Kafana Balkan Festival

KAFANA BALKAN FESTIVAL Friday & Saturday June 17th & 18th, 2016, 9PM June 18th Saturday at The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco Ismail Lumanovski & Inspector Gadje, Mira Betz & Little Egypt, DJ Željko Tickets $20 - $25 at : https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1186045 Limited Pre-sale Ticket for both nights $30 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kafana-balkan-festival-tickets-25536242589 June 17th Friday Info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/576892609146245/ Tickets $15-$20 at : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kafana-bakan-festival-tickets-25678296476 Details for Saturday June 18th At the Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell at Van Ness San Francisco CA 94103 Inspector Gadje Balkan Brass joined by Macedonian-Roma clarinet maestro Ismail Lumanovski, Mira Betz, DJ Željko Ismail Lumanovski returns to collaborate with Inspector Gadje at Kafana Balkan! This epic pairing debuted in San Francisco February 2015 (see footage here www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mx2u-RdW5Q) drew a line around the block, incited an all-night sweat soaked dance party, and ecstatic memories still resonating with those lucky enough to have been there. Described by The New York Times as "a brilliant, fearless young clarinetist," Macedonian-born Ismail Lumanovski brings classical training to Balkan roots, creating a unique, powerful sound. Truly a global musician, Lumanovski studied at Julliard and has performed as headlining artist around the world, including at Carnegie Hall in New York, and prominent stages on 6 continents. Inspector Gadje brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin' brass band music of the Balkans. With 14 musicians sharing the stage, Inspector Gadje is an acoustic dance machine that makes the party move! A "... RIP ROARING MAD BALKAN BRASS BEDLAM" (KPFA'S Stephen Kent, "Music of the World") and an "instant party atmosphere" (The SF Chronicle). Mira Betz Mira Betz has been teaching and performing Traditional and Contemporary forms of Middle Eastern dance for 20 years. Her work has been instrumental in the emergence of a new style known all around the world as Tribal Fusion, a dance rooted in tradition while forging new bonds between world dance and individuality. About Kafana Balkan: Kafana Balkan was the first ongoing Balkan dance party in San Francisco and is the only one of its kind in the Bay Area. Organized by the charismatic Kafana Balkan Mastermind DJ Željko Petković, who hails from Serbia by way of Frankfurt, and now San Francisco, Kafana Balkan rocks the Bay roughly four times a year. DJ Željko has discriminating taste, a seemingly endless collection of great Balkan albums, and love and joy for his music, a crowd-pleasing, danceable Balkan brass sound. Since February 2015, he's joined by Marco Peris Coppola, Creative Co Strategist and Co Booker , who now together with DJ Željko Petkovic builds a major force in the ongoing evolution of the Bay Area Balkan Scene. There will be Rakija -delectible Serbian plum brandy. Warning: :drink at your own risk! Gino from Spirollsf will be serving Delicious Burek (Balkan Filo Dough Pastries ) ...mmmmmmm Opa! SHARE THIS EVENT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter More on Slavic Soul Party - http://www.slavicsoulparty.com/main.html More on Mira Betz - http://miramania.com/bio/ More on Ismail Lumanovski - www.ismaillumanovski.com More on Inspector Gadje - www.inspectorgadje.com More on Kafana Balkan -www.facebook.com/kafana.balkan More on Elizabeth Strong - http://strongdancer.com/ More on DJ Željko -https://www.facebook.com/zeljko.petkovic.9