It’s going to be a hot winter in Jerusalem with Saturday night concerts at Beit Avi Chai – whether your feet speak Klezmer, groove, Balkan or Mizrahi, put on your dancing shoes because no one is sitting out these concerts! These will all be standing concerts, but a quick look at the amazing line-up – Balkan Bamachsan, Marsh Dondurma and Shmemel, just to name a few – indicates that stand = DANCE!!!!
Concerts will take place on Saturdays at 22:00, November thru February at Beit Avi Chai, 44 King George Street, Jerusalem, 02-621-5900. Tickets for each performance are a friendly 50 NIS (30 NIS for students), and include a free drink. Very friendly.
The program for November – December:
November 12, 2011 Balkan Bamachsan – let the gypsy spirit invade your soul!
November 19, 2011 Boom Pam – Oriental surf rock will get you moving!
November 26, 2011 Riff Cohen – Paris meets Tunisia in an urban – oriental mood.
December 3, 2011 Boogie Balagan – international performance psychedelic rock & Middle Eastern arabesques.
December 10, 2011 Marsh Dondurma – the 15 member Jerusalem brass band is likely to have the entire citydancing by the time the night is through!
December 17, 2011 The Groovatron – Eretz Israel meets groove, in a Hebrew happening that brings the Hora back to center stage!
December 24, 2011 Shmemel – Come one, come all to Hannah Zelda’s traditional latke party, a special Hannukah performance from the big band that will have you dancing with ancestral fervor to their crazy Hassidic groove.
December 31, 2011 Daniel Zamir – Jewish roots music meets jazz, world music and Klezmer, with an Israeli touch.
Shabbat in Jerusalem this winter, Saturday night dance party brought to you by Monocrave and Beit Avi Chai.
