19 May 2024

11 AM - 5 PM

Heritage Station Gazebo

Location

Heritage Station Gazebo

Location is accessible and step-free.

All performances and entertainment are family-friendly and free.

The very first guest will be able to enjoy free traditional pastries while supplies last!

Food and beverages will be available for purchase on site.

There will be a free photo booth, magic, comedy, and more!

Date/Time

Sunday, May 19, 2024

11 am - 5 pm

Schedule

11 am - Festival Opens/announcements

12 pm - First concert (headliners)

1 pm - Second concert (special guest performance)

2 pm - 3:30 pm DANCE CONCERT with headliners!

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Additional surprise performances!

4:30 pm - 5:00pm - wrap-up/goodbyes

Dance

Participate in dance with an experienced dance leader who will engage the crowd. If you’ve ever wanted to dance the hora, now’s your chance!

Additional peformances

Magic

Comedy

Additional surprise performances

And so much more!

Food, a pop-up photo booth, and more!

Family-friendly and handicap accessible event

What is klezmer music?

Klezmer is the traditional music of Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern and Central Europe. It has recently had a dramatic surge in popularity, as is Yiddish language and culture. Historically, klezmer would have been played at weddings and other social functions. It includes dance tunes and virtuosic improvisations. Modern klezmer includes everything from standard traditional listening music to electronic dance music. Students of music may recognize elements of Greek and Romanian music, German and Slavic folk dances, and Jewish ritual music.

Whether you are already a big klezmer fan or new to the genre, this event promises to be a great time with world-class musicians and dances involving crowd participation. We hope you will join us!

Born in New York City, violinist Jake Shulman-Ment is “considered one of the finest klezmer fiddlers on the planet” (Jon Kalish, NPR). He tours and records internationally as a soloist and with Midwood, Daniel Kahn, Frank London, Di Naye Kapelye, Joey Weisenberg, and Duncan Sheik. He was featured in Csaba Bereczki's full-length documentary film Soul Exodus, and performed on screen in HBO's Succession and Martin Scorcese's The Irishman. A widely sought-out teacher of the klezmer fiddle tradition, Jake has been a faculty member of KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Klezmer Paris, the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival, Yiddish Summer Weimar, Fiddle Tunes, Yiddish New York, and other festivals throughout the globe. He collected, studied, performed, and documented traditional music in Romania as a Fulbright scholar, and has lived and traveled in Hungary and Greece, learning traditional violin styles. In 2018 he received the prestigious NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship in Folk/Traditional Arts. Jake's debut solo album, A Redele (A Wheel) (Oriente Musik, 2012) was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award. His new group, Midwood, released its first album, Out of the Narrows, (Chant Records) in May 2018.

Sarah Myerson

Sarah Myerson is an ordained cantor actively working to connect egalitarian Jewish religious with secular/cultural Yiddish communities. Currently living in Brooklyn, New York, she is proficient in Yiddish, having studied the language in New York (YIVO-Bard, Workers Circle) and Israel (Naomi Prower Kadar, Beit Ben Yehuda). A master of traditional Yiddish singing, she has taught Yiddish song workshops with Ethel Raim and others, in the USA, Israel and Europe, and coaches private students. She has led Yiddish/klezmer dance at weddings and other events, and taught workshops and private lessons in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, and Australia. She writes and performs new compositions, for example with Jewish spiritual music duo Shekedina, and works as a musician, speaker and educator. She has a Master of Sacred Music and Diploma of Hazzan from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and a Bachelor of Music (Composition Honors) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. www.cantorsarahmyerson.com

Originally from Riga, Latvia, now based in Brooklyn, NY, Ilya Shneyveys (accordion) is a multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer, arranger, and producer of Yiddish music. With expertise spanning from traditional klezmer accordion to experimental and fusion projects, Ilya performs and teaches at Jewish festivals around the world, in venues ranging from your local synagogue catering hall to Carnegie Hall. Ilya is a founding member of Berlin’s Neukölln Klezmer Sessions and Shtetl Berlin, and a long-time faculty member of Yiddish Summer Weimar. His notable projects and collaborations include Forshpil, Alpen Klezmer, KaraYam, Caravan Orchestra, Dobranotch, Shekedina, Michael Winograd and The Klezmatics. Ilya has received multiple awards for his work.* https://ilya.shneyveys.com/

*Awards include the 2014 RUTH World Music Award at TFF Rudolstadt, the 2017 Shimon-Peres-Prize, and the Eiserne Eversteiner Preis in 2017.

A Huntington resident for over 10 years, zev7n is a professional by day and an aspiring musician by night. Zev7n is an experienced guitar player who can pretty much play anything with strings. They have played shows across the US and in Germany. Recently, they have also dabbled in electronic music. They are a member of our local synagogue and frequently play music for services and festivals. Zev7n’s music can be found on Spotify, Youtube, and pretty much anywhere music is streamed.