Sway Machinery...

The fifth annual NY Gypsy Fest kicked off Friday night with a show at Hungarian House (213 E 82nd St). That first show featured NYC Balkan brass band Zlatne Uste and gypsy/punk quartet Luminescent Orchestrii. The opening weekend continues with a show today, September 12th aboard the Clipper City Tall Ship (Pier 17, South Street Seaport). Music there will comes from Sway Machinery (a group that features guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood of Balkan Beat Box, Kelly Pratt of Beirut/Arcade Fire/Plan B, saxist Colin Stetson and others) and DJ Pepe.

Tickets are on sale.

The fest stretches itself over two weeks, with shows on September 18th, 25th and 26th at locations around NYC. The full lineup and flyer are below...

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Joe's Pub is throwing some shows at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park in NYC in September Some of them are free, and some of them are not. Tickets are now on sale for the one on September 26th with Beirut, Balkan Beat Box & NY Gypsy All Stars ("Presented in association with The NY Gypsy Festival"). This is a Beirut tour date we already knew about, but this is the first time ticket information has become available (unlike the wordless show that is/was on sale a while ago).

Full Joe's Pub in the Park schedule below....

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