Budapest Café Orchestra

Our mission is to bring amazing art, live music and creative workshops to the South West. As a multi-arts venue, we’ve been enriching the cultural life of our community for almost 30 years from a former historic church in the heart of Ilminster.  Here, you can enjoy world-class musicians, wonderful art exhibitions and get as creative as you like in a wide range of art and craft classes for all abilities.Concerts | Workshops | Gallery | Shop | Café | Tourist Information

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Budapest Café Orchestra play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music.

Performances

Friday night is performance night. We host live music from top artists, including internationally-renowned musicians. Concerts cover a wide range of genres, including jazz, blues, folk, classical, pop and rock music. We also put on plays, talks and more!

<h3>A small but impeccably formed ensemble of just four players, the Budapest Café Orchestra combines violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz &amp; balalaika to dazzling effect. Hugely entertaining, immense skill and profound musicianship, get ready for an amazing show!</h3>Established by award-winning British composer, violinist and teacher Christian Garrick in 2009, the Budapest Café Orchestra are an eclectic group who play in amazing places; an acoustically electrifying orchestra playing gypsy and folk-flavoured music from all around the world; BCO deliver traditional Balkan, Russian, Hungarian and Romanian traditional gypsy and folk music in their own fresh and surprising way with jazz nuances and their own unique arrangements. BCO are specialists of the 'distilled concerto': e.g. the Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Greig Squeezebox Concertos and are admired for their artful re-workings of masterpieces by the greats of the Romantic era. "The music is magic in their hands." - Sean Rafferty BBC Radio 3“Not so much a band name as a whole genre of its own, Budapest Café Orchestra embraces an encyclopaedia of music and mischief” - The ScotsmanThe Band:CHRISTIAN GARRICK - violin, darbukaEDDIE HESSION - accordionKELLY CANTLON - double bassADRIAN ZOLOTUHIN - guitar, saz, balalaika, domra<a href="https://budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk</a><a href="https://budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://annikaskoogh.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Performance starts at 7:30pm, doors from 6:30pm with cash bar available. Tickets:General admission: £24Students: £5 with valid student IDChildren 12 and under: Free, accompanied by a paying adult (max 3 children per adult)

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