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HIGH POINTS
Balkans in the city
THÉÂTRE GARONNE
A Balkan-themed week with 3 performances of the Tattoo Theatre's “Pourquoi la Cuisine?” directed by Mladen Materic and written by Peter Handke, an installation by Mladen Materic retracing his artistic career in Toulouse, and a tribute to Miki Manojlovic, the great Balkan actor known for his leading roles in Kusturica's films, who will be appearing in person to discuss the retrospective honouring him.
FROM SUNDAY 1st TO SATURDAY 7 JUNE - 20:00 Théâtre Garonne
« LES YEUX NOIRS»
These violin virtuosos succeed in transforming gypsy tunes and Yiddish chants into vibrant rock and roll, with electric guitar and pop melodies.
SATURDAY 14 JUNE - 20:30
Barrio Loco - Lac de la Reynerie / Place Abbal
« LA CARAVANE PASSE »
An explosive mix of gypsy rhythms and alternative rock. The post-cultural partying style of La Caravane Passe underscores the cosmopolitan nature of gypsy music.
SATURDAY 14 JUNE - 20:30
Place Arnaud-Bernard
Heart of the party 18 - 22 June
OPENING NIGHT
The gypsy punk rock of Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Shantel's volatile, Romanian-influenced remixes, the Bohemian melodies tinged with New Orleans swing of Fatima Spar & The Freedom Fries, and Biréli Lagrène and Florin Niculescu's "Gipsy Project".
WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE - Prairie des Filtres
ENCOUNTERS
The gypsy jazz of Biréli Lagrène and Florin Niculescu, the fusion of traditional music and modern jazz that you get when Martin Lubenov meets Richard Galliano, the very first French encounter of the Macedonian jazz icon Toni Kitanovski and the American Greg Hopkins, the jazz energy of Bojan Z combined with the beat box of Napoleon Maddox from the group ISWHAT?!
18, 19, 20, 21 JUNE - 23:00 Prairie des Filtres
CLOSING NIGHT
The "Mostar Queen of Blues" Ljiljana Buttler & Mostar Sevdah Reunion, then the total, explosive music of Goran Bregovic, soundtrack composer for Kusturica, accompanied by the 40 musicians and singers of his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra.
SUNDAY 22 JUNE
Prairie des Filtres
