Kafana Balkan June 27, 2008

June 27th, 2008
KAFANA BALKAN
At 12GALAXIES
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd
San Francisco, CA . 94110
415-970-9777

Sliding scale $8-25

Come out and support a great cause and listen to some great music. Boban,Zeljko & Joe invite you to our fifth installment of KAFANA BALKAN. A benefit for the Humanitarian Circus who make free circus shows and workshops for refugee children and orphans in war zones and developing countries. You can view photage and find out more about the circus by visiting:

http://www.myspace.com/humanitariancircus

The night's festivities will include:
Brass Menazeri playing Balkan Gypsy Tunes
http://www.brassmenazeri.com/
DJ Zeljko - mixing an assortment of Balkan music including Boban Markovic, Kocani Orchaestra,Bane Novkovic and Fanfare Ciorcalia
Are you on tribe and want to find out about future Kafana Balkan events, join us as a friend @ http://people.tribe.net/kafanabalkan

Check out the pictures from our Show at 12 GALAXIES on Nov 10th:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/88895475@N00/0u903r

Kafana Balkan
Kafana Balkan was created to bring together the
Balkan community in California. A culture rich in
musical traditions and epic parties. Blending
Turkish,Greek, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Romanian,
Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian melodies and rhythms
always gets the crowd moving. Come and be seduced
by the vibrant music of The Balkans. An eclectic mix
of different cultures blended together thru
centuries of war and migration. Balkan, "The Black
Mountain", crossroad of cultures. Come down and
drink some rakija!
Kafana Balkan is a benefit for the Bread and Cheese
Circus.
for more info about Kafana Balkan, visit:
http://www.myspace.com/kafanabalkan
Brass Menagerie
The Brass Menažeri ("Menagerie") is the Bay Area's
premier Balkan Brass band, specializing in the
high-energy, sometimes stretchy, always exciting
music of Serbian Rom (Gypsy) brass bands, as well
as the Greek/Macedonian border region. In the
tradition of the great Rom brass bands, we also
exhibit influences from many neighboring &
not-so-neighboring musics of the world.
to find out more about Brass Menagerie, visit their
website at:

http://brass.menazeri.com/

DJ Zeljko
The up and coming in the SF underground Balkan DJ
scene, DJ Zeljko spins regularly at local clubs
concocting a most genuine brew of Balkan beats from
many countries and variety of music styles.Crowd
pleaser par excellence!
Hleb i Sir Cirkus
For the past 5 years, the Bread and Cheese Circus
has been traveling to Kosovo to make free circus
shows for refugee children. The circus has members
from Serbia, Canada, Bosnia, the United States and
Germany. The circus teaches workshops to the
children and brings donated circus supplies for the
kids. The Bread and Cheese Circus has been working
closely with the UN over the past two years and will
be organizing the Kosovo tour next year.
For more information about the Bread and Cheese
Circus and to view pictures and video from our tour
2 months ago, visit us at:
http://www.myspace.com/humanitariancircus