Ashkenaz Festival

02/12/2026

We're so thrilled to support our friends at Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company on this ambitious production! We saw the show during its NYC run a few years back and it is most definitely a must-see. Get your tickets now - friends of Ashkenaz can save 15% on your purchase with the discount code ASHK15. Use this link http://www.uponline.com/cgi-bin/viewmessage_int?s=2038.40204

12/16/2025

Just two more days until Christina & The Zamlers: Reimagining the Lost Klezmer Music from the An-ski Expeditions. It’s been a decade since accordionist Christina Crowder last performed in Toronto, at the 2016 Ashkenaz Festival in a trio with Zev Feldman and Zilyin Biret. Check out an excerpt from that performance below, and join us on Thursday night at Holy Blossom Temple for a very special performance. Presented as part of IGNITE!, an arts-centric, community-wide celebration of Hanukah that will bring much-needed joy and light to all those in attendance. Register here: https://holyblossom.org/event/ignite-tikkun-leil-chanukah
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12/11/2025

One week to go until Christina & The Zamlers: Reimagining the Lost Klezmer Music from the An-ski Expeditions. Learn more about the music and story behind this fascinating project at the link below. Or better yet, come for the pre-show lecture at 7pm by Christina Crowder and then enjoy the music live at 8pm.

Full program details for IGNITE! A Community-wide Tikkun Leil Chanukah are now available online. Check out all the other great stuff happening next Thursday at Holy Blossom Temple.

The Kiselgof-Makonovetsky Digital Manuscript Project (KMDMP) is an international digital humanities project to make materials collected by Zinovy Kiselgof during An-ski Expeditions and the Makonovetsky Wedding Manuscript—long-preserved in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine—available for r...

12/04/2025

Here's a taste of what's in store on December 18 when we present Christina & The Zamlers: Reimagining the Lost Klezmer Music from the An-ski Expeditions. The concert, and a pre-show lecture about this fascinating project, will be presented as part of the third edition of IGNITE!, a unique community celebration of Hanukah featuring an exciting menu of arts-based workshops, performances and study sessions curated by a dozen different organizations. Full program info will be available shortly at the following link where you can also register to attend: https://holyblossom.org/event/ignite-tikkun-leil-chanukah/

11/30/2025

Check out this great new event from our friends at KlezKanada!

Full Program Passes for KlezKanada's 2026 Yiddish Culture Jam are now available – for a limited time only! Passes will be available for sale only until December 15, 2026. Individual tickets will be available in January as space permits.

Learn more and reserve yours now on our website: https://klezkanada.org/year-round/yiddish-culture-jam/

The Full Program Pass grants access to three workshops each day, two evening concerts, and a special shabes evening community meal. Plus additional programs available only to pass holders.

As some workshops have limited capacity, pass holders will be given the first opportunity to reserve space in limited-capacity programs.



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Les passports pour le programme complet du Yiddish Culture Jam 2026 de KlezKanada sont disponibles dès maintenant – pour une durée limitée ! Ils seront en vente jusqu'au 15 décembre 2026 seulement. Les billets individuels seront disponibles en janvier, dans la limite des places disponibles.

Pour en savoir plus et réserver le vôtre, rendez-vous dès maintenant sur notre site web : https://klezkanada.org/fr/programmes-au-cours-de-lannee/jam-culture-yiddish/

Le passport pour le programme complet donne accès à trois ateliers par jour, deux concerts en soirée et un repas communautaire spécial pour le Shabbat. Des activités supplémentaires sont également offertes exclusivement aux détenteurs de laissez-passer.

Comme certains ateliers ont un nombre de places limité, les détenteurs de passport auront la priorité pour réserver leur place.

11/20/2025

We’re looking forward to Sunday’s YIVO@100: A Century of Yiddish Music and Folklore in Canada. This free event is currently “sold out,” but if you’ve pre-registered and don't plan to attend, don't be a Nancy No-Show! Let us know you’re not coming or refund your registration directly in Eventbrite so that someone else may enjoy.

10/03/2025

Matt Darriau wearing his 35 year old Rhythm + Jews T-shirt wants to remind you that guests of Toronto October 4 show The Klezmatics + Lemon Bucket Orkestra & Toronto Klezmer Society will be the first ones to buy new "Rhythm + Jews" LP

Tickets and album pre-orders klezmatics.com