Opa! Kafana Balkan will be back Saturday November 9th at the Rickshaw Stop. We’ll be featuring bombastic Balkan Brass with Inspector Gadje Balkan Brass Band featuring Meklit Hadero, Kata Miletich & Tano Brock, Belly Dance by the fabulous Jill Parker, DJ sets by MAYVN and DJ Željko. The dance floor will be hopping!
See footage here https://youtu.be/_Mx2u-RdW5Q?list=RD_Mx2u-RdW5Q where a line formed around the block, incited an all-night sweat soaked dance party, and ecstatic memories still resonating with those lucky enough to have been there.
Tickets:https://wl.seetickets.us/.../kafana-balkan-with.../619013...
INSPECTOR GADJE brings a big sound to the beautiful and bumpin' brass band music of the Balkans. With 14 musicians sharing the stage, Inspector Gadje is an acoustic dance machine that makes the party move! A "... RIP ROARING MAD BALKAN BRASS BEDLAM" (KPFA'S Stephen Kent, “Music of the World”) and an "instant party atmosphere” (The SF Chronicle).
About the presenters: Kafana Balkan was the first ongoing Balkan dance party in San Francisco and is the only one of its kind organized by DJ Željko Petković in the Bay Area. Željko hails from Serbia by way of Frankfurt, and, lucky for us, he now calls San Francisco home. DJ Željko has discriminating taste, a seemingly endless collection of great Balkan albums, and love and joy for his music, a crowd-pleasing, danceable Balkan brass sound. Željko promotes Balkan music and culture by producing Kafana Balkan roughly four times a year. Since February 2015, he's joined by Marco Peris Coppola, Creative Co Strategist and Co Booker, who is helping Kafana Balkan grow.
There will be Rakija -delectible Serbian plum brandy. Warning: :drink at your own risk:
More on Inspector Gadje - https://www.inspectorgadje.com
More onJill Parker - https://www.jillparkerdance.com/
More on Kafana Balkan -www.facebook.com/kafana.balkan