All Events

(Subject to change.)

Tue, Jul 8 ‘25   08:00 PM @Goethe Institut Thessaloniki, Leof. Vasilissis Olgas 66, Griechenland/Greece, 546 42 Thessaloniki | Free Admission

YAM Ensemble

New music inspired by shared Yiddish, Sephardic and Greco-Turkish traditions.

Sat, Jul 12 ‘25   08:00 PM @Herderplatz (Weimar) | This event is over.
YAM Ensemble Tonight's opening concert will take place ON HERDERPLATZ as planned, despite possible rain. YSW25 Opening Concert: New music inspired by shared Yiddish, Sephardic and Greco-Turkish traditions.
Sun, Jul 13 ‘25   07:00 PM @Zughafen (Erfurt) | This event is over.
YAM Ensemble New music inspired by shared Yiddish, Sephardic and Greco-Turkish traditions.
Sun, Jul 13 ‘25   08:00 PM @Asia Bistro (Frauenplan) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Mon, Jul 14 ‘25   06:00 PM @St. Christopheruskirche Tiefurt | Admission: 10 €

Strauss/Warschauer Duo with Ziliyn Biret 

Songs about love, unity, and the golden chain of Yiddish culture that spans the generations

Mon, Jul 14 ‘25   08:00 PM @ACC Café (Burgplatz) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Tue, Jul 15 ‘25   08:00 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | This event is over.
Milestones I YSW Workshop Faculty Concert I
Wed, Jul 16 ‘25   08:00 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

TODAY AT OMA! 

An evening of informal music making in good company

Fri, Jul 18 ‘25   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 19 ‘25   08:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | This event is over.
Dray Doyres Three generations of klezmorim
Sat, Jul 19 ‘25   08:00 PM @Asia Bistro (Frauenplan) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Sun, Jul 20 ‘25   08:00 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | This event is over.
New Horizons I YSW Week 1 Workshops Final Concert
Thu, Jul 24 ‘25   08:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | This event is over.
Yiddish Voices Double bill with Dan Kahn and Soveles
Thu, Jul 24 ‘25   08:00 PM @ACC Café (Burgplatz) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Fri, Jul 25 ‘25   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 26 ‘25   08:00 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | This event is over.
Milestones II YSW Workshop Faculty Concert II
Sun, Jul 27 ‘25   05:00 PM @Kultur- und Bildungszentrum der Jüdischen Landesgemeinde (Erfurt) | This event is over.
Gennady Fomin and Friends East meets West
Sun, Jul 27 ‘25   08:00 PM @Pizzeria San Marco (Schillerstraße) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session - CANCELLED

An evening of informal music making in good company

Tue, Jul 29 ‘25   08:00 PM @Sächsischer Hof (Herderplatz) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Wed, Jul 30 ‘25   08:00 PM @Zum Schwarzen Bären (Markt) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Thu, Jul 31 ‘25   08:00 PM @Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel” (Weimar) | This event is over.
New Horizons II YSW Week 2 Workshops Final Concert
Sun, Aug 3 ‘25   07:00 PM @Alte Synagoge (Erfurt) | Sold out
Yair Dalal "V'ahavta …” – And you shall love! Iraqui-Jewish music
Tue, Aug 5 ‘25   07:00 PM @Villa Rosenthal (Jena) | Sold out
Lerner Moguilevsky Duo Wizards of Klezmer music from Buenos Aires
Tue, Aug 5 ‘25   08:00 PM @Sächsischer Hof Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Wed, Aug 6 ‘25   07:00 PM @Prager Haus Apolda | Free Admission

Kapela Kotra

Jewish instrumental music from Belarus and Ukraine

Wed, Aug 6 ‘25   08:00 PM @Zum Schwarzen Bären (Markt) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Thu, Aug 7 ‘25   08:00 PM @Alte Synagoge (Erfurt) | This event is over.
Kapela Kotra Jewish instrumental music from Belarus and Ukraine
Thu, Aug 7 ‘25   08:00 PM @Pizzeria Venezia da Marco (Schillerstraße) Weimar | Free Admission

Jam Session

An evening of informal music making in good company

Fri, Aug 8 ‘25   08:00 PM @Verein der Natur- und Heimatfreunde e.V., Niederzimmern (Niederzimmern) | This event is over.
Kapela Kotra Jewish instrumental music from Belarus and Ukraine
Fri, Aug 8 ‘25   08:00 PM @Wandelhalle (Eisenach) | This event is over.
Lerner Moguilevsky Duo Wizards of Klezmer music from Buenos Aires
Fri, Aug 8 ‘25   08:00 PM @mon ami Weimar | Free Admission

A shtim fun harts (A voice from the heart)

A Shabbes-Inspired Evening of Sharing

Sat, Aug 9 ‘25   07:30 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | Sold out
Lerner Moguilevsky Duo Wizards of Klezmer music from Buenos Aires
Sat, Aug 9 ‘25   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | This event is over.
A simkhe! - Let's celebrate! YSW 25th Anniversary Dance Ball
Sat, Aug 9 ‘25   09:00 PM @Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) | This event is over.
Lerner Moguilevsky Duo Wizards of Klezmer music from Buenos Aires
Sun, Aug 10 ‘25   07:00 PM @Schloss Tonndorf (Tonndorf) | This event is over.
The Bern Kovnatskiy Duo The Sublime Art of Klezmer
Sun, Aug 10 ‘25   07:30 PM @Herrenhaus Hue de Grais (Wolkramshausen) | This event is over.
Lerner Moguilevsky Duo Wizards of Klezmer music from Buenos Aires
Tue, Aug 12 ‘25   08:00 PM @Lichthaus (Weimar) | This event is over.
Film: Brave Old World - Live in Concert (2000) Filmed at Oscar Peterson Hall in Montreal, Canada
Tue, Aug 12 ‘25   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Wed, Aug 13 ‘25   10:00 AM - 11:00 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

