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The Klezmatics: Happy Joyous Hanukkah
Jordan Wax
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Tickets cost $44 (including service charges). They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.
A Festival of Light, Liberation, and New Music
This December, as candles are lit across the country, The Klezmatics — the world's most celebrated klezmer band — return with their beloved Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour, honoring both Jewish tradition and bold musical reinvention.
For nearly 40 years, The Klezmatics have been transforming klezmer from nostalgic memory into a living, breathing, revolutionary art form. And nowhere is that spirit more alive than in their legendary collaboration with Woody Guthrie, whose long-lost Hanukkah lyrics were brought to life in the band's iconic 2006 album Happy Joyous Hanukkah.
In 2025, that album will be reissued in a beautifully remastered vinyl edition, just in time for the holiday season. Audiences will once again dance to Guthrie/Klezmatics favorites like "Hanuka Gelt," "Spin Dreydl Spin," and "Happy Joyous Hanuka," as the band brings the songs back to the stage — full of warmth, humor, and Yiddish soul.
But this year's tour isn't only about tradition — it's also about what comes next. As The Klezmatics prepare to release their 14th studio album, The New York Sessions, in early 2026, this Hanukkah tour will feature exclusive live premieres of brand-new material. These new songs continue the band's legacy of addressing contemporary themes — from migration and solidarity to joy, resistance, and renewal — all through the ecstatic power of Yiddish-rooted music.
The result is a Hanukkah concert like no other: a celebration of light in dark times, where ancient stories meet new melodies, and community is built through dance, laughter, and shared song.
Whether you've been following The Klezmatics for decades or you're lighting your first menorah, this tour is for you.
Jordan Wax will be celebrating the release of the CD and kids' book Pantakozak and Other New Yiddish Songs for Kids by Jordan Wax on Borscht Beat (Brooklyn). Pantakozak continues his mission to make Yiddish culture accessible and joyful for younger audiences.
