21
Mar/17

GOLEM GETS MARRIED

21
Mar/17

golem gets married

DROM
85 Ave. A between Fifth & Sixth Sts.
Thursday, March 23, $20-$25, 7:00
212-777-1157
www.dromnyc.com
golemrocks.com

Interested in going to a Jewish wedding without worrying about seeing certain friends or relatives or having to write a big check for a couple you barely know? New York City klezmer six-piece Golem will be staging a fake wedding at DROM on March 23 with all the trimmings, including a chuppah, the hora, the always troublesome lifting of celebrants on chairs, the tossing of the bouquet, uncomfortable toasts, cake, and more. Tickets for “Golem Gets Married” are $20 in advance and $25 at the door of the Lower East Side music venue, which will be decked out in full reception regalia. You can expect anything and everything from the campy event, which was inspired by the end-of-season “mock weddings” that used to be held in the Catskills primarily for Jewish immigrants. Golem frontman Aaron Diskin will serve as the rabbi while leading the band — which also features founder, singer, and accordionist Annette Ezekiel Kogan, violinist and vocalist Jeremy Brown, trombonist Curtis Hasselbring, bassist Taylor Bergren-Chrisman, and drummer Tim Monaghan, with guitarist/banjoist Brandon Seabrook joining them for the festivities — through a wide-ranging set of original klezmer numbers, traditional Jewish faves, and wedding-approved covers. Hava nagila, bubbeleh!