CHAIA TOUR 2026 - NORTH AMERICA
APRIL 11, 7-11pm
Light & Sound Design
NYC
A night of diasporic electronic music at a cozy Greenpoint
loft space featuring Yiddish, Egyptian, and Pakistani traditional music, homemade biryani, and tea.
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APRIL 23, 7-9pm
XO Hifi
Kansas City
Yiddish electronica in a beautiful hi-fi location! Come
hang out with Kansas City JVP and learn some Yiddish
papercutting while you listen.
FREE EVENT
APRIL 24, 8pm-1am
Aztlan Theater
Denver
Samois presents Diasporic Techno— a night of dance music
from the Yiddishkeit, Iranian, and Palestinian diasporas; uplifting cross-cultural solidarity and radical futures.
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APRIL 25, 10pm-2am
Secret Location
Tucson
Tucson’s Yiddish archive and rave collective presents
a renegade techno rave at a secret location.
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APRIL 26, 10am-12pm & 6pm-8pm
Location TBA
Tucson
A 2-day workshop and archive launch exploring Yiddish ethnography, ancestral storytelling, and electronic
production techniques.
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MAY 3, 5pm-7pm
*WORKSHOP* Der Nister
Los Angeles
Der Nister Presents a deep dive into Yiddish song style, exploring the phrasing and ornamentation of two Yiddish
folksongs as sung by folksinger Lifshe Schaechter-Widman.
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MAY 5, 8pm-12am
2220 Arts + Archives
Los Angeles
Avant Garde electronic series Late Breakfast welcomes
Yiddish Fairytales, an improvised performance bringing
together excerpts from Yiddish fairytales, folklore, and song.
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MAY 9, 7pm-10pm
Process
Portland
Process presents Unfurl, a somatic movement night
featuring ambient music, Yiddish samples, and guided
movement by Sunny Love.
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MAY 10, 2pm-3pm
*WORKSHOP* Peretz Center
Vancouver
Chaia and Dan Carkner teach historic anti-Zionist songs
from the 1905 Russian Revolution.
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MAY 10, 5pm-7pm & 7-9pm
Lobe Studio
Vancouver
Lobe’s 36-speaker spatial sound room hosts a night
of Yiddish samples and revolutionary song.
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MAY 12, 7pm-10pm
Funk It
Missoula
A night of Yiddish revolutionary music and electronics,
presented by the Montana Jewish Labor Bund.
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MAY 15, 2:30-3:30pm
*WORKSHOP* New City Center, Cottonwood Room
Minneapolis
A song workshop exploring lesser known anti-Zionist
songs and history from the early 20th century.
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MAY 15, 7:30pm-10pm
Calvary Baptist Church
Minneapolis
A Yiddish deep listening session in a beautiful stained glass church, featuring guided movement by Miri Villerius, Yiddish song by Sarah Larsson, and installation art by Cohenet Riv Shapiro.
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MAY 16, 1:30-3pm & 3:30-5pm
*WORKSHOP* Old Town School
Chicago
An intro to klezmer instrumental music at 1:30pm, followed
by a Yiddish song workshop at 3:30pm. Come for one or stay
for both!
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MAY 16, 6pm-8:30pm
Podlasie Club
Chicago
An ambient vinyl paired with never-before-heard Yiddish
cassettes from the archives of Hankus Netsky. Presented by
the So Ambient concert series.
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MAY 17, 2pm-3pm
*WORKSHOP* Congregation T’Chiyah
Detroit
Yiddish revolutionary songs from the early 20th century, presented by Detroit Jewish for Justice.
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MAY 17, 6pm-10pm
Island View Sauna
Detroit
Ambient Yiddish samples by Chaia and Kenjiro blend with the heat of the sauna and fire pit in this outdoor concert.
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MAY 21, Time TBA
B’nai Jeshurun
Cleveland
A special concert and conversation with radio producer Teddy Eisenberg. