Upcoming Public Events
March 14, 2020
Brown County Civic Music Association Presents
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Classic Klezmer
7:30 PM
Ralph Holter Auditorium
Historic West High School
966 Shawano Avenue, Green Bay, WI
A classic tradition! Embodying the colorful spirit of immigrant America, this Midwest-based group spotlights the widely influential classical music of Jewish tradition. They’ve played at Carnegie Hall and toured Europe, collaborated with The Lyric Opera and Chicago Sinfonietta, and brought irresistible musicality and cultural outreach to audiences across the nation.
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March 15, 2020
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
1:30 PM
Polish Center of Wisconsin
6941 South 68th Street, Franklin, WI
Venue Phone: (414) 529-2140
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March 22, 2020
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
featuring Cantor Pavel Roytman
and Etel Melamed
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Metropolis Performing Arts Center
111 W Campbell St.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
An evening of entertainment that tips the hat in all directions: from the Yiddish Theater to American Big Band, from the Shtetl to the Symphonic. This one-of-a-kind show will feature Cantor Pavel Roytman, singing favorites like “Belz” and “Rumania,” and the duet of Etel Melamed and Lori Lippitz with harmonious favorites from the Barry Sisters and the Yiddish Theater. Under the direction of violinist Alex Koffman, classical sophistication is married to theatrical entertainment. The Junior Klezmer Orchestra will open the show with youthful energy.
Tickets: $30. For more information click here.
March 29, 2020
Under the Olive Tree:
Voices and Tales of the Middle East
featuring Cantor Brian Shamash, Cantor Pavel Roytman, and The Salaam-Shalom Music Project
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah
3220 Big Tree Lane
Wilmette, Illinois 60091
For venue information, click here.
April 26, 2020
The Junior Klezmer Orchestra
at Skokie Theatre
2:00-3:00 PM
Skokie Theatre
7924 Lincoln Ave., Skokie, IL
The Junior Klezmer Orchestra’s accomplished Middle and High School musicians have devoted themselves to mastering the art of Klezmer.
Click here for information about JKO.
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May 17, 2020
The Junior Klezmer Orchestra
Skokie Festival of Cultures
Oakton Park (outdoor stage)
4701 Oakton, Skokie, IL
Open to the public
Time TBD
June 07, 2020
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band,
The Junior Klezmer Orchestra, and
The All-City Congregational Klezmer Band
Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
St. Paul Woods, Cook County Forest Preserve
Morton Grove, IL
Enter the Festival grounds through free parking at Oakton Street (west of Lehigh)
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
$5 Per Person Suggested Donation, Cash Only
June 18, 2020
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
YIVO Summer Concert Series
B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim
1201 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL
7:00-8:00 PM
Free and open to the public
July 04, 2020
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Independence Day Parade
City of Highland Park
10:00 AM
The parade route starts at the same location at the intersection of Laurel Avenue and St. Johns Avenue, proceeding on St. Johns to Elm Place, west on Elm Place, immediate south on First Street, west along Central Avenue, ending at Sunset Woods Park.
July 04, 2020
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Independence Day Parade
Village of Skokie
12:00 Noon
The Parade steps off at Oakton Community College at 12 Noon! Reviewing Stand is located at Oakton Park at the corner of Oakton St & Skokie Blvd.
August 02, 2020
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Sunday Sundown Series
Devonshire Park, Skokie
Open to the public (outdoors)
7:00-8:30 PM