FOLK DANCE MUSICIANS AND BANDS
The groups listed below are available for hire. Some bands have repertoires limited to specific countries or regions while others play a broad spectrum of dance music. All are based in Northern California.
[Thanks to Arelene Imagawa, Ginny Snyder and Greg Jenkins for helping to keep this page up-to-date.]
Name Type of music Contact Information Agapi Mou Greek, Albanian, Armenian, Roma, Turkish Becari Kolo/Serbian Sam Vodis - (415) 485-1816 Born to Drone Balkan and Beyond Singing Group Jean Benniof
Send an Email WebsiteBrass Menazherie Balkan Brass band Chubritza International dance music Craig Kurumada - (707) 822-8045
Send an Email WebsiteCope Family Band Balkan Dance Band Bill Cope - (408) 985-6737
Send an EmailDa! Mozhem Mostly Balkan Dance Band Ginny Snyder - (408) 733-5529
Send an EmailDalmacijo Singers Croatian Choir Rajna Ledoux (510) 864-9999
Send an EmailDisciples of Markos Greek, mainly Rebetika for listening Dennis Demakos - (415)235-0328
Send an EmailDouglas Gallagher Director of Balkan choir (high school students) Douglas Gallagher - (707) 490-6206
Send an EmailEdessa Balkan Dance Band George Chittenden - (510) 525-4342
Send an EmailErik Hoffman/Ingrid Noyes Traditional Old-Time American - contras, squares, big-circle dances Erik Hoffman (510) 444-4397
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or Ingrid Noyes (415) 663-1342
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Fotia Greek Helios Greek Lefteri Tsakle - (209) 529-2311
Send an Email WebsiteHelladelics Greek Inspector Gadje Balkan Brass Band Sean Tergis - (415) 505-6562
Send an EmailJanam (formerly Black Olive Babes) Balkan, Middle Eastern, Appalachian Juliana Graffagna (510) 435-7844
Send an Email WebsiteKitka Eastern European vocal music, women's choir (listening only) Leon Bumanglang & friends Middle Eastern and Old-Time American Leon Bumanglang - (831)458-1340
Send an EmailMosaic Bulgarian, Serbian, and International Tony Canavarro - (831) 883-2668
or (831)724-294
Send an EmailMWE Turkish and Balkan Music Sean Tergis - (415) 505-6562
Send an Email WebsiteMythos Traditional and Contemporary Greek Bobby Klaivitis - (408) 269-4941
Send an Email WebsiteNada Lewis International accordion music Nada Lewis - (510) 243-1122
Send an EmailNaomi Zamir Balkan, Israeli, Klezmer Naomi Zamir - (650) 328-2413
Send an EmailNestinari Bulgarian Ivan Kabaivanov - (925) 360-6293 Orkestar Sali Balkan, Rom Rumen Sali Shopov - (510) 847-7918
Send an EmailTim Rued Square, contras, and Scandinavian music, with emphasis on Swedish Slavonian Traveling Band Croatian and Bosnian Paul and Mari Litsky - (510) 525-8039
Send an EmailStanford Klezmer Band Klezmer Staro Vino Balkan Mark Jenkins - (408) 242-7313
Send an EmailSviraci Balkan Melissa Miller - (408) 246-7646
Send an EmailThe Mehanatones Macedonian Bill Cope - (408) 985-6737
Send an EmailVassil and Maria Bebelekov Bulgarian Vassil - (408) 294-4822
Send an Email or EmailVecernica International folk dance music Dave Bogdanoff - (650) 604-6138
Send an Email WebsiteVerna Druzhina Balkan Mark Jenkins - (408) 242-7313
Send an EmailVFO Balkan Dance Band Balkan and International Zado Singers Eastern Europe and beyond Barbara (916) 923-1555
Send an EmailZabava Macedonian Bill Cope - (408) 985-6737
Send an EmailZiyia Greek George Chittenden - (510) 525-4342
Send an Email WebsiteZoyres East European Fusion, mainly Balkan Michael Perlmutter - (774) 279-6416
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