Here’s the full schedule of Jewish Music Festival events:
East West Ensemble and Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble play 8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at Wheeler Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley. Tickets: $30 general; $25 BRJCC members, seniors and students; $60 premium reserved seating and reception. Presented in association with the Israeli Consulate. (415) 276-1511.
Theodore Bikel with Hankus Netsky in concert 4 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake St., San Francisco. Tickets: $30 general; $25 BRJCC, Emanu-El congregants, seniors and students; $50 premium reserved seating. Co-sponsored by Congregation Emanu-El and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture.
Yair Dalal in concert 4 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at Pt. Reyes Dance Palace, Pt. Reyes Station. Information: (415) 663-1075.
“From ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to Beatbox in the ‘Hood,” a conversation with Theodore Bikel, Hankus Netsky, DJ Socalled, Jewlia Eisenberg and Yair Dalal, moderated by professor Naomi Seidman of Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union. Takes place 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. Tickets: $15 general; $10 BRJCC, JCCSF members and students. Presented in association with the Taube Center for Jewish Life, JCCSF. (415) 276-1511.
Streimel, a Purim matinee, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. Tickets: $15 general; $10 BRJCC members, seniors and students.
Emil Zrihan with Za’atar 8 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. Tickets: (415) 444-8000. Presented by Osher Marin JCC.
Gary Lapow family concert 11 a.m. Sunday, March 27, followed by Community Music Day 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. Interactive workshops and performances for all ages, by numerous Bay Area musicians; also instrument petting zoo. Tickets: $24 families (up to two adults and two children); $10 general; $7 BRJCC members, seniors, students and children under 5. Presented in association with KlezCalifornia and Freight & Salvage Coffee House; co-sponsored by Claire Sherman and Ed Anisman and Julie Sherman. (415) 276-1511.
Judith Cohen and daughter Tamar Cohen Adams: Music in Sephardic and ‘Marrano’ Life 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. Tickets: $17 general; $13 BRJCC, Judah L. Magnes Museum members, seniors and students. Presented in association with Judah L. Magnes Museum; co-sponsored by Maurice Amado Foundation. (415) 276-1511.
Emil Zrihan with the Kronos Quartet 8 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. Tickets: $37 reserved seating; $32 BRJCC, JCCSF members, seniors and students; $60 premium reserved seating and post-concert reception with artists. Presented in association with JCCSF. (415) 276-1511.
Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson 4 p.m. Sunday, April 3, Wheeler Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley. Tickets: $27 general; $23 BRJCC members, seniors and students; $50 premium reserved seating. Presented in association with Graduate Theological Union and U.C. Berkeley; co-sponsors include Biddle-Gottesman family and Leonard Merrill Kurz. (415) 276-1511.
Klezmatics and friends’ dance party, and dancemeister Steven Weintraub 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. Tickets: $15 general; $11 BRJCC members, seniors and students. Co-sponsored by Schwartz Family Fund. (415) 276-1511.
Additional events that will be presented in association with the Jewish Music Festival include:
Shir HaShirim Kabbalat Shabbat service 7:30 p.m. Friday March 11, at BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. Information: (415) 848-0238.
“Hidden Spirituals: Sacred Songs from Jewish Mystic Sources” 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. Information: (415) 292-1233.
DJ Socalled’s Hip-Hop Purim party 8 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission, S.F. Information: (415) 292-1233.
Klez-X 8 p.m., Saturday, March 26, at Freight & Salvage Coffee House, 1111 Addison, Berkeley. Information: (510) 548-1761.
Avishai Cohen Group and Anthony Coleman’s Sephardic Tinge 8 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. Information: (415) 776-1999.
Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics at services 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Temple Beth Sholom, 642 Dolores Ave., San Leandro. Information: (510) 357-8505.
Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main Street, Napa. Information: (707) 226-7372.
“Mizrachi: Mediterranean Jewish Music & Beyond” workshop 7 p.m., Mondays, March 7 and 14, at U.C. Berkeley. Information: (415) 276-1511.
Hip-Hop Parshanut with Rabbi Scott Slarsky 7:30 p.m. Mondays, March 28 and April 18, at JCCSF, 3200 California Street, S.F. Information: (415) 292-1200.
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