PHOTO CREDIT: Angela Jimenez

Isle of Klezbos

PHOTO CREDIT: Gordon Nash

Isle of Klezbos

PHOTO CREDIT: Albie Mitchell

Isle of Klezbos

ISLE OF KLEZBOS approaches Yiddish musical traditions with loving irreverence and profound respect. Soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-gal klezmer sextet has toured from Vienna to Vancouver since 1998. Blending neo-folkloric tunes, reimagined classics, and a sound all their own, the band's "cutting-edge klezmer" (NEW YORK MAGAZINE) is acclaimed as "rapturous and rollicking" (LOS ANGELES BLADE)

A joyous collaboration of alumnae from Juilliard, Eastman, Berklee and Harvard, the group is renowned for soloing artistry from deeply grooving to rambunctious to ethereal. Isle of Klezbos arrangements and vibrant energy span styles from 2nd Avenue swing and Yiddish tango to klezmer reggae, cumbia, and boogaloo, as well as art song, lullaby, and balagan.

Seen and heard from HBO to PBS, and CBS Sunday Morning to The L Word, this inventive ensemble also specializes in adaptations of vintage soundtrack music, as highlighted on their latest album, YIDDISH SILVER SCREEN.

ISLE OF KLEZBOS SHOWS 2026

Tue Jul 21, 2026 7:00 PM

Ossie Davis Theatre at the New Rochelle Public Library

An event in NRPL’s Yiddish Book Center series and as a part of their International Music and Dance Festival.

1 Library Plaza

New Rochelle, NY

Sun Jul 26, 2026 2:30 PM

Borscht Belt Festival

Klezbos Quartet, Featured Finale on the Mobile Stage. Outdoor live music at the Sunday Street Fair is FREE! For one day only, the streets of Ellenville will be buzzing with live music and more! Don’t miss this vibrant celebration of Borscht Belt culture.

Canal Street

Ellenville, NY

Join Us Outdoors FREE

Sat Sep 19, 2026 7:00 PM

Institute for the Musical Arts

Klezbos returns to the I.M.A. stage in beautiful Western Mass. Plus special guest Rachel Leader on violin. Tickets $18 in advance, $25 day of show.

Goshen, MA

Tkts On Sale Soon

"Thank you for your gorgeous music!"

Alison Bechdel, Cartoonist

NEWSWORTHY

In Bloom Concert

In Bloom: Isle of Klezbos sextet concert performance took place indoors Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at the sanctuary of our rain location, Sixth Street Synagogue. Thanks so much also to our originally-scheduled outdoor location, El Sol Brillante Community Garden. We were thrilled to feature beloved poet Irena Klepfisz and special jazz-tap dance MC's Laraine Goodman & Margaret.

This project was made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement a regrant program supported by the funding agencies The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and Howard Gilman Foundation, and administered by LMCC.

LMCC Grantee

Excited to announce that we're an LMCC 2026 Manhattan Arts Grant Recipient!

Special Pride Event

Commemorating the Life of Eve (Zloczower) Adams

Wed., June 17, 2026 at 4PM

NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project walk and vigil to Washington Square Arch lead by bandleader Eve Sicular. Gathering inside of La Lanterna 129 MacDougal Street, the former site of Eve's Hangout for a centennial commemoration of the arrest of Eve Adams, a Polish-Jewish lesbian immigrant. The space was shut down after Adams was convicted of obscenity for her book LESBIAN LOVE and disorderly conduct for alleged attempted sex with a policewoman, leading to her deportation and, ultimately, her murder at Auschwitz.

Latest Album, Yiddish Silver Screen

Available Now

YIDDISH SILVER SCREEN זילבערנער קינאָ (Zilberne Kino) has dropped! Our latest album celebrates our 25th Anniversary with a reawakened repertoire inspired by forgotten vintage film soundtracks.

"Totally enjoying. Love the style. Hopping from cut to cut, I’m completely digging LIBES SHMERTSN."

Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene

BUY OUR ALBUM on Bandcamp!

FIND Streaming options at HEAR NOW

Album

Live From Brooklyn

WEARY SUN TANGO live at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

Yiddish Culture

Yiddish Film Music Programs

Detroit, Brattleboro & Cambridge

Our Klezbos sextet ciné-concert three-city tour kicked off at the Detroit Jewish Film Festival, moving on to our multi-media quartet show in Brattleboro at Epsilon Spires, finishing up with bandleader Eve Sicular's 2024 Harvard University lecture on Music of the Yiddish Silver Screen Event at the Center for Jewish Studies.

Isle of Klezbos Yiddish film music programs bring fascinating yet often-overlooked soundtrack highlights to new audiences, complete with our unique scholarly insights and spellbinding artistic interpretations.

Press

THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL

Arts & Lifestyle Feature

RURAL INTELLIGENCE

Feature

Yiddish Culture

Borscht Belt Festival Panels

Eve Sicular will be on two panels Sat., July 25, 2026 at Borscht Belt Fest. Click on links below for tickets.

Before Woodstock: The Music Of The Original Catskills Counterculture
Borscht Belt Rhythm And Beats: The Musical Melting Pot

Homage to Henokh Kon

Eve Sicular’s homage to Polish Yiddish composer Henokh Kon, Rediscovering the ‘Dybbuk’ composer Henokh Kon was published in The Forward on February 18, 2026.

Research Article

Photo of Imogene Coca and Danny Kaye in Straw Hat Revue

Eve Sicular’s article Once upon a time, a Yiddish-ish 'Mikado' starred Danny Kaye, Jerome Robbins and Judy Garland explores how a Yinglish showbiz legend began at Tamiment Resort in the Poconos the fraught summer of 1939, with campy coda in wartime Hollywood.

Published in The Forward on April 17, 2024

Jill Sobule Tribute

Music from YENTL

Jill Sobule's YENTL song "Last Candle" tribute performance at Joe's Pub 6/24/25

Isle of Klezbos Jill Sobule YENTL Adaptation Collaboration

Isle of Klezbos will be performing special “Music from Yentl” selections in tribute to Jill Sobule, honoring her memory with these great lesser-known songs we played together with Jill for her original project at Lincoln Center and Joe’s Pub.

Sold Out & Debut Shows

Hudson Valley, NY

ISLE OF KLEZBOS debut performance at Hudson Valley’s Stissing Center for Arts & Culture, featured classic klezmer, swinging original tunes and a silly post-Purim Yiddish sing-along;)

Stissing Center for Arts & Culture

Long Island, NY

ISLE OF KLEZBOS, joined by special guest trombonist Reut Regev, celebrated Women’s History Month to a full house in the Hamptons.

LTV Studios

New York City

ISLE OF KLEZBOS plays 1st sold out show of 2025 on 12 January at City Winery in NYC.

Isle of Klezbos plays NYC City Winery January 2025 photo by Hank Gans

The Loft, City Winery NYC Pier 57 debut

ISLE OF KLEZBOS & FRIENDS celebrated the band's Silver (25th) Anniversary with a full house at Joe's Pub. Guest accordion virtuoso Ilya Shneyveys graced this special show.

Podcasts

Cafe International

Host Daniel Rosenberg

Klezmer Podcast

Keith Wolzinger interviews Eve Sicular

Can We Talk?

Queer Yiddishkeit ISLE OF KLEZBOS Interview with Eve Sicular