Balkan Sundays is back in SF (as well as East Bay)! We'll be at Muddy Waters on 2nd Sundays and still at Ashkenaz on 4th Sundays. We'll be kicking off Balkan Sundays at the new location on November 9th with the hot new Tallava band, Seyir, and we'll also have a kick ass house band leading the brass jam. Seyir plays first so definitely get there at 8pm.

Seyir ("Journey") is a live Balkan Rock Electro-Fusion band that fuses Tallava— modern Balkan and Turkish Roma music— with bumpin' EDM grooves like House, Trap, Hip hop, and etc. Orkestar Seyir's mission is to help Tallava journey from the Balkans to the United States for your dancing pleasure!
Led by Marika Dvorak (electric violin) and Jeff Giaquinto (electric guitar), both students of the Tallava musician, David Mamudov,
Orkestar Seyir's crew also includes:
Jacque Patton – keyboard
Melissa Cruz – electronic drums
Sean Spangenberg – electric fretless bass
Ari Salim Marcus – dumbek

The Brass jam will be led by:
Gregory Masaki Jenkins on saxophone and clarinet
Camellia Boutros on trumpet
Jeff Giaquinto on sousaphone
Sean Tergis on tupan and darbuka
and hopefully you! Bring your instrument and play along.

See you there!

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Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal at the Starry Plough is excited to welcome back Lars and In Charge and the bacchanal debut of AVRA with Ari Langer and friends playing Greek folk music to instantly transform the dance floor the into a glendi within a bacchanal!

Lars and In Charge
AVRA
Saturday, November 15, 8 pm
The Starry Plough Pub : 3101 Shattuck St. Berkeley, CA

Tickets: $20 general/$15 students; Doors open at 7 pm; All ages before 10 pm. 21+ after 10 pm. Beer and wine available at the bar. Kitchen closes at 10 pm.

LARS AND IN CHARGE performs high-energy original and traditional music of Turkey, Greece and beyond. Lars Tergis and Greg Jenkins lead the charge on violin and clarinet with driving, gritty interpretations of classic party tunes and original compositions. Chris Reid adds a touch of ‘West’ with percussive chordal accompaniment on steel-string guitar. Joe Rosato Jr. holds it down on upright bass while Faisal Zedan keeps the beat popping on derbekki, riqq and davul. Joined on stage with bellydancer Nicole Maria, Lars and In Charge guarantees a big sound and an even bigger party!
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AVRA (8-10 pm) is a new project with familiar faces from the Bay Area Greek and Balkan music scene, performing traditional Greek music for dancers. Their repertoire comes from all corners of Greece, and beyond: the valley region of Thrace, the mountainous region of Epirus, the windy islands, the plains and rivers of Thessaly, the shores of the Black Sea and the Aegean. AVRA features, Ari Langer (violin), Gregory Masaki Jenkins (clarinet, vocals, percussion), Jenette Sellin (accordion and santouri) and Michael Garibaldi (percussion, vocals, laouto).

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