Hot Blood Orkestar (10 pm), Mila Sestra (9:00 pm)
Doors open at 8 pm; Show starts at 9 pm

Ryan Feldthouse and friends reintroduce Hot Blood Orkestar to the Bay Area music scene for the debut of the new incarnation of his band. They are excited to bring an incredible, high energy, full out Balkan dance party for all!

Tickets: $20 general/$15 students; All ages before 10 pm. 21+ after 10 pm. Food, beer and wine available from the bar until 10 pm.

Opening the show, Michele Simon and Hilary Musaji are Mila Sestra (Dear Sister), dedicated to the traditional folk music from Vardar; Pirin Macedonia, which now fall within the borders of North Macedonia and southwest Bulgaria. They each play the traditional 2-course tambura, and specialize in the traditional diaphonic song form, with a moving melody and a fixed or semi-fixed drone, all of which feature dissonance and ornamentation and traditional dances. The simplicity of 2 tamburas and 2 voices allows the depth and complexity of the music to shine: the singular melodies and the insistent odd-metered rhythms. This is a true folk form, brought lovingly to life by two Bay Area natives.

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Celebrate Scorpio season with a stacked bill showcasing more musicians and musical styles than we can even count! An inspiring evening of intercontinental insanity, cacophonous collaborations, and good vibes awaits.

Mission Delirium is an invitation to revel in heart pounding drums and facemelting brass, let your hair down, get delirious and shake your ass. If it moves you, MD plays it: Bollywood, Balkan, Brazilian, Cumbia, Ethiopian, Tango, Afro-pop, Arabic, Salsa and more- all served with a unique twist of San Francisco. A love letter to your feet from the dance floor, this 20 piece is ready to party!

https://missiondelirium.com/

Istanbul Connection is a San Francisco, California musical collective formed in 2015 when 13 members of the hottest Balkan and Latin bands were gravitationally pulled to visit the city of Istanbul. With a mind towards cross-cultural connection and sonic expansion, these die-hards flew 7,000 miles to represent a piece of the Bay Area music scene. In the process, they have cemented themselves as a supergroup of groove and since their epic beginnings, the band has performed sold-out show after sold-out show. They continue to draw their inspiration from the Turkish Maqam, Flamenco, Rumba, Balkan, and Cumbia, which are so deeply rooted in. Old school Balkan Latin folk music in a funky Bay Area context.

https://www.istanbulconnection.net/

Camellia Boutros is a Lebanese Palestinian composer and multi-instrumentalist based in San Francisco. After years of experience performing with a diverse array of Arab, Balkan, and Mexican music groups on trumpet, oud, and bass, she developed a fretless 12-string electric guitar as a vehicle for composing her own brand of Arab experimental rock. Naming her instrument the “electric oud-guitar,” Camellia writes music rooted in both Arabic Maqam and the Bay Area sound, which reflects her own experience growing up between California and the Levant. An energetic blend of Arab traditional, psychedelia, folk, jazz, hip hop, and experimentalism, her music and lyrics defy genre definition.

https://camelliaboutros.com/

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