Drom and other venues
85 Ave. A
September 24 – October 3, free – $40
Festival Pass: $30
212-777-1156
www.nygypsyfest.com/2010
The sixth annual NY Gypsy Festival begins tonight with Selim Sesler and the NY Gypsy All-Stars at Drom. The ten-day celebration features performances by such individuals and groups as Mahala Rai Banda, the Veveritse Brass Band, Los Magnificos Impostores, Espiritu Gitano, Tecsoi, Stephane Wrembel, Zlatne Uste, Balval, and Yuri Yunakov, at Rumsey Playfield and Clipper City Tall Ship as well as at the home base, Drom. Past festivals have included such groups as Gogol Bordello, Beirut, Balkan Beat Box, Hazmat Modine, Slavic Soul Party! and Sway Machinery, so don’t be turned off if you don’t recognize any of the names in this year’s lineup just yet; next year everyone might know them, and tickets will be a lot harder to get.