KAFANA BALKAN with Brass Menazeri & DJ Zeljko July 30, 2011

Dear Friends of Kafana Balkan,
We will be back on Saturday January 30th.
at the Rickshaw Stop at 155 Fell st @ Van Ness.

Come out to a wild night with Brass Menazeri and DJ Zeljko
Thank you for supporting Kafana Balkan for all these years and making it such an amazing Event. Looking forward to see you all on Saturday July 30th.

Brass Menazeri is San Francisco Bay Area's Balkan Romani ("Gypsy") powerhouse Brass Band. We cascade through the music of the Serbian, Macedonian, Greek & Rajasthani Roma with wild rhythms, soulful vocals & hot improvisations. The energy is infectious--toes tap, bodies slam, sweat flies as vital energy radiates from the dance floor. The Brass Menaeri is a shining example of traditional Balkan repertoire combined with new sensibilities, innovative arrangements & original compositions at the hands & lips of American devotees.
Winner of the SF Weekly's 2008 Music awards in the "Best International Band" category!

DJ Zeljko SF underground Balkan DJ 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!
Kafana Balkan started as a benefit for the Hleb i Sir Cirkus (Bread and Cheese) who make free circus shows and workshops for refugee children in Kosovo. We continue promoting Balkan music throughout the Bay Area and won the Best of the Bay from the Guardian and the Best of SF from the Weekly. .
"Best Crazed Gypsy Brass Band Dance Party in SF: Yes, this occasional Kafana Balkan party is pretty much the only crazed Gypsy brass band dance party in town, but that doesn't make it any less special. Where else can you find hundreds of swarthy men with dangling moustaches and pork-pie hats dancing with slinky ladies in diaphanous dresses and hot-pink hair? (Okay, besides a Joanna Newsom show.) Kafana Balkan also offers live, horn-driven mayhem from the likes of Brass Menazeri and Edessa, as well as everything from Balkan hip-hop to crazy Gypsy funk spun by DJ Zeljko." --SF Weekly
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