SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK, your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
More info: www.madfolkball.org
Folk Ball Festival
January 29-31, 2016
Union South
1308 W Dayton St
Madison WI 53715
Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation of usual venue Memorial Union.
SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS. Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK, your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open, free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
More info: www.madfolkball.org
