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Dance Workshops

Every summer the EEFC presents two week-long summer camps. Follow the links below to read all about and register for the 2024 workshops!

Mendocino, California

June 15-22, 2024
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Iroquois Springs, New York

August 10-17, 2024
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The EEFC is proud to partner with sister organizations, including the Bulgarian Folk Music & Dance Seminar.

Montréal, Québec

BalkanFest Montréal

September 14, 2019 at 9:30 am – 11:30 pm

Join us for the 2nd edition of BalkanFest Montréal on September 14th 2019!

The concept: Balkan camp in a day!

10 AM - 5 PM
Workshops covering Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Romani, Turkish, Macedonian & Serbian repertoire led by:
Dance : Darinka Cindrić , Yves Moreau , Jocelyne Vaillancourt, Tsonko Stoyanov
Instrumental music : Sergiu Popa, Petar Ralchev
Song : Dina Cindrić, Brenna MacCrimmon

5 - 7: 30 PM
Dinner break with Bulgarian food and drinks on sale

7:30 - 11:30 PM
Dance party featuring:
Brenna MacCrimmon, Turkish and Bulgarian singing
Domaći Trubači, Serbian brass band
Markovi Orchestra, Bulgarian ensemble
Murmurosi, Ukrainian vocal duo
Sergiu Popa, Moldav, Romanian, Romani, etc!
Petar Ralchev, Bulgarian accordion virtuoso
Sava vocal ensemble
Sumak Brass band, Macedonian, Turkish, Romani, and Bulgarian

Admission: $30 for the workshops; $25 for the evening party; 50 $ for the whole festival

Online registration is now open and you can find complete schedule and programming info on our site!

Ukrainian Hall
405 Fairmount West (at Hutchison)
Montréal, Québec H2V 4B4
Canada
https://www.balkanfestmontreal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/640493816449607/