We had a delightful time at the Downtown Seder–the food was excellent, our song about hiding the afikomen was well received, and we heard tons of amazing musicians.  Our thanks go out to the City Winery*, KFAR, and the other sponsors for having us participate! As a reminder, we have a gig coming up on [...]

As I’ve mentioned previously, the ChickenFat Klezmer Orchestra started making music together at the Old Town School.  They just posted a video of us playing at the graduation concert the school has at the end of every session: Playing a medley of Nifty’s Freilach and Angels If you haven’t had a chance to take a [...]

Although the holidays will be over, don’t let the festivities end! ChickenFat Klezmer Orchestra, live! Sunday, December 26, 2010 Duke’s Hideaway 6920 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 4-6pm   (Thanks to Drew for the poster!  And to be clear…Boxing Day has nothing to do with boxing.)

We’re playing Duke’s again!  We love the intimate setting because we get to be so close to the audience. Duke’s Hideaway Sunday, April 25th 4pm-6pm Duke’s Hideaway 6920 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 4pm – 6pm (map)

According to the Red Eye, Avondale is Chicago’s “next hot ‘hood“.  It’s about to get hotter on April 17th, when we bring our sizzling klezmer sounds to Relax on Milwaukee. Relax is my favorite sort of neighborhood bar; it’s got a friendly staff, inexpensive drinks, and pool and darts to keep you entertained between sets.  [...]

Eeee! We’re super exited to be playing a few songs for Milly’s Almost All Kid Holiday Spectacular. Some of you may remember Milly’s Orchid show, a “vaudeville-meets-Grand-Ole-Opry extravaganza, a place where comedians, monologists, filmmakers, musicians, jugglers, lariat twirlers and just about everyone else you can imagine got a chance to strut their stuff in a [...]

We’re playing at the Folk & Roots festival on Sunday, July 12, at the Dance Stage. There will be a quick hora (dance) lesson before we start. Come enjoy some dancing in the park! Plus, there are a ton of cool bands playing the rest of the day. ChickenFat Klezmer Orchestra (aka the Alte Schteibeles) [...]