KlezCalifornia

KlezCalifornia was founded in 2003 to celebrate klezmer music and Yiddish culture in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Focusing on the cultural heritage of Eastern European Jewry, as embodied in its music, literature, and the arts, KlezCalifornia events enable people of all ages to engage actively and intensely with Yiddish culture - participating, not just watching others perform.

As a grantee of ACTA's Living Cultures Grants Program in 2011 and 2010, KlezCalifonria received grants to support their annual Yiddish Culture Festival.  The Festival provides an intensive immersion in playing klezmer music, studying Yiddish language and literature, singing, and dancing.  Master artists teach all levels of participants in this multi-generational group.