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Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music

Hosted By: Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA)

Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music brings the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, from July 11 to 14. This four-day festival will feature musicians and performers at the forefront of the Yiddish music scene and will be streamed live for the second time. The Yidstock Livestream Concert Pass includes access to seven concerts, with live viewing only; it does not include access to any talks or workshops.

Concert Schedule:

  • Thursday, July 11: The Klezmatics — 7:30–9 p.m.
  • Friday, July 12: Judy Bressler and Hankus Netsky — 2–3 p.m.; Levyosn — 5–6 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 13: Socalled’s Gephilte — 8–9:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, July 14: Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment featuring Richie Barshay — noon–1 p.m.; Basya Schechter & Avi Fox-Rosen (Present Itzik Manger’s Khumesh Lider) — 3–4 p.m.; Eleanor Reissa and the Klezmer Brass Allstars — 7:30–8:45 p.m.

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Host

Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA)

The Yiddish Book Center is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole Jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating Yiddish books and presenting innovative educational programs that broaden understanding of modern Jewish identity. The Yiddish Book Center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits; two performance halls with a year-round schedule of educational programs, concerts (including the annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music), films, and events; an English-language bookstore; and a million Yiddish books.
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