AJDES OF MARCH

Name: AJDES OF MARCH
Start: 2026-03-29T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-29T23:00:00-04:00
Location: Zal Gaz Grotto Club - "The greatest Grotto that ever was"

Schedule

Sun Mar 29 2026 at 05:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Zal Gaz Grotto Club - "The greatest Grotto that ever was" | Ann Arbor, MI

Ajdes of March - A2 Balkan Dance Festival
JOIN US for a night of live music, food, drinks and lots of dancing.
COME DANCE THE WINTER AWAY!
GET ADVANCED TICKETS!
ALL PROCEEDS & TIPS GO TO THE MUSICIANS!
FOR TICKETS USE VENMO go to: https://account.venmo.com/u/douglaslaneallen
NOTE: ADVANCED PRICE TICKET SALES VIA VENMO WILL CLOSE THE DAY OF BUT SOME TICKETS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Adult - $25 advance, $35 at the door
Students over 12 - $15 advance, $20 at the door
Children 6-12 - $15
Children under 6 - Free
Write your name or names of the people in your group on the memo line to reserve your tickets. Please show confirmation from venmo at the door for entry. Advanced tickets not sold the day of! There are also oppurtunities for helping in exchange for a ticket. 4 Digit confirmation: 0857.
Text 734.260.0857 if you need anything. Hope to see you there. Thanks for spreading the word!
PROGRAM
The dance music program will feature tunes from Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, N. Macedonia, Serbia, Armenia, Turkey, and Roma traditions.
Doors open at 5pm. Live music starts at 5:30 pm. After the last band's performance, all musicians who are still standing will return to play and sing a few numbers together for the final dances. Everyone is welcome to sing along. Get there early to reserve your table.
Many of the dances are done in a line and are easy to learn. Not a dancer? Not a problem; the Zal Gaz Grotto has plenty of room to sit, watch and listen. Grab a table with friends and enjoy the evening.
DANCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY!
There will be plenty of dances you can easily follow without knowing them beforehand, but if you’d like to dig a little deeper, go to https://aactmad.org/
THE PERFORMERS
AJDE AMAN 5:30-6:30
MEMBERS OF VESELBA (MK) 6:30 to 7pm
AJDE AMAN JOINED BY ERIC SCHWEIZER ON CLARINET, DALIA KROPF AND MARY ZYSK ON PERCUSSION
7-8:30
MEMBERS OF VESELBA (BG) 8:30 to 9pm
MENSUR HATIC (monster accordionist from St. Louis), TONI RISTOVSKI (VOCAL), DONNY CINDRIC (KEYBOARDS).
9 to 10:45 pm
10:45 All musicians play a couple together
SMALL CHILDREN
Please be responsible for any small children attending with you. Children are welcome to dance, partake of the and participate in the event. We need your help in assuring that they refrain from running in the building, crossing the dance floor during dances, and disrupting the activities of the other guests. It’s a good idea to bring something for them to do when they’re not dancing. Please make sure your youngsters are safe and under your guidance at all times.
FOOD
In Eastern Europe, live music and dancing are always accompanied by food albeit not typically mexican. . . but with six hours of dancing, we will need refueling and mexican food works! Food from the in house restaurant COSA SABROSA.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
If you’d like to exchange a couple of hours of work for free admission, we have a number of volunteer work-exchange positions, such as shifts doing setup, tear-down, box office, and more. Please text douglas allen at 734.260.0857 if you are interested.
JOIN US!
Join us in celebrating Eastern European traditions of live music, dancing, and food. This is one of Ann Arbor's most exciting music and dance events and, for Balkan music and dance aficionados, THE event of the year — and it doesn’t happen every year! Your buying tickets in advance really helps us plan. Hope to see you there!
PARKING
Parking in the back of the building. If lot is full use park across the street.
FOR MORE INFO FOLLOW @AJDEAMAN