Fanfare Ciocarlia

When: Back to Calendar » September 23, 2012 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Where: Duke Gardens

Cost: See website

Categories: Dance/Musical Performance

Fanfare Ciocarlia, the world’s hottest Gypsy brass band, vamps on traditional Romanian dance tunes with “raucous good humor” (NY Times). A wedding combo from an isolated Romanian town turned world-touring phenomenon, the 12-piece ensemble barrels headlong through local traditions spiked with contemporary influences. With searing brass, throbbing percussion, and incantatory group vocals in Romani, Fanfare Ciocarlia cannot be contained in a concert hall. For fans of Gogol Bordello — or anyone who might enjoy dancing under the moonlight at Duke Gardens — this is a sure shot rarely seen on U.S. stages.