Eight days of Concerts throughout New York City
The Oyhoo Festival is New York City’s premiere Jewish music event, showcasing the very best in the growing scene – all with the single purpose of bringing the diaspora together to dance, sing and enjoy. We have events for all ages, budgets and tastes.
Browse the overview below and click on any show title to see a more detailed description. Highlighted shows are marked with a green star, and most shows have easy to use buttons to buy tickets when you’re ready to join us!
Event Schedule
October 20, 2007
A live concert featuring 14 groups each performing one song in the original order of classic motion picture soundtrack of Sholem Aleichem’s great tale.
October 21, 2007
This show will feature Jewish Cuban Gypsy sounds of Roberto Rodriguez with special guests, including the legendary Irving Fields, Salsa great Larry Harlow, Frank London, Aaron Halva-Tres and others.
Described as a “one-woman Indigo Girls with a voice as smooth as Karen Carpenter,� soulful folk rocker Julie Silver weaves together melodies that delight all ages. A star of contemporary Jewish music, this is her first concert for families at the Museum.
Teapacks present the US premier of “Push the Button” with special guests Izabo and dj handler spinning between sets.
October 22, 2007
Day 1 features keynote from Theodore Bikel and performances from Kobi Oz & Teapacks, Good for the Jews and Chana Rothman.
Rick Recht is one of the top touring artists in Jewish music playing over 150 concerts each year in the US and abroad.
The 4,000 Year History of the Jewish People. A Comedy Book by Leonora Thuna; Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbal.
October 23, 2007
Day 2 features a conversation with Neil Sedaka and performances from Rick Recht, Sean Altman and the Afro-Semitic Experience.
Authors Rudy Delson (Maynard and Jennica), Yael Goldstein (Overture), Cynthia Kaplan (Leave the Building Quickly), and others…
Two Premieres – Oy Vey from Italy premieres “Diary of a Partisan” and Basya Schechter of Pharaoh’s Daughter musical interpretation of selected poems from Abraham Joshua Heschel’s diary.
Nice Jewish Girls Gone bad is coming back to kick some Anne Coulter ass and to grace the joe’s pub stage for the Oyhoo Festival…
October 24, 2007
Presented by Oyhoo Records, 14th Street Y, Jewschool.com and Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture.
Featuring: Rashanim, Frantic Turtle, Steve Dalachinsky, Adam Schechter, Matthue Roth, Yerra Sugarman, and more!
with Hyim, Dan Wolf, JP Cutler
A follow-up to last year’s sold out show. This year, our host is Laurie Kilmartin, and the line-up features Bonnie McFarlane, Eugene Mirman, Paul Mecurio, Rick Shapiro, Jay Oakerson, Joel Chasnoff, Good for the Jews and other special surprise guest.
October 25, 2007
Shemspeed, the largest, most diverse Jewish music site teams up with Oyhoo to throw their NYC launch party!
Produced by Moishe Rosenfeld, Zalmen Mlotek, Musical Director with The New Yiddish Chorale, Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus, Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
October 26, 2007
Hebrew School Dropouts returns to the Oyhoo Festival with a heaping helping of deliquent yids.
October 27, 2007
Composed by Elizabeth Swados
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