Bar Mitzvah & Bat Mitzvah Bands

The Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Bands category contains musicians who are well versed in the celebratory songs of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Their song lists include the standard songs in English and Yiddish.
Translating to "son/daughter of the commandments" this celebration marks the coming of age, following Jewish Law. The Jewish child now becomes an adult and is fully responsible to God for becoming a better person.

The duo was originally named Gypsy Nights after a famous duo that entertained in the restaurants and cafes of Budapest in the 1930s. Violinist Ernie Gruner and accordionist/singer Phil Carroll play: Gypsy, Klezmer, Middle-Eastern, French, Italian, Russian, Jazz and Tango Music that ranges from soulful to wild. Australian concerts highlights include the National Folk Festival and National Multicultural Festival. Phil and Ernie’s three NZ tours have included the Wellington Folk Festival and the Christchurch Jazz Festival.

Underbelly provides live music at the highest level - associated Middle Eastern and African musicians are highly trained and experienced and can perform solo, duo or in any ensemble requested. Using traditonal instruments such as the Turkish flute, darabukka drum, Djembe drum and oud, ensembles can be tailored to create dynamic beats or mesmerising melodies that transport your guests to another time and place.

Jugularity plays an energetic mix of folk, jazz, blues, lounge, rap and gypsy music in a comedy-cabaret style. Jugularity is versatile - performing in concert, or as roving minstrels, or calling folk/bush dances or doing kids' shows. Jugularity is available for all manner of functions: festivals, fashion parades, weddings, divorces (half price if they played the wedding), open for inspections, wine tastings and other intimate occasions.

From underground Balkan parties to “The Famous Spiegeltent,” Babaganoush have ventured the Gypsy Circuit in full swing. Their blazing musicians are generating a Gypsy fever in Melbourne’s most intimate and liveliest bars and cafes. During hot performances, crowds are whipped into wild frenzies. Heartfelt and tormenting, the group seems to have a diabolical effect on their audiences. Cruel and insidious, Babaganoush’s Gypsy music is not for the weak and feeble hearted but for those who’ve had their hearts broken numerous times.

Klezmania is regarded as Australia's leading Klezmer (an Eastern European folk style) band and performs dynamic instrumentals and songs in Yiddish and English.
They carry the audience along an emotional journey and break down language barriers through engaging explanations of the songs. With energy and passion they play everything from romantic ballads to whirling frenetic traditional dance tunes to foot tapping jazzy songs.