SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
NY Gypsy Festival Returns For Sixth Season
2010 Event To Include Performances From Mahala Rai Banda, Selim Sesler And More
The NY Gypsy Festival celebrates its sixth annual performance schedule with one of the most outstanding and diverse lineups of its storied history.
From traditional wedding music to contemporary dance electronica, from the influence of Gypsy music in Flamenco to big bands, from a celebration of the work of the legendary Django Reinhardt to the music of the Black Sea Region to an unlikely Celtic/North Indian fusion with Gypsy ancestry, from a tall ship to Central Park to the Lower East Side; we believe every show in the 6th Annual NY Gypsy Festival is a can't-miss performance.
The Festival kicks off on September 24 with the inimitable clarinetist Selim Sesler, called the "Coltrane of the clarinet" by the Guardian UK, performing with the NY Gypsy All Stars Band at the newly revamped Lower East Side club Drom.
Next, meet us at South Street Seaport on September 25 for a sailing cruise around Manhattan that offers a wild gypsy party from the internationally acclaimed DJ Pepe and DJ Wonderlust.
A very special free extravaganza in Central Park on September 26 marks the end of both summer and SummerStage as The Center for Traditional Music and Dance and WMI join us in bringing you The Black Sea Roma Festival featuring the US premieres of the musical ensembles Mahala Rai Banda and Tecsoi Banda plus Selim Sesler with The NY Gypsy All-Stars, Yuri Yunakov Ensemble and DJ Wonderlust.
We return to Drom on September 30th with band leader Arturo Martinez and Espiritu Gitano for an evening of Flamenco music, song and dance.
Unconventional, international electronic fusion is the order of the night on October 1 at Drom as Canada's Dehli 2 Dublin and Mexico's DJ Gadjio and DJ Blacky explore the intersection of Bhangra, Celtic, Dub and traditional Gypsy music.
Blazing Balkan brass power will overcome your senses and move your feet when heavyweight performers Zlatne Uste Brass Band and Veveritse Brass Band take the stage at Drom on October 2.
The Festival draws to an end with our final show on October 3 at Drom: a tribute to the immortal Django Reinhardt on the 100th anniversary of his birth, featuring the outstandingly talented Parisian guitarist Stephane Wrembel and the outré multicultural stylings of the explosive Balval.