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Fanfare Ciocarlia and Tcha Limberger’s Budapest Gypsy Orchestra, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Sat May 17
4:20pm Friday 11th April 2008
The best-known gypsy band in the world, Fanfare Ciocarlia started life as a village wedding band in the remote mountains of north-east Romania.
Awarded BBC Radio 3's World Music Award For Europe, they fuelled a global Balkan beats revivalwith their dizzying brand of roaring Roma funk and high speed Eastern European dance music.
Blind Belgian violinist Tcha Limberger is froma family of manouche musicians. Drawn to Hungarian music from an early age, Limberger spent three years studying its roots in Budapest and revists the heart of Budapest café culturewith his handpicked ensemble of Hungary's finest gypsy players.
Look out for Fanfare Ciocarlia taking over New Road from 2pm on Saturday, May 17 as part of a special free event hosted by Brighton's Balkan Beats UK.
- Starts: 8pm, Tickets: £15 - £18.50
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- Classical performances, various venues, throughout May
- Fat Cat Nights, Theatre Royal Brighton, Fri May 16 and Sat May 17
- Spiro, Pavilion Theatre, Tues May 20
- Miriam Makeba, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Weds May 21
- Seckou Keita Quartet, Pavilion Theatre, Thurs May 22
- Portico Quartet, Pavilion Theatre, Sat May 24
- Medeski, Martin, Wood, Dome Concert Hall, Sat May 24
- Elgar Anniversary Concert, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Sun, May 27
- Mingus Big Band, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Wed, May 23
- Original Kocani Orkestar & A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, May 12
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