East Meets West Night: Saturday, April 24 at 7pm
Cafe Ballou, 939 N. Western Ave, Chicago 60622.
$20 Cover includes food and drink. This is a concert setting.

Gadjos Dilos and Bulbul Ensemble - read on...

Bulbul performs Arabic classical music- that means beautiful and hypnotic strains of traditional Middle Eastern music with its intoxicating rhythms. This music differs from western classical music in many ways, one of which being that each musician improvises taqsims, with the goal of leading the audience, and the musicians, to a state of ecstasy known as 'tarab'.

Opening for Bulbul is Gadjos Dilos, an orthographically challenged new Gypsy Jazz group in town whose repertoire includes French Gypsy Jazz a la Django and Stephane, Balkan rhythms, old Brazilian sambas from the '30s and more. "Gadjos Dilos" means "crazy strangers" in Romany. Look for guitar, percussion, oud, violin and flute from this group as they make their Chicago debut!


Cafe Ballou is an extremely comfy coffee house with very sympathetic vibe- their philosophy is,  Feel like you are in our living room. Be yourself – you don’t have to impress anyone here. 

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Past Events:

Saturday, Feb 20, 2009, 7 PM

Cafe Ballou, 939 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL

East Meets West NIght: Opera and traditional Middle Eastern Music -- 7 - 9:30 pm ($15 cover includes sandwich, dessert, coffee/tea/soda )

Audrey Grieme, mezzo-soprano, and Nicolle Hill, soprano, open the evening with a selection of operatic music, followed by il-Bulbul Ensemble.

Cafe Ballou is an extremely comfy coffee house with very sympathetic vibe- their philosophy is, Feel like you are in our living room. Be yourself – you don’t have to impress anyone here. 

Saturday, Dec 5, 2009, from 3 pm to 4 pm

Il-Bulbul Arabic Music Ensemble Performs at Oak Park Winterfest
Oak Park Antiques, 125 N. Marion, Downtown Oak Park, IL

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Friday, November 13 at 12 Noon

Noontime Concert at the Randolph Street Cafe
Chicago Cultural Center 77 E Randolph St Chicago, IL 

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Thursday Nov 12th 6:30-8:30

In collaboration with "Rohina" in Unveiled
Lutheran School of Theology
1100 East 55th St., Chicago, Illinois 60615 (773) 256-0700

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Friday, Nov 6th - 6:30-11:30PM (live music from 7-10)

Galerie du Maroc (in the spirit of the Casablanca Sister Cities Program) hosts an evening of appreciation of Moroccan Arts, Music, Cuisine and Culture, in support of aspiring Moroccan female small business owners.
The evening will feature a premiere exhibit of "Images du Maroc" by Michael Monar, live Arabic music performed by members of the Bulbul Ensemble and Moroccan singer Nidal Ibourk, and a mini-documentary "Interview with Artisans" edited by Bullet Proof Films.
Galerie du Maroc
344 N. Ogden, 2nd floor Chicago, IL

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Wednesday, October 6 at 12 Noon
Franciscan Festival at St. Peters Church
St. Peter's Church, 110 West Madison St., Chicago, IL 60602-4196

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Wednesday,
March 18th at 7:30 pm,
Backstory Cafe at Experimental Station
6100 S. Blackstone Ave Chicago, IL 60637

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Sunday,
Dec 7th at 3:00pm
Chiesa Nuova Concert Series
230 S. Laflin in Chicago

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Saturday,
Dec 6th at 12:00pm
Oak Park Winter Festival
The Book Table, 1045 Lake Street, Oak Park IL

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Monday, November 24th, 12pm - 1pm- Free Public Concert
Concert at Noon Series
Krasa Center, Fireside Lounge - Benedictine University,
5700 College Rd Lisle, IL 60532

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Sunday, Nov 9, 2-3 PM Free Public Concert
North Shore Baptist Church Second Sunday Series Series
5244 North Lakewood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640

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Saturday, Nov 8th, 9-11 PM
Concert for the National Arab American Medical Association Annual Gala
Private event

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