The Klezmatics became world-renowned superstars when they erupted out of New York City’s East Village in 1986 to revitalize klezmer for new generations. Their music is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while also incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights, antifundamentalism, and eclectic musical influences—from jazz and punk to Arab, African, Latin, and Balkan rhythms. Over the course of thirty years, they have released nine albums of wild, spiritual, and ecstatically danceable music, forever redefining and transcending traditional labels. In the process, they have garnered numerous accolades, including a GRAMMY Award, a New York Jewish Music Award, a Gay and Lesbian American Music Award, and the German Critics Award (twice), in addition to being featured in theater, film, and television projects.

“Forward-looking, tradition-shattering.” – Pitchfork

“The best band in America…there are no longer any boundaries of any kind. The world is changed.” – Pop Matters

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The Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St, Santa Monica, CA $20 suggested.

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Lisa Gutkin on Stage: A Heymish St. Patrick’s Day

To celebrate a heymish St Patrick's Day, Lisa Gutkin (of the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics and the Tony Award winning play Indecent) will share Irish, American, and Jewish tunes, and original songs, creating an atmosphere so warm, you will feel as if you’re sitting at the fireplace in one of her favorite pubs.

Lisa’s song Gonna Get Through This World - with words by Woody Guthrie - was hailed by Pete Seeger, as “a piece of genius.” Her playing and stories are fun and poignant, and her voice has been praised by the LA Times as “hauntingly emotional.”  

The Klezmatics will be back at SF Jazz for the 2023 holiday season!

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Join The Klezmatics as part of the inaugural season of the long awaited Perelman Performing Arts Center in downtown Manhattan! Opening September 2023!

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The Klezmatics

Come celebrate Israel’s 75th Birthday with The World Famous Klezmatics for Shirat Hayam’s Summer Concert Series!

Featuring Cantor Netanel Hershtik & Cantor Yanky Lemmer

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Made possible in part with support from Wayne and Deborah Zuckerman.

The Klezmatics, the internationally acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning modern klezmer outfit, was founded in New York City in 1986 and has been performing around the world since then. Blending instrumental and vocal virtuosity and experimentation with theatricality firmly rooted in klezmer and Yiddish tradition, the Klezmatics brought the revival of klezmer into the rock era, blazing the path for the klezmer renaissance with one foot in the shtetl and the other in the downtown avant-garde. The Klezmatics are Lorin Sklamberg, vocals, piano, and guitar; Frank London, trumpet and keyboards; Matt Darriau, clarinet, saxophone, and recorders; Lisa Gutkin, violin; Paul Morrisett, bass and tsimbl; and Richie Barshay, drums.

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The Old Broadway Synagogue,

 Center for Traditional Music and Dance

and Yiddish New York

 present:

Grammy-winning musicians

 Lisa Gutkin (violin) & Matt Darriau (clarinet/kaval)

 of The Klezmatics 

with Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl/hammered dulcimer)

for KLEZMER NIGHT on OL’ BROADWAY at the Old Broadway Synagogue (15 Old Broadway between 125th & 126th Streets in Manhattan)



Suggested donation: $10

www.westchesterbluegrassclub.com

6:30 doors, 7:00 open mic, 8:00 show

In a rare appearance with bluegrass buddies Wayne Fugate (mandolin), Mark Murphy (bass & cello), and Michael Sassano (guitar) of Out To Lunch, fiddler Lisa Gutkin, founding member of the “Downtown” Celtic band WHIRLIGIG, long time member of The Grammy winning Klezmatics, and composer/performer in Tony winning Indecent, returns to her roots in American music with Lisa’s Pieces, a unique quartet playing driving traditional tunes, songs with three part vocal harmonies, and original compositions. NEW ADDITION: special guest Lisa Alcott on banjo.

Mountain City Traditional Arts presents Call in the Klezmorim workshop and concert

1 pm Workshop with Lisa and Pete Rushefsky

Lisa Gutkin plays klezmer (the music of the Ashkenazy Jews of Eastern Europe) with a nod to her grandparents and a creativity born from her days as a NYC freelance musician. Her playing and stories are fun and poignant, and her voice is 

                      “hauntingly emotional.” - L..A. Times

In March of 2020 when the world locked down, Lisa shifted a cancelled workshop and concert onto Zoom, and it was so deeply appreciated that the workshop has continued weekly to date! with students from all over the world. Eventually her students started meeting and playing together, and when Lisa was back on the road, they hosted garden and house concerts for her. 

