The Jewish Music Festival, hosted by the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center from March 4 to 26, has virtually something for everyone. The full schedule is as follows:

Opening Night

New Orleans Klezmer Allstars. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at First Congregational Church, Oakland.

“I-Tal-Ya.” Italian Jewish music. 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 5 at Caffe Venezia, Berkeley.

“Bagels and Bongos.” Septeto Rodriguez. Cuban sounds and klezmer. 8 p.m., Saturday, March 11 at First Congregational Church, Oakland. Also 7 p.m. Sunday, March 12 at Little Fox Theatre, Redwood City.

“Traditions and Transformations.” Liturgical singing with cantors Alberto Mizrahi and Jack Mendelson. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 12 at Temple Sinai, Oakland.

“Jewish Fringes.” Bay Area composers of new music: Paul Dresher, Daniel David Feinsmith, Amy X Neuburg and John Schott. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Yair Dalal. Israeli musician, with Marin’s Ali Akbar College of Music; Purim party to follow. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael.

“From Istanbul to Jerusalem.” Sephardic music from Turkey. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 19 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman. Yiddish songwriter, singer and poet, with Yiddish singer Theresa Tova. 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23 at Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, Berkeley.

“Yiddish Matters.” Conversation with Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman and her son, Itzik Gottesman, associate editor of the Yiddish Forward, with Harvey Varga, Bay Area Yiddishist. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23 at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.

“Three Yiddish Divas.” With Adrienne Cooper, Theresa Tova and Joanne Borts. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at JCCSF.

“Community Music Day.” Family concert with Ira Levin, instrument petting zoo, local performance artists. Hosted by Josh Kornbluth. 12 p.m. Sunday, March 26 at BRJCC.

Related events:

Michael Alpert and Sharon Jan Bernstein in “Avanti! Forverts!” Yiddish and Italian protest songs. 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 at The Dance Palace, Pt. Reyes Station.

Dan Cantrell. Klezmer/Roma mix. 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 at Ristorante Raphael, Berkeley.

“New Jewish Music” with John Schott. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2 at Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley.

“Composing New Music” with Daniel David Feinsmith and John Schott. 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 7 at San Francisco Public Library, Civic Center, San Francisco.

Shir HaShirim. Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi musical liturgy. 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10 at BRJCC.

“A Taste of Cuban Klezmer” with Roberto Rodriguez. 8 p.m. Friday, March 10 at Temple Beth Sholom, San Leandro.

Golem. Nouveau klezmer rock band presented by The Hub at JCCSF. Tuesday, March 14 at 12 Galaxies, San Francisco.

Lehrhaus Judaica workshop: Urban Ladino music of Turkey. 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 20 at BRJCC.

KlezCalifornia. Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30. At Albert J. Schultz Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto.

Zimriya. Bay Area Jewish Choral Festival. 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30 at Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco.

Information: call (415) 276-1511 or visit www.jewishmusicfestival.org.

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