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KlezFest in Regents Park
modified 05 August 2004

Regents Park Bandstand
Klezfest in the Park
Saturday 7 August 2004 5-7pm
Sunday 8 August 2004 3-6 pm

A weekend of freylekhs and Bulgars, the heart-stopping and toe-tapping Klezmer music and Yiddish songs from the Shtetls of Eastern Europe. Admission Free
Bring your instruments to Regents Park on Sunday to join in breaking the JC record for
The biggest Klezmer band in the UK — we will teach you the tune at 3.25pm

For those who don't play an instrument, there is the chance to learn songs and dances or to just sit in the sunshine and enjoy. The bandstand is opposite the café on the Inner Circle.

Regents Park Saturday 7 August 2004, 5—7pm

5—6pm Freylekh Ilana Cravitz’s Women’s Brassy Klezmer Band
6—7pm Tickle in the Heart (Klezmer Trio from Cologne)

Regents Park Sunday 8 August 2004, 3—6 pm

2.45 Kle-Zemer (Klezmer Quintet from St Petersburg)
3.25 The Biggest Klezmer Band in the UK Record breaking bid
3.40 Yiddish Dancing dance band led by Merlin Shepherd
4.20 Ashkenazim Yiddish Vocal Group (Russia)
4.40 Learn a Yiddish Song
5.10 She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble (London) (pictured above)
5.40 Jam and dancing – everyone join in

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 She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble
The She'koyokh Klezmer Ensemble in Regents Park

 

 

 
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