Enjoy a rockin' concert and workshop by local Eastern European music groups Myrtle St. Klezmer (Jewish dance music) and Orkestar Banitsa (Bulgarian, Serbian, and Macedonian).

Sat Jan 20, 7pm. Montague Center Common Hall. $20 suggested donation.

7pm: WORKSHOP with the musicians -- learn a song, and explore the connections between Klezmer/Balkan music.

7:30pm: ORKESTAR BANITSA, a five member folk dance band, specializing in music of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia and Greece. Becky Ashenden (accordion and percussion), Gawain Thomas (accordion), Addie Rose Holland (clarinet and vocals) Joe Blumenthal (bass), Barbara Blumenthal (Bulgarian tambura).
https://www.facebook.com/p/Orkestar-Banitsa-100064256404799/

8:30pm: MYRTLE ST KLEZMER an ecstatic exploration into the past, present, and future of klezmer music – the traditional celebratory music of the Ashkenazi Jews. Jason Ditzian (bandleader, clarinet), Myk Freedman (guitar), Jesse Olsen Bay (vocals, bass, bouzouki, percussion), Bea Carlson (vocals, accordion), Doug Plavin (percussion) and Dan Baker (tuba, banjo). https://www.klezmer.com/myrtle-street-klezmer

9:30pm: Group jam!