Saturday May 14th you are invited to celebrate diverse cultures and network with other international multicultural enthusiasts outside at the Oswaldo A. B. Cantu Pan American Recreation Center 2100 E 3rd Street. There will be live entertainment from noon until 9pm. There will be numerous vendors selling food and drink and arts and crafts. There is a playground for your young ones. This is a FAMILY-FRIENDLY event! 12:15-12:30 Nepalese dance 12:30-1 Los Bohemios Perdidos 1-1:30 Coepeira Angola 1:30-2:15 Herman the German and Das Cowboy 2:15-2:45 Mrs. Snow and the Two-Tone Zydeco 2:45-3:30 Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour (klezmer) 3:30-4:15 Dekaworwor (African) 4:15-5 (The Yiddish Cowboys) 5-5:20 Esquina Tango (class and demonstration) 5:20-5:40 Austin Dance India 5:40-6 Celtic Theater 6-6:15 Lorene McHutcheon Stilwell (Scots champion liar) 6:15-7 The Executive Steel Band (Caribbean) 7-7:10 David Thompson (Welsh epic poetry) 7:10-7:30 Sahara Dancers (belly dance) 7:30-8:15 Indimaj (Middle-Eastern / jazz fusion) 8:15-8:45 Lady Morgan (Celtic) 8:45-9:30 Rattletree *Los Bohemios Perdidos perform folk music from a multitude of Latin American countries, namely Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay. https://www.facebook.com/losbohemiosperdidos/ *Herman the German is the Kaiser of Surf Polka. He and his band play punk rock oompa — rockabillly, polka and surf tunes.

Continue readingMazel Tov Kocktail Hour plays Austin Multicultural Music Fest Sat May 14th!

TRAD KLEZ @ RADIO COFFEE AND BEER. Come dance the hora with us! A night of instrumental Klezmer music and Yiddish folk songs.  January 8th’s performance will be part of a continuing Klezmer series 2nd Fridays after Shabbat services 9-11pm at RADIO Coffee and Beer on Man-shack just north of Ben White.

Please spread the word far and wide – Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour’s Khanuke party will be at RADIO Friday Decemeber 11th! Come enjoy Geld, Dreydel, & Klezmer music on a relaxing Friday night Khanuke party!  TRAD KLEZ with Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour will be presented on Shabbes, Friday December 11th at RADIO Coffee & Beer in Austin Texas. RADIO is located on Man-shack, just north of Ben White.  Music lasts from 9-11pm, admission is free, and all ages are welcome.

AUSTIN, TX – Traditional Yiddish music ensemble Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour plays Patika coffee and wine bar this Thursday night, November 5th.  The show will feature live music, acoustic, without amplification.  Admission is free with purchase, and the concert will be from 8pm-10pm.

Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour’s Klayne Kapelye will be playing as a trio at Patika Coffee and Wine Bar on S. Lamar in Austin Texas this Wednesday from 8-10pm.  All the hits from the 80’s and 90’s – the 1880’s & 1890’s, that is, from the Payl of settlement in Eastern Europe!  Serving fruitless cosmopolitans since 2010.

AUSTIN, TX – Folkloric Eastern European Jewish music is alive in central Texas.  Traditional music ensemble Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour will be playing all the hits o the 80’s & 90’s – the 1880’s & 90’s – from the Pale of settlement.  The show takes place at South Austin’s new-ish hot gathering spot RADIO coffee & beer, on Manchaca just north of Ben White.  The concert goes from 9-11pm, and admission is free with purchase.

Local Traditional Klezmer music ensemble Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour will be playing at RADIO Coffee & Beer August 14th.   at the South Austin venue that is a hub for creatives and small arms officianados. The Kapelye (group) for this show will be led by klezmer clarinetist Ben Saffer, and features special guest Don Wheeda (of Mark Rubin’s Rubinchicks Yiddisher Ensemble)  on accordion!  The show runs 9pm to 11pm, is open to all ages, and admission is free.

Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour and the Austin Klezmer Bund Orchestra will host a traditional Klezmer Jam Wednesday July 29th, from 8-10pm at the Butterfly bar in Austin Texas. We will be playing mostly from Klezmer for Everyone volumes 1 & 2, by Sherry Mayrent.  The Jam is open to intermediate through professional players, and will be open to acoustic instrument only.

Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour​ and  Austiner Klezmer Bund​ are excited to present a 2-day workshop with Sherry Mayrent​ of the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture.  Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour has been learning from and playing with Sherry for several years and now want to share her passion for and wealth of knowledge in klezmer music with the Austin community. There will be several opportunities to learn with Sherry.  Listed below are  times and possible class themes.  For a really powerful learning experience, plan to come to all classes.  Content will vary according to the people there.  Classes are open to anyone – all ages, all instruments or no instruments, all playing levels. Monday, July 6 – 9:00 – noon, Slow jam with traditional                                                       Yiddish tunes                                2:00 – 4:00, Elements of Klezmer music                                                    

Continue readingTwo Day Workshop with Sherry Mayrent July 6th & 7th, 2015

Join MTKH for some TRAD KLEZ @ RADIO! Free admission, just remember to Shenkt a nedove (tip the band)!  RADIO Coffee & Beer is located on MAN-SHACK, 1/2 a block North of Ben White in South Austin.