YSW25 Festival Week | Daily Program

Mini-workshops & Meet the Artists

Wed, Aug 13 ‘25   11:00 AM - 01:00 PM @Studienzentrum der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek (Weimar) | This event is over.
Tour: Jewish Life in Weimar | Early Jewish settlements in Weimar IMPORTANT CHANGE OF LOCATION AND FORMAT: This event will be an indoors lecture taking place in the Lecture Hall of the Studienzentrum der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Address: Platz d. Demokratie 4, 99423 Weimar.
Wed, Aug 13 ‘25   04:30 PM @Lichthaus (Weimar) | This event is over.
Film: The Other Europeans in: The Broken Sound (2011) In 2008-09, Yiddish Summer Weimar launched its most ambitious project up to that time: an EU-funded exploration of the shared history and cultural heritage of klezmorim and lautari.
Wed, Aug 13 ‘25   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | This event is over.
forshpil Yiddish psychedelic rock
Wed, Aug 13 ‘25   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret
Thu, Aug 14 ‘25   10:00 AM - 11:00 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

YSW25 Festival Week | Daily Program

Mini-workshops & Meet the Artists

Thu, Aug 14 ‘25   11:00 AM - 01:00 PM @OMA (Weimar) | This event is over.
Tour: Jewish Life in Weimar | Jewish Life during the National Socialist Era IMPORTANT CHANGE OF LOCATION AND FORMAT!  This event will be an indoors lecture taking place in the Other Music Academy, Ernst-Kohl-Strasse 23, 99423 Weimar.
Thu, Aug 14 ‘25   04:30 PM @Lichthaus (Weimar) | This event is over.
Film: The Young Kadyas (2022) A film about 27 girls and the power of poetry and music
Thu, Aug 14 ‘25   08:00 PM @Zughafen (Erfurt) | This event is over.
forshpil Yiddish psychedelic rock
Thu, Aug 14 ‘25   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | Sold out
Caravan Orchestra and Choir "Mir farshidene, mir nemen zikh arum" - Sounds of Diversity from Haifa and Weimar || Advance tickets are sold out, but there will be some tickets still available at the door (from 7:30 p.m.).
Thu, Aug 14 ‘25   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting at 10:30 p.m. NOT 10:00 p.m.

Fri, Aug 15 ‘25   10:00 AM - 11:00 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

YSW25 Festival Week | Daily Program

Mini-workshops & Meet the Artists

Fri, Aug 15 ‘25   11:00 AM - 01:00 PM @Jüdischer Friedhof (Weimar) | This event is over.
Tour: Jewish Life in Weimar Weimar City Tour
Fri, Aug 15 ‘25   04:30 PM @Lichthaus (Weimar) | This event is over.
Film: Welcome to Yiddishland (2024) A Place without Borders
Fri, Aug 15 ‘25   08:00 PM @Wandelhalle (Eisenach) | This event is over.
Caravan Orchestra and Choir "Mir farshidene, mir nemen zikh arum" - Sounds of Diversity from Haifa and Weimar
Fri, Aug 15 ‘25   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | This event is over.
Lerner Moguilevsky Duo Wizards of Klezmer music from Buenos Aires
Fri, Aug 15 ‘25   10:30 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting at 10:30 p.m. NOT 10:00 p.m.

Sat, Aug 16 ‘25   10:00 AM - 11:00 PM @OMA Weimar | Free Admission

YSW25 Festival Week | Daily Program

Mini-workshops & Meet the Artists

Sat, Aug 16 ‘25   11:00 AM - 01:00 PM @Jüdischer Friedhof (Weimar) | This event is over.
Tour: Jewish Life in Weimar Weimar City Tour
Sat, Aug 16 ‘25   04:30 PM @Lichthaus (Weimar) | This event is over.
Film: I Dance but My Heart Is Crying (2024) Semer Ensemble in concert - The rediscovery and revival of the long-lost musical treasures of the Semer label, which still produced recordings by Jewish artists during the Nationalsocialist era.
Sat, Aug 16 ‘25   08:00 PM @Zughafen (Erfurt) | This event is over.
Caravan Orchestra and Choir "Mir farshidene, mir nemen zikh arum" - Sounds of Diversity from Haifa and Weimar
Sat, Aug 16 ‘25   08:00 PM @mon ami (Weimar) | This event is over.
Der fliendiker balagan Klezmer Circus with Dobranotch
Sat, Aug 16 ‘25   11:00 PM @OMAcafé Weimar | Free Admission

Late Night Cabaret

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting at 11:00 p.m. NOT 10:30 p.m.

Sun, Aug 17 ‘25   10:00 AM - 04:00 PM @Park an der Ilm (Reithaus/Co-Labor) Weimar | Free Admission

YSW25 Anniversary Day | Day Program

Mini-workshops & Meet the Artists

Sun, Aug 17 ‘25   02:00 PM - 04:00 PM @Park an der Ilm (beim/near Reithaus) Weimar | Free Admission

Fun Day in the Park

We invite you to join us for family-friendly outdoors fun for all ages, especially for children.

Sun, Aug 17 ‘25   04:00 PM - 10:00 PM @Marktplatz (Weimar) | This event is over.
Mazltov! YSW 25th Anniversary Gala Concert

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