All Events

(Subject to change.)

Fri, Jun 26 ‘26   08:00 PM @OMA (Weimar) | Admission: €15.00 / €10.00
Dobranotch @ OMA YSW 2026 Sneak Preview
Sun, Jun 28 ‘26   07:00 PM @Schneidertempel, Sanat Merkezi Felek Sk. No: 1, Karaköy Istanbul | Free Admission

AskEnAzindan: Love, At Least...

Greco-Turkish-Yiddish-Ladino Songs of Love and (A)more
with Sarah Myerson & Ilya Shneyveys

Wed, Jul 1 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @Woodstock Kadıköy Istanbul | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Sun, Jul 12 ‘26   08:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Mon, Jul 13 ‘26   07:30 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Faculty Concert I Lomir shpiln, zingen un deklamirn oyf Yidish!
(Let’s play, sing and declaim in Yiddish!)
Tue, Jul 14 ‘26   08:00 PM @Goethe Institut Thessaloniki, Leof. Vasilissis Olgas 66, Griechenland/Greece, 546 42 Thessaloniki | Free Admission

YAM Ensemble 2026

News from the shared ancestry of Yiddish, Sephardic, and Greco-Turkish music

Tue, Jul 14 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Wed, Jul 15 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Thu, Jul 16 ‘26   08:00 PM @Herderplatz (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
YSW 2026 Opening Concert - YAM Ensemble News from the shared ancestry of Yiddish, Sephardic, and Greco-Turkish music
Fri, Jul 17 ‘26   08:00 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” Weimar | Free Admission

A shtim fun harts (A voice from the heart)

A Shabbes-Inspired Evening of Sharing

Sat, Jul 18 ‘26   07:30 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Final Student Concert I Lomir shpiln, zingen un deklamirn oyf Yidish!
(Let’s play, sing and declaim in Yiddish!)
Sat, Jul 18 ‘26   08:00 PM @Wandelhalle (Eisenach) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
YAM Ensemble 2026 News from the shared ancestry of Yiddish, Sephardic, and Greco-Turkish music
Sun, Jul 19 ‘26   06:00 PM @Zughafen (Erfurt) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
YAM Ensemble 2026 News from the shared ancestry of Yiddish, Sephardic, and Greco-Turkish music
Mon, Jul 20 ‘26   06:00 PM @Lindenhof im Kammergut, Hauptstr. 14 Tiefurt | Free Admission

A Yiddishe Lebn

Eleanor Reissa with Frank London & Patrick Farrell

Mon, Jul 20 ‘26   06:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge Erfurt | Free Admission

Yiddish / ייִדיש – From the Beginnings to the Age of Print

Exhibition opening with lectures by Prof. Dr. Simon Neuberg, Fabian Heyduck M.A. und Prof. Dr. Andreas Lehnertz

Tue, Jul 21 ‘26   07:00 PM @Villa Rosenthal (Jena) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
A Yiddishe Lebn Eleanor Reissa with Frank London & Patrick Farrell
Tue, Jul 21 ‘26   08:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €8.00
Talk: Jewish Heritage in Smyrna/Izmir Turkey between the past and the future – A talk by Nesim Bencoya
Tue, Jul 21 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Wed, Jul 22 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @Sächsischer Hof (Herderplatz) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Thu, Jul 23 ‘26   07:30 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Faculty Concert II Two Worlds of Yiddish Song & The Horizons of Klezmer
Thu, Jul 23 ‘26   08:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €8.00
Talk Show: Yiddish Live! – !ייִדיש דירעקט A Talk Show Starring Die Zweiflers Star Eleanor Reissa, hosted in Yiddish by Jake Schneider
מיט עלענאָר ריסאַ אין דער הױפּטראָלע אָנגעפֿירט אױף ייִדיש דורך דזשײק שנײַדער
Fri, Jul 24 ‘26   08:00 PM @Musikschule „Johann-Nepomuk-Hummel” Weimar | Free Admission

A shtim fun harts (A voice from the heart)

A Shabbes-Inspired Evening of Sharing

Sat, Jul 25 ‘26   07:00 PM @Alte Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €16.00 / €8.00
A Yiddishe Lebn Eleanor Reissa with Frank London & Patrick Farrell
Sat, Jul 25 ‘26   08:00 PM @Verein der Natur- und Heimatfreunde e.V. (Niederzimmern) | Admission: €10.00
Dobranotch Sizzling-Hot Mix of Klezmer, Balkan and Roma Roots Music
Sat, Jul 25 ‘26   08:00 PM @Schloss Tonndorf (Tonndorf) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Strauss/Warschauer Duo (US) & Zilyin Biret (Réunion) Brooklyn Klezmer Réunion: In My Garden
Sat, Jul 25 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Sat, Jul 25 ‘26   08:30 PM @Alte Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €16.00 / €8.00
A Yiddishe Lebn Eleanor Reissa with Frank London & Patrick Farrell
Sun, Jul 26 ‘26   08:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Mon, Jul 27 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Tue, Jul 28 ‘26   07:30 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Final Student Concert II Two Worlds of Yiddish Song & The Horizons of Klezmer
Wed, Jul 29 ‘26   08:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Fran & Flora Experimental Yiddish folk duo
Thu, Jul 30 ‘26   08:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Anna Lowenstein Through The Walls, a Yiddish string quartet
Fri, Jul 31 ‘26   08:00 PM @Bachhaus Eisenach (Eisenach) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Double Bill: New Yiddish Strings – Fran & Flora / Anna Lowenstein Fran & Flora – Experimental Yiddish folk duo
Anna Lowenstein – Through the Walls, a Yiddish string quartet
Sat, Aug 1 ‘26   04:00 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Project Presentation Women of the Book and Yiddish Visual Arts

