Kugelplex

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San Francisco, CA

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Profile

Primary Area Served: 200 miles
Will Travel If Expenses Paid: Yes
Bridal Budget (package): $4,000-8,000
Overtime: $750-3,500
Available for Cocktail Hour: Yes
Cocktail Hour Rate: $750-3,500
Music Style: Wedding Music, Big Band/Swing, Classical, Jazz, Other, klezmer
Multiple Bands Available: Yes
Can Guarantee a Band: Yes
Number of Musicians: 7
Other Services: Music — DJ, Music — Ceremony, Photography, Videography

Business Description

Kugelplex is the West Coast's rockin'-est purveyor of klezmer and old-world party music. Formed in 2001, the group plays wild, soulful dance music at weddings, concerts and festivals throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Recent highlights from 2008 include leading the Oakland Symphony and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in an epic 150-musician niggun at the Paramount Theater and our shtetl-blasting 15-piece collaboration with Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Frank London (founder of the Klezmatics) at Cafe Du Nord.

For weddings, Kugelplex can act as expert ritual facilitators, helping plan your event every step of the way. From tish to toasts, the group plays in a variety of configurations and styles -- chamber music, cocktail jazz, wild dancing, beautiful horas, dance instruction, DJing...