It's that time of year... the doldrums of January. Time to get out of your cave and get rejuvenated with 13 hours of Balkan music, dance, snacks, and fun. This year the Golden Festival will be held in a new spacious venue, Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn. More than 60 groups have applied to perform. Last year there were over 1800 attendees over the two nights, and this year we expect more.
The festival has always been a benefit for Balkan charities and educational institutions. Over the last several years we have given around $8000 to groups such as Mercy Corps, IRC, Heifer, East European Folklife Center, and Search for Common Ground.
The festival website (below) shows many pictures of the festival. If a picture would be useful for your needs, we can supply same.
Catch previews of the festival on WFMU-FM (Saturday January 8, 2011 at 6PM) and WNYC-FM (January 12, 2011 at 2:30PM). In addition 3 hours of the festival on January 15th will be broadcast live over WFMU with another 3 hours recorded for later broadcast.
Links:
The press release (also attached): http://www.goldenfest.org/pdf/gf_pressrelease_2011.pdf
The new festival website: http://www.goldenfest.org/
The flyer (below): http://soc.li/weZPjaX
The new venue: http://www.grandprospect.com/
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, the sponsors: http://www.zlatneuste.org/
We hope you find the Golden Festival newsworthy.
Yours,
Emerson Hawley
tuba, Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band
home: 718-859-4759, cell (temporarily misplaced): 917-415-6210
The New York City
Golden Festival
Jan. 14 &15, 2011
... is moving downtown... WAY downtown!
New York's only music and dance festival of its kind celebrates 26 years of live Balkan, Roma ("Gypsy") music and beyond. The Festival is hosted by Zlatne Uste Brass Band and features dozens of live bands playing on FOUR (!) stages.
An incredible grass roots event. Both nights in Brooklyn at:
The Grand Prospect Hall
263 Prospect Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 788-0777
The celebration begins Friday night with a Balkan dance workshop from 7:30-8:45, and live music until midnight.
The festival resumes at 6pm Saturday with four simultaneous music stages and doesn't wind down until
early Sunday morning.
All profits are donated to charities.
Friday, Jan 14th, 7:30pm-12;30 Admission: $20, students with id $15
Saturday, Jan 15th, 6pm-2 Admission: $45, students: $35
Two Night Festival Admission: $60, students $45
Discounts for advance internet purchase at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/140939
Children 12 & under: free
www.goldenfest.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124917267566458
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