Life artistic intervention created in and for the OMA by Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson

Sat, Aug 1 ‘26   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Double Bill: New Yiddish Strings – Fran & Flora / Anna Lowenstein Fran & Flora – Experimental Yiddish folk duo
Anna Lowenstein – Through the Walls, a Yiddish string quartet
Sat, Aug 1 ‘26   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Sun, Aug 2 ‘26   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Premiere: Togbukh Rose Shoshana Kahan – A Yiddish Story of Shanghai
Musical theater by Dr. Alan Bern (composition) & Dr. Diana Matut (libretto), starring Leila Schütz (soprano) as Rose Shoshana
Sun, Aug 2 ‘26   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Mon, Aug 3 ‘26   10:00 AM - 05:45 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Festival Week | Mini-Workshops & Meet the Artist

Lomir redn, Lomir shpiln, Lomir tantsn, Meet the Artist, Lomir zingen, Lomir tseykhenen

Mon, Aug 3 ‘26   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Papirene brikn (Paper Bridges) Tsvishn os, vort un lid – Between letter, word and song
Mon, Aug 3 ‘26   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Tue, Aug 4 ‘26   10:00 AM - 05:45 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Festival Week | Mini-Workshops & Meet the Artist

Lomir redn, Lomir shpiln, Lomir tantsn, Meet the Artist, Lomir zingen, Lomir tseykhenen

Tue, Aug 4 ‘26   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Double Bill: Electric Rose / Chaia Electric Rose – The Rose Cohen Experience with Sarah Myerson and Ilya Shneyveys
Chaia – Yiddish Electronic
Tue, Aug 4 ‘26   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Wed, Aug 5 ‘26   10:00 AM - 05:45 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Festival Week | Mini-Workshops & Meet the Artist

Lomir redn, Lomir shpiln, Lomir tantsn, Meet the Artist, Lomir zingen, Lomir tseykhenen

Wed, Aug 5 ‘26   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Alan Bern: Liderbukh (Songbook) A curated selection of Alan Bern's songs based on Yiddish poetry
Wed, Aug 5 ‘26   08:00 PM @Alte Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Double Bill: Electric Rose / Chaia Electric Rose – The Rose Cohen Experience with Sarah Myerson and Ilya Shneyveys
Chaia – Yiddish Electronic
Wed, Aug 5 ‘26   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Thu, Aug 6 ‘26   10:00 AM - 05:45 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Festival Week | Mini-Workshops & Meet the Artist

Lomir redn, Lomir shpiln, Lomir tantsn, Meet the Artist, Lomir zingen, Lomir tseykhenen

Thu, Aug 6 ‘26   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Togbukh (2nd Performance) Rose Shoshana Kahan – A Yiddish Story of Shanghai
Musical theater by Dr. Alan Bern (composition) & Dr. Diana Matut (libretto), starring Leila Schütz (soprano) as Rose Shoshana
Thu, Aug 6 ‘26   08:00 PM @Alte Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Double Bill: Shura Lipovsky / Ida Gillner Shura Lipovsky – If I Were an Angel …
Ida Gillner – Shtoltse lider
Thu, Aug 6 ‘26   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Fri, Aug 7 ‘26   10:00 AM - 05:45 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Festival Week | Mini-Workshops & Meet the Artist

Lomir redn, Lomir shpiln, Lomir tantsn, Meet the Artist, Lomir zingen, Lomir tseykhenen

Fri, Aug 7 ‘26   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Double Bill: Shura Lipovsky & Ida Gillner Shura Lipovsky – If I Were an Angel …
Ida Gillner – Shtoltse lider
Fri, Aug 7 ‘26   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Sat, Aug 8 ‘26   07:30 PM @Marktplatz (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Double Premiere: Her:Kol / Caravan Orchestra & Choir Her:Kol – Yiddish Women’s Song Cultures
Caravan Orchestra & Choir – Vayter! Yiddish and Middle Eastern Music in Dialogue
Sat, Aug 8 ‘26   11:00 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Sun, Aug 9 ‘26   08:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | Admission: €8.00
Talk: Women of the Yiddish Book Lecture in Erfurt with Dr. Diana Matut
Tue, Aug 11 ‘26   07:00 PM @Prager Haus Apolda | Free Admission

Broygeztants

Bessarabian Klezmer

Tue, Aug 11 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Wed, Aug 12 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Thu, Aug 13 ‘26   08:00 PM @Freilichtbühne Weinau-Zittau (Weinau-Zittau) | Admission: €16.00 / €12.00
Caravan Orchestra & Choir Vayter! Yiddish and Middle Eastern Music in Dialogue
Thu, Aug 13 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Fri, Aug 14 ‘26   08:00 PM @Wandelhalle (Eisenach) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Caravan Orchestra & Choir Vayter! Yiddish and Middle Eastern Music in Dialogue
Fri, Aug 14 ‘26   08:00 PM - 11:00 PM @ Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Sat, Aug 15 ‘26   07:30 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
YSW Final Dance Ball Yiddish dance, Hasidic dance & Balfolk
Sat, Aug 15 ‘26   08:00 PM @Zughafen (Erfurt) | Admission: €22.00 / €10.00
Caravan Orchestra & Choir Vayter! Yiddish and Middle Eastern Music in Dialogue

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