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2008

2007

• Wednesday Jan 17, 2007
  9:30pm *Romashka with Vjola Contraband at Joe's Pub*
  [More info here]
• Saturday Jan 20, 2007
  10pm APAP Showcase in Goldenland room
  [More info]
• Saturday Apr 28, 2007
  9pm Romashka at Mehanata
  [More info]
• May 12, 2007
  Private Party
• June 5, 2007
  Private Party
• July 28, 2007
  Romashka at Mehanata [MORE INFO]
  9-11 pm
• August 7, 2007
  Generation R Party on the Roof
  Tango + Gypsy Night
  [Full info at the JCC Website]
• September 15 + 16, 2007
  Chicago World Music Festival
  [Full info]
• September 29, 2007
  Private Party
• October 27, 2007
  Private Party
• December 29, 2007
  Pre-New Year's Party at Mehanata
  [Full info]

2006

• March 3rd, 2006
  The Philadelphia Museum of Art "Art After 5" Series
  ==>Report from Philly
• Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
  Valentine's Party @ the Russian + Turkish Baths
  • ==>Report from the Baths
  • ==>Featured as *BEST OF NYC 2006* in the Village Voice!
• Friday, June 9th
  11 pm Maia Meyhane (East Village, Ave B bet 6th and 7th st)
• Tuesday, June 20th
  9 pm Barbes
• Tuesday, August 8th -JCC R Generation Dinner on the Roof and tusovka with
  ROMASHKA, 7-10 pm, JCC Manhattan (Upper West Side) [more info]
• Wednesday, Sept 13
  ROMASHKA and KING DJANGO'S ROOTS & CULTURE at the Delancey in HIAS 'From the Shtetl to the S(h)tates'
  [More Info]
• Saturday, Oct. 7th
  8 pm The ROXY
  Gipsy Kings / New Generation from France
  Georges Reyes, Anthony Reyes, Michel Batrac
  Romashka / Gypsy Music from Romania, Russia, and beyond
  Gypsy Dancer Julia Kulakova / Russia
  [More info]
• Friday Dec 1, 2006
  10pm Romashka Gypsy Bash @ Maia - Maia Meyhane, East Village (NY)
  Location: 98 Ave B (between 6th and 7th streets), East Village, Manhattan
  F, V train to 2nd Ave or L train to 1st Ave
  Cover: $5 suggested tip
  Website: http://www.maiameyhane.com
• Sunday Dec 10, 2006
  Romashka with the Luminescent String Orchestrii - The Union Pool, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)
  Website: http://myspace.com/unionpool
  Union Pool is located at 484 Union Avenue on the corner of Union & Meeker, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We are two short blocks north of the Lorimer L stop and one block off the Metropolitan exit of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.

NEW YEAR'S EVE! Dec 31, 2006

• MAIA MEYHANE - New Year's Party, Romashka is on 9-10 pm
• MAKORnival at Makor Club annual full building party, Romashka is on 11:30-1:30 am

2005

• Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
  Romashka in New York First-Ever Gypsy Festival!
  ==>More info here: http://www.nygypsyfest.com/
• September 17th
  The Kitchen High Line Block Party: A West Chelsea Street Fair presented by The Kitchen and Friends of the High Line - see thekitchen.org for full info.
• September 16th
  Solar Festival - solar1.org
• September 3rd
  A joint show with the Reverend Glasseye @ Galapagos
• Sat, August 27th
  Ro-Ro-Romashka celebrates ONE YEAR of shows at the Bulgarian Bar (Mehanata) - ..prep your gut for some harsh Bulgarian rakiya (brandy) and head downtown for some wild gypsy music ruckus!!!
• August 20th
  Willi B* SummArts Festivale - "An artgasmic exploration of Brooklyn culture" It's outdoors and indoors, taking over the 'Burg with music, dance, and theater performance. (Galapagos, Williamsburg)
• Sat, August 6th
  Wedding
• Sun, August 7th
  Festival of Cultural Exchange in Portland, Maine
• Thu, August 4th
  Outdoor Concert at
  Washington Market Park in Tribeca (Manhattan)
• Thu, Jul 28 - Romashka hits the Upper West Side!
  The JCC in Manhattan
• Sunday, May 22:
  CHARM and THE KNITTING FACTORY PRESENT A FULLCLUB EVENT... KING GYPSY ROCKER MASSIVE 3!!! Gypsy Music, Punk Rock, Balkan, Brass Band, Dance Party! Handsome men in suits and hats! Talented, beautiful fierce women! Drinking! Kissing! Shouting! Accordians! Violins and Tubas! Original Gypsy Punk mix by DJ Hutz (of Gogol Bordello), World Inferno Friendship Society, Luminescent Orchestrii, Nervous Caberet, Slavic Soul Party, Hungry March Band, Romashka, Guignol, Balkan dance classes with the Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar
• Saturday, March 19th, 2005
  *BAM Cafe* - part of the XX Women In Music Series
• March 5th, Saturday -
  KING GYPSY ROCKER MASSIVE 2
  Knitting Factory Tap Bar
• Friday, March 4th, 2005
  TUBAPALOOZA @ Zebulon
  A FREE night of nothing but great TUBA bands! 4 bands 4 FREE! roncaswell.com
  9pm - The KNOBS! "The KNOBS, polished and turned on!"
  10pm - Romashka "A lethal does of gypsy firewater, Romashka will kick you in the ass and sing about it"
  11pm - Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
  
