Klezmer on Ice

01/28/2026

Klezmer on Ice presents
Tantshoyz! (Yiddish Dance Party)
Sunday, February 1 @ 7 PM

Join us for an evening of Yiddish dance and live music from Di Bayke Klezmer Band and Ilya Shneyveys (Latvia/NYC). Dance freylekhs, bulgars, shers, and more, and close the evening with one final klezmer jam! All are welcome. Our amazing dance leads will demonstrate the steps - no partner or experience is needed. Although if you’d like to truly shine on the dance floor, come to our Yiddish Dance workshop series.

Register at www.klezmeronice.com

Klezmer on Ice January 31 - February 1, 2026 | Minneapolis, MN A Yiddish festival celebrating Eastern European Jewish Music and Culture in Minnesota. Featuring a weekend of workshops and performances at the Center for Performing Arts, and of course, Klezmer “on ice” at Art Shanty Projects on fro...

01/26/2026

Klezmer on Ice presents
Electric Rose: The Rose Cohen Experience followed by Yiddish Cabaret
Saturday, January 31 / Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:00 PM
All Ages until 9 PM and then mature content cabaret 9-11 PM
Seated

Yiddishland superstars Sarah Myerson and Ilya Shneyveys perform Electric Rose; their modern, electro-acoustically reimagined take on the family repertoire of Jewish immigrant Rose Cohen, followed by a late-night cabaret featuring artists from around the Twin Cities.

Register at www.klezmeronice.com

Tickets Everything Pass $60+ tax & processing feesThe whole schmear. Includes entry to:Workshops (Sat + Sun)Electric Rose + CabaretTantshoyzSocial hour + talk by Miri Villerius (Sat) and Press Your Own Poster (Sun) Get Tix A La Carte Workshops$20 (one day) or $30 (Sat + Sun)+ tax & processing feesEl...

01/20/2026

Shkoyakh (a job well done!) to Hannah Mackenzie-Margulies, along with Di Bayke Klezmer Band's Josh Rosard, Pat O’Keefe, and Daniel Lentz for a beautiful demo of a sher (Yiddish square dance) at Monday Night Square Dance

Come to our “Tantshoyz” (dance party!) at Klezmer on Ice on Sunday, February 1 at 7PM to dance the sher (to an all new composition by local musician Miri Villerius) along with many other dances: patsh-tantz, freylekhs, zhoks, the honga and more!

Tickets are now available on our website: https://www.klezmeronice.com/tickets

01/15/2026

Join us at Klezmer on Ice for a variety of workshops from our guest artists and local experts!

This includes a variety of workshops that you can learn more about on our website:

Yiddish Letterpress Workshop (with Noam Sienna): “Learn about the role of letterpress printing as a tool of historical Yiddish community-building, resistance, and survival.”

Klezmer Instrumental Workshop (with Daniel Lentz): “Join fiddler Daniel Lentz from Di Bayke Klezmer Band as we develop the Yiddish voice on our instruments and form Minnesota’s newest klezmer ensemble.”

Yiddish Dance Across Space and Time (with Eliana Durnbaugh, Hannah Mackenzie-Margulies, and Ilya Shneyveys): “What makes Yiddish dance Yiddish? It’s not an easy question (spoiler alert: we don’t have an easy answer ourselves)! In this class, we’ll explore core Yiddish dance style and intention through solo gesture and expand our Yiddish dance horizons by learning repertoire from a variety of time periods and geographies.”

Behind the Yiddish Song (with Sarah Larsson): “Tumbalalaika, Oyfn Pripetchik, a Yiddishe Mama — for many of us, these songs are the only points of Yiddish culture we’ve been exposed to. It’s Bubbe’s favorite song; it’s in a film soundtrack... but what are the histories behind these ‘chestnuts’?”

01/12/2026

Join us at the end of the month to play, dance and learn with two of our favorite musicians in Yiddishland!

Featured artists Ilya Shneyveys and Cantor Sarah Myerson are a dynamic duo in the Yiddish scene, captivating audiences, inspiring students, and energizing communities around the world. Sarah Myerson's original Yiddish songs and liturgical settings, along with Ilya Shneyveys' klezmer compositions and arrangements, highlight their ability to combine past and present, traditional and contemporary. They also incorporate communal dance into their performances, creating an inclusive, interactive experience that builds connection amongst audiences. Rooted in tradition, yet unafraid to innovate, Ilya and Sarah's energetic approach to Yiddish culture reflects their passion for both preserving and evolving this rich heritage.

01/09/2026

We are excited to announce the upcoming 4th annual Klezmer on Ice festival on January 31st and February 1st in Minneapolis.

The name “Klezmer on Ice” is meant to playfully honor the unique, weird, and creative culture of the South Minneapolis community in which our festival is rooted, but it is not lost on us that the name of our festival may come off as tone-deaf given the recent murder of Renee Nicole Good z’’l and the ongoing abductions of our neighbors by ICE agents.

Coming from a Yiddish tradition that knows too well the history of pogroms, holocaust, and catastrophe, we are well aware that lawless police forces like ICE are antithetical to everything we stand for as Yiddishists. In the Yiddish language, Klezmer on Ice or "klezmer on eyz" translates directly to klezmer WITHOUT ice. In this spirit, we are making it clear that this is an anti-ICE event.

We invite you to join us in a joyful celebration that aims to strengthen the bonds of our Yiddish community, our Jewish community, and our many resilient artistic and cultural communities that make the southside what it is. We are looking forward to a weekend of workshops, talks, concerts and more in which we deepen our connections with one another – that is what keeps us safe.

Minneapolis on (without) ICE.

01/22/2025

Come shvitz with us at the Yard Sauna Village on Feb 1! Enjoy a one-of-a-kind evening of sauna and live Yiddish & Eastern European folk music from Soul Trouvère, Red Thread, Zoë Aqua, & Ira Temple!

Come shvitz with us! We’re teaming up with The Yard Sauna Village for a one-of-a-kind communal evening of Yiddish heymish hygge! On this chilly winter night, warm your body and soul with unlimited sauna sessions and live music from Soul Trouvère, Red Thread, & Zoë Aqua + Ira Temple! $25