Little Chef Klezmer Band performs at Congregation B’nai Zion in El Paso, Texas. Featuring klezmer favorites and Yiddish songs with vocalist David Leviyev.
Max performs with the Little Chef Klezmer Band at a private bar mitzvah celebration in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Details TBA
Solo saxophone at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Arizona studio and home.
JFunk performs as part of Resonance 2025, a new Phoenix music festival featuring bands, DJs, artists, and vendors at the historic Icehouse. Time TBA. More info and tickets here.
JFunk performs at Alwun House as part of the Good Grief solo art show by Tifa Holman. Free admission.
JFunk plays Linger Longer Lounge for Brett’s B-Day Art Show with the Lolly Bombs and Katie Mae. $10 cover.
The Scottsdale Community College Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Eric Rasmussen, appears with guest artist Michael Mayo at the Nash, Phoenix’s premiere jazz club. Tickets and more information coming soon.
Jordan Wax presents a short set of selections from his new record The Heart Deciphers with members of the Little Chef Klezmer Band at Klezmerquerque, an annual festival of klezmer music and Yiddish dance in New Mexico. Photo: Randi Thompson.
Peoria’s 2nd Saturdays is a monthly music and art festival that takes place on the second Saturday of each month, October through April. Come to historic Downtown Peoria at Jefferson Street and 83rd Avenue from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Come enjoy some Arizona’s best original art, music and artisan goods!
$5 cover; music at 9pm.
This New Year’s Eve, escape to the magic of New York City without leaving Arizona! Lone Butte is transforming into New York’s Central Park, complete with iconic sights, flavors, and performers. More here.
Backing band for The Bergamot at a private house holiday party.
The Arizona Jewish Historical Society hosts the Paradise Valley Community College Klezmer Ensemble for a program titled “From the Shtetl to the Bandstand”. Tickets and more information here.
The Paradise Valley Community College klezmer ensemble presents its first full concert featuring classic klezmer, Yiddish songs, a new Hannukah song by PVCC student Mishy Katz, and more. Free and open to the public.
Performing American songbook and swing favorites at Scottsdale restaurant.
The Scottsdale Community College Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Eric Rasmussen, appears with guest artist Javon Jackson at the Nash, Phoenix’s premiere jazz club. Tickets and more information here.
The 4th annual Tempe Jam highlights local bands/musicians who live, work, or play in Tempe. Free, more info here.
Bisbee’s independent artist music festival, held across multiple venues. Set time / location TBA.
More information here.
Music and Dance Workshops | 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm
Concert & Dance Party | 7:00 pm
Dance leader Miryam Coppersmith will team up with Phoenix’s Little Chef Klezmer Band (LCKB) for the Phoenix Klezmer and Yiddish Dance Festival. Coppersmith and LCKB bandleader Max Schwimmer will present educational dance and music workshops, appropriate for participants of all ages and backgrounds. Participants in the music workshop will learn how to perform traditional klezmer melodies in a distinctive klezmer style, and dance workshop participants will explore the basics of Yiddish dance. All participants will be able to show off what they learned at the evening dance party and concert alongside LCKB and Coppersmith.
The Phoenix Klezmer and Yiddish Dance Festival is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture. Festival events are open to individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
Yiddish dance offers many joyful and playful ways to move to klezmer music: in a line, a circle, with a partner, or on your own. Join dance leader Miryam Coppersmith and the PVCC Klezmer Ensemble to learn about the history of "dancing Jewish" and explore the different rhythms and dances of Eastern Europe.
Dancers of all backgrounds will get to experience the unique rhythmic improvisational interplay between dancer and musician within this form, embody the shapes and gestures specific to this dance, and explore the nuances of what it means to dance communally.
The workshop is free of charge and open to all. Made possible by a grant from the City of Phoenix Department of Arts and Culture. Halloween costumes encouraged!
Room: PVCC Black Box Theater, Building M East
Tempe Center for the Arts presents JFunk in its 48 Live series highlighting Arizona artists.
Driftwood Quintet’s new Classical Underground Series continues with a performance of chamber music paired with poetry both old and new. Music to be performed includes works by Jeff Scott, Duke Ellington, and Valerie Coleman with a premiere of new works by local composer Kevin E. Kerr. Featured poet Sean Avery Medlin will be reading from their internationally published poetry collection “808’s and Otherworlds” as well as works by Langston Hughes and Marsha Music. This program will have two performances: one at Tempe’s Farmer’s Markert turned speakeasy, The Dark Side, and another at Eastlake Park's own black & worker-owned bookstore, Grassrootz Bookstore and Juice Bar.
The Classical Underground Series is a new chamber music series that brings chamber music performances to intimate, laidback venues in the Metro Phoenix area. This series aims to promote chamber music as an inviting and social community-building experience for both old and new fans of classical music. We invite you to bring a friend, order a drink, and enjoy discovering what the Classical Underground Series has in store!
This series is supported in part by the Phoenix City Council through the Arts and Culture Department and by the City of Tempe – Community Arts Grant.
Baritone saxophone with SCC Jazz Orchestra performing the music of Grammy-nominated composer and saxophonist. Remy Le Boeuf. Tickets here.
Celebrate St. Patty’s Day and help JFunk travel to Dublin, Ireland this summer. JFunk has been selected to perform as headline artists at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest 2024 and is crowdfunding their journey. Featuring Djents, Benja, and Dirt Skirt.
The Classical Underground Series is a new chamber music series that brings chamber music performances to intimate, laidback venues in the Metro Phoenix area. This series aims to promote chamber music as an inviting and social community-building experience for both old and new fans of classical music. We invite you to bring a friend, order a drink, and enjoy discovering what the Classical Underground Series has in store! Funded in part by Tempe Arts & Culture.
The city of Glendale is celebrating the arts in a big way on March 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance and the city of Glendale are collaborating to bring over 100 artists, musicians, and interactive arts experiences to the community. Free admission. Learn more here.