  "Trumpeter Frank London leads the best Klezmer brass blowout this side of the 1900's"franklondon.com
  12am (midnight!) - Slavic Soul Party!
  "New York's #1 official brass band for Balkan beats" - with bellydancer Kristina Melike
  slavicsoulparty.com
• Friday, Feb. 4th, 2005
  Petroushka Ball (Private Party)
  Romashka dances in to give a break to the 15-piece balalaika orchestra at the annual Plaza Hotel ball
• Saturday, January 15
  HMB + ROMASHKA + DJ Hutz (of Gogol Bordello) @ the Knitting Factory

2004

• Sunday, Nov. 7th, 2004
  Satalla, NY
  Romashka is taking the stage in the psychedelic world of Satalla, the Temple of World Music in NY
• Friday, October 15th, 2004
  Mamaliga Explosion II - Romashka back at the Hungarian House! Romanian Folk Dance Party with Romashka!
• Sun, June 13th, 2004
  Romashka @ Southpaw in Park Slope
• Fri, June 4th, 2004
  DUMBO- Brooklyn, NY
  Luminescent String Orchestrii Tour Kick-off Party
• Thu, June 3rd, 2004
  Balanza, Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
  Balkan Cabaret - Dancer/choreographer Valerie Green enters into the world of Musical entertainment with a very special night of cutting edge sounds and performances inspired by the diverse cultures of the Balkan region. Performing on the bill are: PECTOPAH, a Balkan/American band which combines regional musical
  styles with Jazz and other modern music; ROMASHKA, a Gypsy dance party band, and YASNA VOICES a Bulgarian a cappella women's vocal ensemble. The night will also feature artistic director Valerie Green performing a Belly Dance, Lydia Taranco performing Gypsy Flamenco dance and Ashley Smith performing a modern movement piece to Hungarian music. Rounding out the evening is DJ JORO BORO from the Bulgarian Bar spinning Balkan/Gypsy Fusion sounds throughout the evening.
• Thu, May 20th, 2004
  Barbes, Park Slope - Brooklyn, 9 pm
• Thu, May 6th, 2004
  Baggot Inn - Pierogies & Po-Boys: Eastern European and New Orleans Dance Music
  
• Romashka, The Village Klezmer Quintet, and the Gold Sparkle Brass Band are joining forces at the Baggot Inn on Thursday, May 6th. The show will feature the lively music of Romanian & Russian Gypsy caravans, the Eastern European Jewish diaspora, and New Orleans second line, which grew out of the funeral procession traditions of African slaves. Pierogies and Po-Boys, the Red Line clashes with the Second Line!
• Fri, April 30th- Volume, Williamsburg, NY
  Romashka at the Hungry Marching Band Benefit
• Sat, April 24th, 2004
  Wedding, NY (Private)
• Fri, March 26th, 2004
  Mamaliga Explosion!!!!! Romanian dance party @ the Hungarian House Effervescent & infectious renditions of Romanian, Moldovan, Gypsy & Klezmer traditional dance tunes by Romashka, the NYC Gypsy Dance Party collective.
• January 17th, 2004
  Zlatne Uste festival