We are thrilled to welcome back to Ashkenaz, Abraham Inc, the 9- piece Jewish -funk supergroup co-led by the titanic trio of Read More

Tokyo’s Jinta-la-Mvta is a unique ensemble that combines its own roots in Japanese folkloric music traditions with influences from Jewish, Greek, Balkan Read More

Germany’s Semer Ensemble is a world-class supergroup of Berlin-based musicians and singers who create fresh interpretations and provocative, contemporary arrangements of repertoire Read More

For over 40 years, the  musicians of Budapest’s Muzsikás Ensemble have been the leading global emissaries of Hungarian folk music. Their legendary Read More

Ashkenaz, in association with the Joseph Papp Yiddish Theatre, is pleased to present the new Yiddish-language production of Arthur Miller’s iconic Death Read More

Montreal’s Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra is an explosion of music and dance, circus and imagination. The band is a creative chaos that fuses Afro-Colombian Read More

From Toronto to New York, Budapest to Berlin, audiences are hailing the Lemon Bucket Orkestra as folk music revolutionaries. Self-described as a Read More

Celebrating their 18th anniversary at Ashkenaz 2016, Beyond the Pale are known for their unique brand of boundary-busting Eurofolk fusion, featuring inventive Read More

Oklahoma-born, Texas-reared, and now living in New Orleans, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rubin is an unabashed Southern Jew, known equally for his muscular musicianship Read More

A mother and son, both descendants of Polish Holocaust survivors, return to Poland in the hopes of finding their lost identity and Read More

Brazilian chanteuse Nicole Borger creates fresh interpretations of Yiddish song classics, translating them into Portugese and setting them to a kaleidoscope of Read More

As part of the 2016 Ashkenaz Festival’s new focus on Jewish foodways, each of our unique presenters will give individual presentations throughout Read More

Ashkenaz is pleased to present a world-premiere exhibit of photography by Montreal musician Socalled. As one of the leading figures of his Read More

“Rhapsody in Schmaltz” Author of Born to Kvetch, columnist, bon vivant and raconteur, Michael Wex has been called “a Yiddish national treasure.” Born Read More

Over the past several years, some of Israel’s most noted secular rock singers have begun performing their own renditions of traditional Middle Read More

Sandcatchers was formed in the corner of Cheryl’s, a soul food restaurant on the corner of Underhill avenue and Eastern Parkway in Read More

The Zev Feldman Trio is a neo-traditionalist ensemble that performs Klezmer music in the small group style of 19th century Europe, while Read More

Directed by Yari and Cary Wolinsky (USA) 85 minutes “How often do you get a chance to reach deep into history and Read More

The Israeli-Iranian Musical Initiative (I=I) is a Toronto based collective of Israeli and Iranian musicians whose mission is to suggest a path of Read More

Ashkenaz is thrilled to welcome back Shadowland Theatre to create the Festival’s joyous Parade. Iconic Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem’s 100th yohrzayt provides Read More

Food writer, independent scholar and culinary historian, Michael Twitty’s “Kosher Soul” explores the intersection of Jewish and African American foodways as a Read More

Liz Alpern is the co-owner of The Gefilteria, a culinary venture that reimagines Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, and co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: Read More

Tamar Ilana and her trans-Mediterranean ensemble Ventanas embrace the varied instrumental and melodic traditions of the Sephardic Jews of North Africa, the Balkans, and Read More