THANK YOU everyone for making Opa Tsupa a smashing success with fantastic energy and non-stop dancing at sold out shows! Photos, videos, and more coming soon!
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*** ADVANCE TICKET SALES END AT 4:00 FRIDAY! ALL REMAINING TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE AT THE DOOR AT 5:00 FRIDAY. 50 TICKETS FOR SATURDAY’S SHOW WILL BE HELD FOR DOOR SALES STARTING AT 5 PM SATURDAY! ***
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Join us for this fabulous THREE-DAY event, with concerts / dance parties on Friday and Saturday nights, and casual music performances, dance workshops, film screenings, and jams on Saturday and Sunday afternoons!
Tickets online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/285354, or in person at Highlife Records (1317 Commercial Drive). Advance tickets are highly recommended, this will definitely sell out! 50 tickets for each night will be available at the door, but for more: $20 for Friday and $25 for Saturday! They will go on sale at 5 pm each night.
PARTY TABLES: We are offering a LIMITED number of party tables that can be reserved, 10 people minimum, advance ticket purchase required. Email us for details: orkestars at gmail dot com! UPDATE NOV 15: We still have 1 table for Saturday and 4 for Friday!
Scroll down past the poster for more details, including updates on DANCE WORKSHOPS!
Caravan World Rhythms, Orkestar Slivovica, and Transformation Projects are once again presenting a weekend festival of Romani-inspired music and dance, featuring bands from up and down the West Coast and BC, including San Francisco, Seattle, Nelson, and Vancouver. Join us as we explore the influences of Romani music from many different places, Turkey to Spain, Russia to Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Poland, and more. Non-stop music will start at 7:30pm and go till 1am, with select food and beverages available. This is an ALL AGES event!
This year, we are adding an Afternoon Kafana Lounge from 1 pm to 6 pm Saturday Nov 17 and Sunday Nov 18, featuring live music jams with members of these bands and others! Also dance workshops and film screenings! FREE ENTRY. Wind down the weekend on our comfy couches, grab a bowl of soup, and enjoy the entertainment (donations for artists appreciated). Warm your hands, hearts and tummies with homemade sweet and savory pies, sausages, and other snacks. We are also getting the Mulled Spices together for some hot beverages!
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FRIDAY NIGHT LINEUP (in order starting at 7:30)
- Barefoot Bandits (Vancouver) – Gypsy Jazz, performing acoustic on floor
- Parno Drom (Vancouver) – Romani songs from across Eastern Europe, with accordion, violin, guitar. parnodrom.com
- Orkestar Slivovica (Vancouver) – Balkan brass music in the Roma wedding style. orkestarslivovica.org
- Barrio Flamenco (Vancouver) – authentic Gitano style flamenco, featuring some of Vancouver’s top flamenco stars including Oscar Nieto and Michelle Harding, and Victoria’s Gareth Owen
- Lache Cercel and Roma Swing Ensemble (Vancouver) - Virtuoso gypsy-jazz violin and strings, with guest stars Maria Khsib and oud master Hazem Matar! lachecercel.com
SATURDAY NIGHT LINEUP (in order starting at 7:30)
- Groupa Sokolova (Vancouver) – 3 piece Balkan band inspired by Sevdalinka. Acoustic, on floor.
- Orkestar Slivovica (Vancouver) – Balkan brass music in the Roma wedding style. orkestarslivovica.org
- Oxygen Orkestar (Nelson) – East Kootenay Balkan Brass with Moustache, for their Vancouver premiere!
- MWE (San Fransisco) – Turkish Roma style wedding music with zurnas, clarinets and drums. These are some of the top Balkan musicians in North America! Check out their myspace for a sample: http://www.myspace.com/mwesf
- Bucharest Drinking Team (Seattle) – Large ensemble featuring accordions, violins, cymbalom, vocals, theatrics, and a full brass section to boot! Eastern Bloc party! bucharestdrinkingteam.com
- PLUS dancers Mihaela Yeung, Caroline Helmeczi, members of Vuk Karadzic Serbian Folk Dancers , and surprise guests both nights!
AFTERNOON KAFANA LOUNGE:
1-6 pm Saturday and Sunday, free admission, donations requested for bands. Food and drink available!
Entertainment will include alternating 30 minute sets and 30 minute jam sessions!
SATURDAY:
1:00 – 1:30 Barefoot Bandits (Gypsy jazz)
1:30 – 2:00 jam – bring instruments, especially strings!
2:00 – 2:30 Vancouver String Swing Battalion
2:30 – 3:00 jam – bring instruments, especially strings!
3:00 – 5:00 alternating jam/concert with Bucharest Drinking Team, Lache Cercel Ensemble, and many others!
3:00 – 4:45 Tapan workshop taught by Sean Tergis of “MWE”. $20, email orkestars at gmail dot com for registration and details. Or take a chance and just show up! Downstairs.
5:00 – 6:30 Dance workshops with members of Vuk Karadjic Serbian Folk Dancers and Michaela Yeung (Romani dance). Downstairs. By donation, no pre-registration necessary
SUNDAY:
1:00 – 1:30 TBA
1:30 – 2:00 jam – bring instruments!
2:00 – 2:30 Musica Parea – Greek folk music
2:30 – 3:00 jam – bring instruments!
3:00 – 3:30 Blackberry Wood!!!
2:30 – 3:00 jam – bring instruments!
4:00 – 7:00 Film Screenings:
- Opre Roma, NFB documentary about Roma people here in Vancouver (52 min)
- Chochek of Happiness, short film about Roma brass band in Serbia (12 min)
- Gypsy Caravan, follows 5 Roma bands on tour in North America (110 min)
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Note that this coincides with the amazing Eastside Culture Crawl, and the Russian Hall is in fact right in the middle of one of the main studio tour neighbourhoods, so why not combine the two events? http://www.eastsideculturecrawl.com/
Hope to see you and all your friends there!
