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AUSTIN TX – The Austiner Klezmer Bund plays Honk TX 2020 April 3rd-5th. HonkTX is a FREE Community / activist / marching band festival, Honk TX happens in Austin Texas, at various parks and locations around the city the 1st week of April, 2020! To find out more, visit http://honktx.org/2020-festival/schedule/

AUSTIN, TX – The Austin Klezmer Bund Community Orchestra, a project to the Traditional Jewish Music Foundation, is currently meeting and re-hearsing to perform as part of HONK!TX 2020.  If you are interested in joining the Bund, please contact us to get information about rehearsals and music links.

AUSTIN, TX – The Austin Klezmer Bund is accepting new recruits!  Rehearsals are underway in preparation for HONK TX 2018.  The Austin Klezmer Bund is a community folk music ensemble that plays events and festivals in central Texas, including HONK TX 2018.  Please contact the bund if you are interested in HONK-ing with us in […]

[October 13, 2017] – Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour (MTKH), an 8-year-old traditional Jewish music band in Austin, is releasing its first album, entitled Shoyn Avek Der Nekhtn, which translates as “Yesterday Is Dead And Gone.” The 10-piece ensemble presents an exciting and energetic take on Yiddish music, some of which has never been recorded in […]

The Austin Klezmer Bund Orchestra plays Honk Texas 2017! AKBO will plays around 6pm Friday evening at Tom’s on South Congress, around 6 pm Saturday night at East Arbor near Spiderhouse Cafe, and for the Parade Sunday at noon on the east side. Please visit http://honktx.org/ for more details as they develop. HONK TX is […]

AUSTIN, TX – Austin-based non profit the Traditional Jewish Music Foundation is seeking sponsors to support free school classes and special learning events through the Austin Klezmer Bund.  The TJMF is a recently founded non-profit organization with a focus on supporting folk musicians through the production of learning events at Schools, libraries, and community spaces.  […]

Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour and the Austin Klezmer Bund Orchestra will host a traditional Klezmer Jam Wednesday July 29th, from 8-10pm at the Butterfly bar in Austin Texas. We will be playing mostly from Klezmer for Everyone volumes 1 & 2, by Sherry Mayrent.  The Jam is open to intermediate through professional players, and will […]

Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour​ and  Austiner Klezmer Bund​ are excited to present a 2-day workshop with Sherry Mayrent​ of the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture.  Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour has been learning from and playing with Sherry for several years and now want to share her passion for and wealth of knowledge in klezmer music […]

Laaaaaadies & Menshn! It’s time for Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour with Di Austiner Klezmer Bund Orchestra TODAY as part of HONK TEXAS in the park – it’s FREE! Enjoy and have a restful Shabbes in the sun while listening to Trad Klez. Saturday, March 28th: Adams-Hemphill Park at the Spiderhouse Ballroom “Family Stage” (Hemphill @ […]

The Austin Klezmer Bund open meeting is next on Sunday February 15th, 12:30-2:30. The Austin Klezmer Bund Orchestra is rehearsing Sunday nights, and is an intermediate through professional skill level community ensemble. Email us for more information!