Amsterdam Klezmer Band

Name: Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Start: 2026-10-18T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-18T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Amare

took place · 18 Oct 2026

Amare, The Hague

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Amsterdam Klezmer Band performs at Amare with a programme of klezmer and diaspora music.

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About: Amsterdam Klezmer Band

From Amsterdam street corners to concert halls across Europe, AKB has spent thirty years pushing klezmer into new territory - weaving Yiddish tradition together with Balkan grooves, jazz, and hip-hop. The seven-piece band is celebrated for its high-energy live shows.

2.17M

total views on YouTube Music

871K

streams of 'Sadagora Hot Dub' on YouTube Music

3.86K

subscribers on YouTube

What's new

2026-03
The band released the album Diaspora on March 20, 2026 via Asphalt Tango Records - recorded in one take in the Singelkerk in Amsterdam.
2026-03
Diaspora is the last album with co-founder and trumpeter Gijs Levelt, who was part of the band for almost 28 years.
2024
In 2024, the album Bomba Pop was released, the most recent studio album before Diaspora.

Tour

GroningenArnhemHaarlem

Tracks

LimonchikiBreakthrough album from 2001, released on the New York-based Knitting Factory Records

ZarazaAlbum from 2009, one of the band's most beloved records

Sadagora Hot DubRemixed by Shantel, more than 871,000 streams on YouTube Music

FortunaAlbum from 2020, produced by Stefan Schmid

DiasporaLatest album (March 2026), recorded in one take in the Singelkerk Amsterdam

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