Balkan Shmalkan

Balkan Shmalkan is East Vancouver’s premier dance party orchestra. Their funky brass dance beats are rooted in the aural traditions of the Roma and Klezmorim of Eastern Europe and blended with a mixture of pop, funk, and jazz. Think global music with local attitude.The group contains six to sixteen professional musicians playing reed, brass, and drums of both eastern and western origin, which are best enjoyed where the audience is able to get up close and personal with the performance. Balkan Shmalkan is a spectacle unlike any other, they are a colourful, vibrant and celebrative group singing songs in 5 languages including Serbian, Romani, and Italian.