What do you get when you mix high-spirited klezmer, classical, jazz, Southern American, and Quebec traditional influences, plus a violin, mandolin, clarinet, bass clarinet, accordion, guitar, double-bass and percussion? The unique gypsy sounds of Gadji-Gadjo, a six-person band from Quebec that is coming to the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, March 13th. Think Klezmatics before they got mellow (“Man in a Hat” anyone) meets punk, a cappella and that bar scene from Fiddler on the Roof. But don’t take my word for it – check out their Youtube videos below
Chicago folk singer, guitarist and accordionist Ami Saraiya will open the show. Saraiya’s music has been described as a “delightful . . . sound that’s equal parts Feist, Billie Holiday, post-modern folk, Rufus Wainwright, and 60‘s pop.”
TC Jewfolk is giving away TWO PAIRS OF FREE TICKETS to Gadji-Gadjo’s show at the Cedar. What do you have to do to win? Before midnight on Thursday, March 4th…. Tell us one interesting fact about Quebec in the comments. The winner will be drawn randomly by The Hat, so no worries about getting the “right” answer. But if you tell us things we don’t already know about Quebec, you get our eternal approval and appreciation. And since all I know about Quebec is that they speak French, that shouldn’t be too difficult.
If you don’t win, the tickets are pretty reasonably priced anyway. Click here to purchase tickets ahead of time for just $15, or procrastinate and get them at the door for $18. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:00pm.
Gadji-Gadjo plays “La Tempete Des Corneilles”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D96geMJR7lo
Gadji-Gadjo plays “Allegro Diabolico”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRIk5TJnGRc
Ami Saraiya plays “Vegas Moon”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IGcftqC5fM
Sounds like a fabulous band and concert! With me and my husband both laid off from work, we probably can’t afford to purchase tickets, but here’s a factoid for our chance to win free ones: Quebec’s famous Chateau Frontenac was a location in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1953 drama “I Confess”.
Quebec actually has more Yiddish speakers per capita than New York City.
Does this work? Quebec contains more than 3% of the world’s fresh water reserves.
This is from a highly reliable quick google search so I apologize if it isn’t completely accurate.
Quebec must be a better place than Thunder Bay.
I would love a pair of tickets.
It’s the 250th anniversary of the Battles of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec.
The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), or War of the Conquest in Canada, or French and Indian War for the Americans, is a major conflict that is sometimes compared to a world war by the very number of the operations theatres (Europe, North America, India) and the number of countries involved.
Quebec actually has no polar bears of any kind.
St-Viateur’s in Montreal still has the best bagels in the world!
Residents of Quebec are not eligible for North America mail-in contests.
At the end of Jan / early Feb, Quebec City’s Winter Carnival is on, and they sell something called a “Carnival cane” – filled with “Caribou”, the traditional Quebecois alcoholic beverage of choice for the festival (a mixture of wine, brandy, whiskey, and a bunch of other stuff. It actually tastes pretty good, especially when you’re freezing – they serve it hot!).
Truth is stranger than fiction…so here is my shot at a pair of tickets:
In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour from butter. This law is the result of Quebec dairy lobbyists’ pressure to ”protect” their dairy business. They claimed margarine was beginning to resemble butter, as to be mistaken for real butter. Make margarine unattractive, and consumers would stick to butter. The Quebec government caved in, and tried to impose a dark vermilion-coloured margarine, which was disgusting. The colour, finally, at the other extreme, is a pallid almost-white-colourless margarine.
Thanks for entering this contest! Your entries were awesome! Earl Graypark and Steve K. are the two winners of free pairs of tickets to this show. The rest of you, go buy your own! And have fun!