THE NISHT GEFERLACH KLEZMER BAND will be opening the 2020 Farmers Night Concert Series at the State House in Montpelier:
Wednesday, January 15th,, 7:30 PM, in the House Chamber
Free admission

"The soulful and stirring music of the Jews of Eastern Europe and, more recently, of New York's Lower East Side has found a home in Vermont! The Nisht Geferlach Klezmer Band (Rick Winston, Kathy Light, Steven Light, Will Lindner and Avram Patt) has been playing klezmer music in New England for almost 35 years. "Nisht Geferlach," translated literally from the Yiddish, means "not dangerous." More colloquially, it means "Relax, it won't kill you." The band plays songs from the golden age of New York's Yiddish Theater as well as freilachs, bulgars, and other lively instrumentals that display the Tin Pan Alley and New Orleans jazz influence on Jewish immigrant musicians. And in true Klezmer tradition, dancing is encouraged!"

(Farmers Night is a long-standing tradition at the State House. Free concerts and performances of all types on Wednesday nights during the Legislative Session.)