Get dancing to the Balkan beat! The vivacious rhythms of Balkan brass bands will blow the roof off Park Slope’s Grand Prospect Hall this weekend. The annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival — now in its ...

FEELGOOD FOLK Clarinet master Ismail Lumanovski (left) and Marco Peris, Inspector Gadje manager and drummer, are featured in ‘Balkancisco.’ (Photo courtesy of Balkcancisco) Once a week, in San ...

Musicians from Washington and Oregon will join Humboldt County bands for a night of Balkan dance music on Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. at Synapsis, 1675 Union St. in Eureka. The evening is the annual ...

The Global Mashup concert series presents a different pairing of artists each month. The show starts with dance lessons, then both ensembles play a set, showcasing traditional music from their ...

Live music abounds in Denver, but there’s nothing quite like Festo Festo. The monthly gathering of musicians, dancers and artists showcases Jewish klezmer music and a wide range of Balkan musical ...

STONE RIDGE, N.Y. — Stone Ridge Orchard’s Balkan Dance Party is set for May 3 and 4 at 3012 state Route 213. The event starts at 2 p.m. each day and runs to the wee hours. The lineup is set to include ...

Tina Croll + Company will present Balkan Bacchanal, a new hybrid choreographic work combining modern dance and Balkan folk dance at the 41st Annual Battery Dance Festival in Battery Park City, ...

At first glance, the Rickshaw Stop is an unlikely spot to host one of the world’s most celebrated Balkan musicians. For one, the Civic Center venue lacks a marquee to promote upcoming acts. It’s ...

Roma musicians in the Balkans are renowned for playing exuberant brass band tunes at weddings. Now the brash, electric keyboard-based party sound known as ‘tallava’ is making an impact outside the ...

SHANDAKEN, NY — The Phoenicia Library will celebrate the music and dance of the Balkan peninsula with a free festival of musical and choral groups playing and singing odd meters and unusual scales and ...

Opa! Kafana Balkan will be back Saturday October 18th at the Rickshaw Stop. The dance floor will be hopping! INSPECTOR GADJE brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin' brass band music of the ...

An insightful new book chronicles the rise and fall of a musical genre that for a time – for better or worse – became the ‘world’s window into Balkan identity’. For a while, Balkan folk was “the new ...