“Call in the Klezmorim” grew from a desire to continue and build on this beautifully intimate new tradition. It showcases Lisa on violin, tenor guitar, and vocals - as a soloist, as a bandleader to the klezmorim (klezmer musicians) and as an educator.

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Joe Hurley's All-Star Irish Rock Revue - 25th Anniversary Concert

$20 at the door

A Grammy award winner with The Klezmatics, a composer/music director/performer in the Tony award winning show Indecent, and a bandmate in Sting's show The Last Ship, Lisa Gutkin brings a lot to the table when she performs. 

But "back in the day" Lisa played Irish music like crazy, and performed with luminaries in the Irish scene: John Whelan, Cathy Ryan, Whirligig (with Cillian Vallely, now of Lunasa), John, Redmond, Tommy Sands, and lots of others. 

Lisa's fiddling is pristine, lilting, and very powerful, and in this warm up to St Patrick's Day, she will create an atmosphere so warm, you will think you are at the fireplace in one of her favorite pubs in Rostrevor or Sligo, her Irish homes away from home.

The City Center Dance Festival presents

Dance Theatre of Harlem w/the Klezmatics

Apr 5, 8 – 10
Tue 7pm, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm

Gala | Apr 5
Higher Ground | NY Premiere
Choreography by Robert Garland
Music by Stevie Wonder

Odalisques Variations from Le Corsaire
Staged by Dylan Santos after Marius Petipa
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni

Balamouk (Extended) | NY Premiere
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by René Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, and Les Yeux Noirs; performed live by The Klezmatics

The City Center Dance Festival presents

Dance Theatre of Harlem w/the Klezmatics

Apr 5, 8 – 10
Tue 7pm, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm

Gala | Apr 5
Higher Ground | NY Premiere
Choreography by Robert Garland
Music by Stevie Wonder

Odalisques Variations from Le Corsaire
Staged by Dylan Santos after Marius Petipa
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni

Balamouk (Extended) | NY Premiere
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by René Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, and Les Yeux Noirs; performed live by The Klezmatics

The City Center Dance Festival presents

Dance Theatre of Harlem w/the Klezmatics

Apr 5, 8 – 10
Tue 7pm, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm

Gala | Apr 5
Higher Ground | NY Premiere
Choreography by Robert Garland
Music by Stevie Wonder

Odalisques Variations from Le Corsaire
Staged by Dylan Santos after Marius Petipa
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni

Balamouk (Extended) | NY Premiere
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by René Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, and Les Yeux Noirs; performed live by The Klezmatics

The City Center Dance Festival presents

Dance Theatre of Harlem w/the Klezmatics

Apr 5, 8 – 10
Tue 7pm, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 5pm

Gala | Apr 5
Higher Ground | NY Premiere
Choreography by Robert Garland
Music by Stevie Wonder

Odalisques Variations from Le Corsaire
Staged by Dylan Santos after Marius Petipa
Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni

Balamouk (Extended) | NY Premiere
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music by René Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, and Les Yeux Noirs; performed live by The Klezmatics

The Bean Runner in Peekskill, NY presents: Lisa Gutkin with Will Holshouser. Lisa, best known as violinist and vocalist for the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, for her score, performance, and Music Direction in the Tony Award winning “Indecent,” for "Gonna Get Through This World" that she co-wrote with Woody Guthrie, and for her work with Sting in "The Last Ship," is joined by accordionist extraordinaire, Will Holshouser in a multi faceted musical journey. 

Lisa donates locally whenever she plays in Peekskill. Today’s recipient is CHHOP. You can donate more by clicking here

The Princeton Folk Music Society presents an eclectic evening of foot stomping Klezmer, blues, rock, Celtic and Appalachian tunes with Lisa’s Pieces on Friday, March 18, 2022 at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton NJ at 8:00 PM. The band comprises Lisa Gutkin on fiddle and tenor guitar, Mark Murphy on bass and cello, Michael Sassano on guitar and mandolin, and Wayne Fugate with more mandolins.

Masks and proof of full vaccination will be required for admission. Admission to this event is $25; $20 for members; $10 for students age 12-22; $5 for children under 12. There is no advance sale and ample free parking is available. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Show starts at 8:00 PM.

Tickets are available at the door; No advance sale is available.

PFMS is continuing to offer livestream viewing of performances when possible. We have chosen to make the stream available under the honor system of folk music. If you watch the stream live or delayed, we and the artist would greatly appreciate you utilizing the “tip jar” to make a contribution in lieu of in-person concert tickets. We recognize that not everyone can make it to the venue for the show, so we’re delighted to be able to present this as an option to participate in the concert.

