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Ederlezi Balkan Brass Festival
** advance sales are finished!
** Saturday is almost sold out, there are about 20-30 tickets available at the door after 4 pm today!
** Friday night was fantastic, thank you all so much for being an amazing audience!
Join us in Vancouver, BC for a two-day Balkan Brass festival, with high energy bands playing wedding and celebratory music from Serbia, Macedonia, and Romani traditions. Join us for an evening of dance and song and community spirited fun!
This year we are bringing over, just for this seasonal spring celebration, trumpet maestro and multiple winner of Guca trumpet festival DEMIRAN CERIMOVIC!
We will also showcase four bands from the Pacific Northwest:
BOLTING BRASSICAS (Lasqueti Island, Friday May 4)
ORKESTAR ZIRKONIUM (Seattle, Saturday May 5)
BUCAN BUCAN (Victoria, Saturday May 5)
and host band ORKESTAR SLIVOVICA featuring DEMIRAN CERIMOVIC (Vancouver/Serbia, both nights)
With dance performances by
LUCITERRA TRIBAL BELLYDANCE (Friday May 4)
VUK KARADZIC SERBIAN FOLK DANCERS (Friday May 4)
GRADINA SERBIAN FOLK DANCERS (Saturday May 5)
Different shows each night on Friday May 4 and Saturday May 5, 2012
Doors 7:00 for Balkan dance workshop, concerts 8:00-late
Ethnic food and cash bar with quality selections
All ages!
Music workshops during the day May 5 and 6.
More info at orkestarslivovica.org
orkestars@gmail.com
caravanbc.com
778-886-8908
The Bolting Brassicas Marching Band are the Balkan Gypsy Klezmer Marching Brass Band from Lasqueti Island, a remote community where long rainy nights sipping nettle tea give birth to crazy circus musicians and foot-stomping melodies!
http://www.boltingbrassicas.ca/
Orkestar Zirkonium is Seattle's favorite brass band, drawing from Eastern European / Roma brass, klezmer, Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian jazz, punk, funk, hiphop, and other musical idioms.
http://www.orkestarzirkonium.com/
On Victoria, BC's Balkan marching trombone, violin, accordion, tuba, drum and bass lineup: "Bučan Bučan doesn't spend much time on the stage, instead they prefer to meander through the crowd, delighting the audience with their rambunctious rhythms, bouncy brass and old world style."
Mary Ellen Green - Monday Magazine
http://bucanbucan.tumblr.com/
Orkestar Slivovica has been performing and producing community-Balkan-song-and-dance parties for 3 years, learning one new Balkan song every month. They host a monthly Slivovica Social Club, where dancing on tables and sing-a-long balkan songs are the standard. They are joined this year by master trumpeter from Serbian, Demiran Cerimovic!
Luciterra Tribal Bellydancers are delighting audiences with their incredibly novel dance styles. Hard-hitting and dynamic, this powerful quartet works their magic at music events, major festivals, and underground parties across the West Coast and beyond. They perform regularly with Orkestar Slivovica and circus host Chris Murdoch.
www.luciterradance.com
Gradina Dance Troupe and Vuk Karadzic Youth Dance Ensemble have been performing in the Lower Mainland for many years, dancing at many folk festivals and private parties. Both troupes are known for their precise dancing of traditional dances from Serbia and the Balkan countries. Each night one of the troupes will also teach some favorite folk dances to you!!!! Join us for the fun!!!!
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LocationThe Russian Hall (View)
600 Campbell Ave
Vancouver, BC V6A 3K1
Canada
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| Minimum Age: 0 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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Q&A
| Question: |
How does one purchase a ticket for two nights? The option doesn't exist, i.e. one has to purchase them separately and not at the discounted $36 price |
| Answer: |
There was a limited number of 2-day tickets and they have sold out. You can still buy them separately, though Saturday tickets are almost sold out too. |
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