Cretan Night at the Berkeley Bacchanal

Schedule

Sat Feb 11 2023 at 08:00 pm

Location

The Starry Plough | Berkeley, CA

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Cretan Night at the Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal with special guests Manolis Bobolakis (violin) Vaggelis Bagourakis (cretan lauto).
$20. Doors open at 8 pm, show starts at 9 pm. All ages before 10 pm. 21+ after 10 pm when kitchen closes. Food, beer and wine available from the bar.
Buy tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/cretan-night-at-the-berkeley-bacchanal-tickets-525175041687
Pre-show dance lesson at 8 pm, led by Achilleas Fourakis, co-director of the Minoan Dancers Greek folklore dance ensemble, a ministry of the Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Novato.
Musician bios:
Manolis Bobolakis is from the village of Sempronas in the Hania region of Crete. Like most mountainous villages on the island it is mostly an agricultural area, and full of farm animals, olive trees, and chestnuts. Along with helping his family with the farm animals and chestnut trees, he has been playing traditional Cretan violin from a very young age. He has played countless cultural events and also has a studio album to his name.
Vaggelis Bagourakis plays the laouto and is the son of lyra player Tassos Bagourakis from Heraklion, Crete. From an early age his entire life revolved around traditional Cretan music. With his father as his teacher Vaggeli progressed very quickly, and he would frequently join in with his father’s band at various events. Coming from a musical family has led Vaggeli to currently being one of the youngest and most talented up and comers in the modern scene of Cretan music.
While playing together on and off for many years Manoli and Vaggeli have built a great chemistry. They each bring unique traits from their respective areas and together they have a wonderful representation of traditional Cretan music from all over the island.
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Where is it happening?

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave,Berkeley,CA,United States

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Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal

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