21/12/08

It's the 25th day of Kislev tomorrow! Is it? Is it really? What, you don't know your Hebrew calendar? Call yourself educated? Well, be thankful for Budapest's Jewish contingent today, as they make it a much more exciting Sunday than usual.
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Chanuka 5769 (Festival)

A38, 21st December, 22:00 1500Ft adv, 2000Ft door
Petőfi hid [map]
Buda, XI, Petőfi híd (Budai hídfő) (T4/6), 2 min

It's the eve of Hanukkah and this is Chanuka. A children's programme and ritual candle lighting will be accompanied by Ági Szalóki. Having previously worked with Besh o droM, she now sings traditional Hungarian and Romany songs with a smoky jazz backing.

Meanwhile, Fellegini Klezmer Gipsy are a Klezmer/Gypsy hybrid, joined tonight by Chalaban's Bea Palya and Said Tichiti.

Fusion is the word. More details here.

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Also recommended...

Hanukkah Festival (Concert)
Sirály [map] 21:00, 21st December
Triton (who have a website that doesn't really work) bring their saxy jazz to the Sirály basement. Trumpeter, Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson comes too.

WAMP (Market)
Gödör, 21st December, from 11am
Wamp Wamp, what it do, what it do? It's a market, with young Hungarian designers peddling their wares. Website here for comprehensive details.

Kálmán Balogh and the Gypsy Cimbalom Band
MUPA [map], 21st December, 19.30, 1500 - 3400Ft
Ági Szalóki is really gadding about tonight: first over at A38 and now accompanying Kálmán Balogh’s Gypsy Cimbalom Band at the Palace of Arts. If you want to go to both, why not ask her for a lift? Expect Hungarian and Gypsy Christmas songs lifted from Balogh's 2005 album, Christmas Music for Joy. More info here.

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