The 11th Annual New York Gypsy Festival announced its program on August 20. The festival will present 10 concerts from September 18 to October 4, 2015. Eighteen acts are scheduled featuring artists from Algeria, Georgia, France, Russia, Spain, Poland and the United States.
The concerts will take place at Drom in Downtown Manhattan, The Metropolitan Museum and The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at PACE University. The NY Gypsy Festival is produced by Serdar Ilhan and Mehmet Dede.
Friday, September 18 at 8pm
Festival Opening Night
TriBeCaStan Album Release Show
Wednesday, September 23 at 7pm
One Dream One Light
Hybrid Movement Company moves to Gipsy Music
Wednesday, September 23 at 9pm
The Phenomenal North African Brass Orchestra
Fanfarai (France / Algeria) * NY DEBUT
Friday, September 25 at 8pm
11th Anniversary Gypsy Marathon
Cocek Brass Band
Bad Buka
Raya Brass Band
Balti Mare
Elena Andujar (Spain)
Monday, September 28 at 8pm
Poland in Nine Languages
Karolina Cicha (Poland)
Tuesday, September 29 at 9:30pm
Gypsy In Classical Music
New Yorker Ensemble
Wednesday, September 30 at 7pm
Flamenco at The Met Museum
Memoria Antigua: Flamenco (Spain) at The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum at 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028
Thursday, October 1 at 7pm
Polyphonic Songs and Folk Dances
Zedashe (Georgia)
Thursday, October 1 at 9:30pm
Nuevo Romany-Russian Music
Via Romen (Russia) & DJ Spinach
Sunday, October 4 at 7pm
Brass Showdown at Pace University
Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars feat. Eleanor Reissa
Slavic Soul Party
Hungry March Band
Underground Horns
at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at PACE University at 3 Spruce Street, NY, NY, 10038 in Lower Manhattan.
More Information: www.nygypsyfest.com
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