**Balkanoche: an Eastern bloc folk dance night - Romani, Balkan, Slavic & Klezmer-adjacent World Music** **Dusty Brough** \- Guitarist Dusty Brough brilliantly combines his roots in Flamenco with Jazz, Folk, Brazilian, Gypsy and Balkan music. As a composer, he integrates these eclectic influences with his unique approach to music and a “blatant disregard for genre boxes” (Joe Bendel, Epoch Times). Brough’s nylon-string guitar playing is marked by an unparalleled agile technique that supports a buoyant aesthetic. Dusty creates something truly remarkable by seamlessly blending lush harmonies, intricate rhythms and improvisation, with a fluidity, presence, and rhythm that can only be compared to the rolling waves of the ocean. **Mezečina** - (meh-zeh-chee-nah) - 4-voice polyphony activating ancestral DNA, stretching the boundaries of folk music and beyond. **Blind Lizard Balkan Band** - Balkan Brass ska punk twisted circus. Led by accordionist Masha Mitkov, the band that is actually controlled by dancers in the audience, who have everything to share and nothing to lose. Weave history into the present moment through sound and movement. *There will be a short dance lesson in the beginning for anyone interested in learning some of the dances in some of these meters.* *Free (donations may be caught in a butterfly net or accordion bellows)*