KlezWest Monthly Klezmer Jam
Sun, Jul 13
|Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
Join a jam session of klezmer music (all instruments and musicians welcome)
Time & Location
Jul 13, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada
Event Description
Calling klezmer musicians! KlezWest and Kol Halev Performance Society sponsor a monthly klezmer jam and dance program for klezmer beginners, intermediate, and advanced klezmer players and dancers. All klezmer instruments and musicians are welcome to join!
The next jam session will take place at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture (6184 Ash Street) on Sunday, July 13th from 2-5pm.
This month’s jam is dedicated to preparing to accompany the finale of Peretz’s Yiddish dance class (now a community dance party!) on Thursday July 24, 7-9pm. Even if you can’t make that event come to the jam – preparing and playing for dancers is what Klezmer is all about!
Bring your own instrument and music stand
Dance Tunes: Ot Azoy, Kandel’s Hora, Freylekhs fun der khupe, Bapolyer Freylekhs, Khotinskaya
Fees are by donation (recommended: $5)
You can find charts for the songs on Toronto Klezmer Society’s Resource page here
KlezWest is an informal group of musicians, dancers, Yiddish speakers and friends who love to explore, play and dance to klezmer music. We meet monthly to learn songs together, practice different kinds of Yiddish dance, and connect. Regular jam sessions take place on the second Sunday of every month (check the KlezWest website to join their mailing list).