Isle of Klezbos with Metropolitan Klezmer special guests: "Music for the Capmaker's Son" at

Special guest bandmates from Metropolitan Klezmer & more join sister sextet Isle of Klezbos for our 13th annual KlezBiGay Pride show, held once again at delightful El Sol Brillante community garden in the East Village: FREE! This year, we honor the Triangle Fire centenary with Yiddish ballads from the 1911 tragedy as well as celebratory music from the Barsh klezmer dynasty of that era, plus genre-bending, newly-minted 21st century band repertoire. Both our bands originated in this neighborhood, and we remember the many garment factory workers & families who once made their homes here too -- including drummer/bandleader Eve Sicular's grandfather: Joseph Bronstein's birth certificate shows he was born on this very block, just two doors down from what is now the garden site, with his father's 1898 occupation listed as 'capmaker.' All ages and persuasions welcome: look for the phantasmagorical wrought-iron fence, food & drink permitted (but no visitor pets inside the garden please). Live music from 7PM until 9PM. Garden luxuriance also before & after. In case of rain, indoor locaton TBA....

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Special guest bandmates from Metropolitan Klezmer & more join sister sextet Isle of Klezbos for our 13th annual KlezBiGay Pride show, held once again at delightful El Sol Brillante community garden in the East Village: FREE! This year, we honor the Triangle Fire centenary with Yiddish ballads from the 1911 tragedy as well as celebratory music from the Barsh klezmer dynasty of that era, plus genre-bending, newly-minted 21st century band repertoire. Both our bands originated in this neighborhood, and we remember the many garment factory workers & families who once made their homes here too -- including drummer/bandleader Eve Sicular's grandfather: Joseph Bronstein's birth certificate shows he was born on this very block, just two doors down from what is now the garden site, with his father's 1898 occupation listed as 'capmaker.' All ages and persuasions welcome: look for the phantasmagorical wrought-iron fence, food & drink permitted (but no visitor pets inside the garden please). Live music from 7PM until 9PM. Garden luxuriance also before & after. In case of rain, indoor locaton TBA.

ISLE OF KLEZBOS plus METROPOLITAN KLEZMER bandmates/guests:
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & sax
Pam Fleming, trumpet
Melissa Fogarty, vocals
Shoko Nagai, accordion
Saskia Lane, upright bass
Eve Sicular, drums
Dave Hofstra, tuba & upright bass
Michael Hess, nai flutes
Karen Waltuch, viola
emcee Julian Fleisher
special guest artist Yelena Shmulenson

"KlezBiGay Pride: Music for the Capmaker's Son" is made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by New York State Council on the Arts and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; and also, in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Thanks as well to our fiscal sponsor, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice.

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