KlezCalYidFest

Join us for the following workshops with some of the Yiddish Culture world’s finest artists, performers, and thinkers – plus newly added jam sessions on Saturday & Sunday!
And don’t forget that each night, we have concerts with international and local stars.

Friday Evening, Sept 12th: Russell/Aqua/Gaskin trio + Krekhts and Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Brass

Join us for new arrangements of songs from the Sidor Belarsky Songbook, featuring internationally-acclaimed Yiddish singerAnthony Russell ( https://www.anthonyrussellbass.com/ )and klezmer musiciansZoë Aqua ( https://www.zoeaqua.com/ )and Dmitri Gaskin. Following this will be local bandsSaul Goodman’s Klezmer Brass ( https://youtu.be/oPcKL-JgcHs?si=NuxyuBiqr2fXoG_5&t=183 )andKrekhts ( https://krekhts.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-the-oblast ), putting us in an atmosphere to party!
7 pm at the Finnish Hall in Berkeley, 1970 Chestnut St.

Saturday Afternoon, September 13th: Workshops

Learn from some of the top artists on the Yiddish culture scene today!

1:00 – 2:30 pm
Choose from:
-Instrumental klezmer, all levels, withZoë Aqua ( https://www.zoeaqua.com/ )
– Yiddish song, all levels, withChaia ( https://chaia.online/ )

3:00 – 4:30 pm
Choose from:
-Yiddish dance, all levels, withAvia Moore ( https://aviamoore.com/ )
-The Tales of Nachman of Breslov,a lecture withRobert Adler Peckerar ( https://newlehrhaus.org/instructor/robby-adler-peckerar )(presented byNew Lehrhaus ( https://newlehrhaus.org/ ))
At the Finnish Hall in Berkeley, 1970 Chestnut St.

Saturday Evening, Sept 13th: Baymele + Chaia

San Francisco Bay Area-rooted klezmer bandBaymele ( https://www.baymele.com/ )will open the evening with selections from their recently released album of instrumental klezmer music, Sapling. Following them, international star of Yiddish electronic music,Chaia ( https://chaia.online/ ), will build bridges between past and present by using her music to bring the voices and songs of our ancestors into a contemporary musical context.
7 pm at the Finnish Hall in Berkeley, 1970 Chestnut St.

Sunday Afternoon, September 14th: Workshops

Continue learning from the best!
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Choose from:
-Instrumental klezmer, all levels, withCookie Segelstein ( https://www.veretskipass.com/veretskipass.com/Home.html )
-Yiddish song, all levels, withChaia ( https://chaia.online/ )

3:00 – 4:30 pm
Choose from:
– Yiddish dance, all levels, withAvia Moore ( https://aviamoore.com/ )
-A Heritage of Sound: A Listening Session,a lecture withAnthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell ( https://www.anthonyrussellbass.com/ )(presented byNew Lehrhaus ( https://newlehrhaus.org/ ))
At the Finnish Hall in Berkeley, 1970 Chestnut St.

Sunday Evening, September 14th: Workshop Presentations + Tantshoyz with Avia Moore & Veretski Pass

The festival will culminate in a presentation by the instrumental klezmer workshop and the Yiddish vocal workshop participants, followed by an evening of dancing led by Montreal-based Yiddish dance expertAvia Moore ( https://aviamoore.com/ ).Veretski Pass ( https://www.veretskipass.com/veretskipass.com/Home.html )will lead the dance band for the evening.
Free admission for all workshop participants.
7 pm at the Finnish Hall in Berkeley, 1970 Chestnut St.