Sideshow Acts is the program on BTR that features sounds of the Balkans and Eastern Europe. You’ll hear Klezmer and Roma tunes plus Circus tunes and bands that use trombones, trumpets, tubas and accordions. Lottie@btrtoday.com
Vagabond Opera
photo: Vagabond Opera
Jul 6, 2012 Wonder Ballroom-Portland,OR
Jul 21, 2012 Hornings Hideout-North Plains,OR
Hazmat Modine
photo: Hazmat Modine
Jun 5, 2012 Moods-Zurich,Switzerland
Jun 6, 2012 Jazztage-Wiener Neustadt,Austria
Caravan of Thieves
photo: Caravan of Thieves
Jun 8, 2012 FTC on Stage One-Fairfield,CT
Jun 9, 2012 92Y-New York,NY
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