Raya Brass Band Returns to the Black Swan Pub for a Balkan Style Lamb Roast. Dance Instruction, Food, Dance Lessons and One of the Premier Brooklyn Balkan Wedding Bands. You Will Dance, You Will Eat, You Will Have a Great Time. $15 advance Tkts. $20 at the Door. Includes Everything but Your Drinks and Tips. Doors Open at 5pm, Band starts at 6pm

Sunday, Sept 12
5pm–10pm
The Black Swan Pub
66 Broadway
Tivoli, NY, 12583

http://bit.ly/aIvovF

Calling all circus performers, contortionists, belly dancers, fat ladies and men, skinny little things, fire eaters, chariot racers, jugglers, clowns, magicians, pin-up girls and boys, mad hatters, red queens of both sexes, acrobats, hoopers, carneys, unicycle riders, stilters, lion-tamers, tight rope walkers, trapeze artists, popcorn sellers, showmen and women, mustachioed gents and ladies of the audience, dancing bears, elephants and monkeys! Raya Brass Band awaits you, ready to play, at the drop of your hand, the dreamy, frenzied and lilting and tilting music of Eastern Europe, Northern Greece and the Southern Balkan peninsula on the Coney Island Boardwalk for an impromptu show that will give all who show up and opportunity to strut their stuff for the good people of Brooklyn and visitors from around the world.

WHERE: Coney Island Boardwalk across from the Wonder Wheel. Map: http://bit.ly/dhAO7d

WHEN: Performance 1: Monday, September 6th, 2010. Arrive at 3:30 pm to check-in and prepare act. Show at 4 pm.
Performance 2: Saturday, September 18th, 2010. Arrive at 3:30 pm to check-in and prepare act. Show at 4 pm.
Performance 2 rain date: Sunday, September 19th, 2010. Arrive at 3:30 pm to check-in and prepare act. Show at 4 pm.

CONTACT: Matthew “Max” Fass, Accordionist, Raya Brass Band, 917-497-7852, rayabrassband@gmail.com

This event is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC)

Photos by Reuben Radding. Thanks Reuben! They look damn great.

We’ll be bringing the Balkan Sound of Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley this weekend to play for a benefit and celebration for Time & Space Limited in a big barn in Ancramdale. Stop on by for this romp if you’re nearby.

TIME & SPACE LIMITED
Special Event: Big Barn BBQ
In Ancramdale at the Spencer-Shimkin 1799 Barn
Saturday, Aug 14th at 6:00 pm
Adult: $20, Children Under 12: $5

Join Time & Space Limited to celebrate 20 YEARS IN HUDSON at the Big Barn BBQ! Their annual fundraising benefit will support the inventive programming that TSL has been bringing to the community all these years! For just $20 a ticket for adults and $5 for children 12 and under, this is the most affordable and fun fundraiser in town! Raya Brass Band will be on stage so you can tear up the rug, Divine Catering will be firing up the grill, and a fullline-up of pot-luck style desserts will satisfy everyone. Plus a RAFFLE FOR A NEW IPAD. So join TSL at the Spencer-Shimkin Barn in Ancramdale for the best party of the year.

Directions to Barn:
105 Simons Road, Ancramdale, New York 12503

From New York City take the Taconic State Parkway north to the “Hudson/Ancram” exit. Head south on Route 82 to Ancram. When you reach the flashing yellow light in Ancram, take a left onto Route 7. Follow this 1.8 miles to your first crossroad, which is Simons Road. Turn right, follow this dirt road for three-quarters of a mile. When you emerge from the trees you’ll see the red house (with the big barn behind it) on your right.

From Boston take 1-90 to the Taconic State Parkway and head south to the “Hudson/Ancram” exit, then follow the directions above.

If you get lost, call 518-209-7966.

Thursday August 5, 2010
Raya Brass Band at Radegast Hall
http://www.radegasthall.com/
Radegast Hall and Biergarten
113 N 3rd St in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
map: http://bit.ly/c4Q9IM
9:00-11:00 PM
It’s FREE!

Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010 – 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Place: Tompkins Square Park, center circle

You’re coming, right?: RSVP

Be our guest!
There will be tea!
There will be delicacies!
There will be live music by Raya Brass Band!
There will be art!
There will be games!
there will be a white rabbit!
…and of course – there will be more fun than you can possibly consume in one sitting!

Tickets: Keep your eyes out for special Free Art Society playing cards scattered around the city. One must have a card to sit at the looooooong (60 seats) table. Tickets may also be obtained the day of the event by making a donation to “City at Peace.” Special VIP tickets will be given out at a FAS hat making workshop.

Hats: Start creating or seeking your most splendiferous hat! *guests must don a fabulous topper to join in the ceremonious festivities!

RSVP now.

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We’re pleased to be returning to our favorite Brooklyn cultural center and bar, Barbes, on Thursday, July 29. We play @ 10 pm and hope you’ll come down and dance dance dance. And dance some more. And don’t miss legendary Klezmer clarinetist and mandolin player Andy Statman @ 8 pm in the same venue. Get there early to get a seat.

Raya Brass Band at Barbes
Thursday, July 29th
10 PM
Barbes: 376 9th St (corner of 6th ave and 9th st, Park Slope, Brooklyn)
$10 suggested
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com