The concert livestream will go live at 8:00PM Eastern the evening of the show, and can be viewed at: https://PrincetonFolk.org/livestream.

The Kulkarni Cultural Series presents the Klezmatics in partnership with the Susquehanna Folk Music Society, which has a $5 discount until February 24th. Mukud S. Kulkarni Theatre - Penn State Harrisburg - 77 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA

Grammy Award winning fiddler and singer with the Klezmatics, co-composer and music director of Tony award winner "Indecent," composer of 2 Pearl Gluck films, with a cameo on Sex & the City, appearances on the Conan O'Brien Show, composer and co-creator of the Mabou Mines piece "Song For NY," and a MacDowell fellow, Lisa Gutkin plays her original fiddle tunes and songs, including "Gonna Get Through This World," her collaboration with Woody Guthrie, which Pete Seeger called "a piece of genius." She is joined tonight by accordionist and composer extraordinaire Will Holshouser, who has played with Regina Carter, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright, Andy Statman and so many more. Irish fiddle tunes, Jewish freylekhs, Americana songs, Balkan melodies, improvisations, and storytelling will make this a fascinating and fun musical journey.

join us for some old and new tunes at one of our favorite clubs. Great food, art on the walls, high ceilings, covid spacing, and a great sound system. Click here for reservations

Ticket Price: $15 per person, 2 person min.

A World Music Jam Band Feat: Will Holshouser (accordion) Jessica Lurie (Saxophones, flute) Michael Sarin (Drums) Lisa Gutkin (Violin Vocals)

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Safe Social Distancing Seating With Very Limited Ticket Availability. Tickets Are Sold By The Table ONLY. Tables seating 2 - 4 guests, with tables for 6 -8 available upon request. See The Attached Seating Chart. Five Indoor Tables With Open French Doors Facing The Performance And Eight Outdoor Tables Are Available. Rain date will be announced for a Sunday in October. Admission Is Still Only $15.00 Per Person But Must Be Purchased As A Table For Safety Table Of Two = $30., Four = $60., Six = $90., and Eight = $120

Lisa Gutkin's Porch Band: A World Music Jam Band Born on a Street in Brooklyn

Will Holshouser (accordion), Jessica Lurie (Saxophones, flute), and Michael Sarin (drums) join Lisa Gutkin (violin, tenor guitar, voice) for a whimsical and groovy wander through a vast musical landscape. Gathering earlier in the pandemic to play on streets, porches, and playgrounds in Brooklyn, they are thrilled to return now with the nice weather.

We're sorry, there are no refunds after tickets have been purchased. In the event of rain or other forms of weather which prohibits an outdoor performance, the rain date performance will be held on the Sunday of that week. If the rain date becomes postponed because of weather, a future alternate weather date will be picked.

Beacon, NY

Ticket Price: $15 per person, 2 person min.

Grammy Award Winner Lisa Gutkin Leads The Always Exciting & Eclectic, Irish-y, Jewish-y, Bluegrass-y, and Funky Quartet Lisa's Pieces

About this Event

Seating Chart

Safe Social Distancing Seating With Very Limited Ticket Availability. Tickets Are Sold By The Table ONLY. Tables seating 2 - 4 guests, with tables for 6 -8 available upon request. See The Attached Seating Chart. Five Indoor Tables With Open French Doors Facing The Performance And Eight Outdoor Tables Are Available. Rain date will be announced for a Sunday in October. Admission Is Still Only $15.00 Per Person But Must Be Purchased As A Table For Safety Table Of Two = $30., Four = $60., Six = $90., and Eight = $120

In the late 90’s, backstage at Ben Freed’s Muscoot Farm Bluegrass Festival, Mark Murphy, Michael Sassano, Wayne Fugate, and Lisa Gutkin gathered for a jam and found themselves on stage 20 minutes later as “Lisa’s Pieces,” a name that has lovingly stuck through the years.

All four are busy, touring musicians with other projects, but they never stop reuniting to celebrate their unique sound, which has Bluegrass as its core, and hints of the world music that Lisa is so well known for.

We're sorry, there are no refunds after tickets have been purchased. In the event of rain or other forms of weather which prohibits an outdoor performance, the rain date performance will be held on the Sunday of that week. If the rain date becomes postponed because of weather, a future alternate weather date will be picked.