Mostar Sevdah Reunion to open World Music Festival; other upcoming events

Received from Balkanske Igre:

Dear Friends,

The exciting Chicago World Music Festival sponsored by the city's
Department of Cultural Affairs will present a number of exciting
bands playing Balkan and other Eastern European music.  Leading
off on opening night:

Friday, 9/18/2009, 8pm,
Mostar Sevdah Reunion featuring Iliza Delic' from Bosnia
Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago.
$15 ($13 for Old Town School members).
Tel:  773-728-6000     oldtownschool.org <http://oldtownschool.org/>

Other musical offerings at the festival, 9/18-24/2009, include:
Parno Graszi (Rom band from Hungary)
Vlada Tomova & Balkan Tales (from Bulgaria/NYC)
Ottoman Mehter Military Band (from Turkey)
Sloboda (Serbian band from Milwaukee)
Fishtank Ensemble (from California)
Steve Gibbons Gypsy Rhythm Project (from Chicago)
Luminescent Orchrestrii (from NYC)
and many others...

For a full schedule of events, please visit:
http://www.worldmusicfestivalchicago.org/


Please forward to whoever may be interested - thanks!!

Other upcoming events including:

Tamburitza Extravanganza, 10/1-4/2009, Westin Lombard Yorktown Center,
Lombard, IL.  20+ bands. 70 Yorktown Center, Lombard, IL 60148.  Hotel
phone: (630) 719-8000, Fax: (630) 719-8079

Petar Ralchev & Ork. Kolorit, 10/16-17/2009, Restaurant Bulgaria, 4724 W
Lawrence, Chicago

LADO Croatian National Folk Ensemble, 10/21/2009, Harris Theater,
Chicago -  www.afoundation.org <http://www.afoundation.org/>

45th Anniversary Spring Festival, March 19-20, 2010, International
House, 1414 E 59th St, Chicago. Festival featuring the best in Balkan
and Eastern European dance, music, and culture in concert, parties,
workshops, and culture sessions, International House and the Center for
Eastern European and Russian/Eurasian Studies at the University of
Chicago and the Ensemble Balkanske Igre. For info about the Spring
Festival, Balkan Basics weekly dance class, Ensemble Balkanske Igre, or
any of the above events, please contact:

balkanske_igre@yahoo.com,
773-324-1247,
or Balkanske Igre, PO Box 1157, Chicago, IL 60690