After a long pause, we invite you to celebrate Spring Bulgarian-style with a dance party, featuring live music by Orkestar Bez Ime, Mila Vocal Ensemble and Makam Baklava, hosted by the Bulgarian School of Minnesota.

Martenitsa is a musical celebration of the coming of spring and the holiday of Baba Marta (baba meaning “grandma,” and Marta a derivative of the word for “March”) Traditional folklore depicts Baba Marta as a temperamental old woman whose moods are as changeable as March weather. On March 1st, it is customary to exchange and wear Martenitsa—tokens of good health, luck and vitality. Wearing the red and white yarns of the Martenitsa symbolizes the hope that Baba Marta will smile and grant us an early spring. As we Minnesotans know, the end of winter can never come soon enough.

More info and tickets here.

The show reimagines a historic encounter between Celtic and Balkan peoples. The program features traditional Highland and Bulgarian folk music and dance, new Celtic-Balkan fusion tunes, with contemporary fusion choreography, a highland piper, folk orchestra, Balkan singers, and Highland, Balkan, and modern dancers.

Performers from Choro Borealis, Ethnic Dance Theatre (EDT), Macalester College Pipe Band, Mila Vocal Ensemble, Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI), and Twin Cities Scottish Dance Association.

Admission is pay-as-you-can ($0-$20-$30-$45). Tickets will be available in advance online sometime in January, 2025 at www.celticjunction.org and at the door.

The show reimagines a historic encounter between Celtic and Balkan peoples. The program features traditional Highland and Bulgarian folk music and dance, new Celtic-Balkan fusion tunes, with contemporary fusion choreography, a highland piper, folk orchestra, Balkan singers, and Highland, Balkan, and modern dancers.

Performers from Choro Borealis, Ethnic Dance Theatre (EDT), Macalester College Pipe Band, Mila Vocal Ensemble, Orkestar Bez Ime (OBI), and Twin Cities Scottish Dance Association.

Admission is pay-as-you-can ($0-$20-$30-$45). Tickets will be available in advance online sometime in January, 2025 at www.celticjunction.org and at the door.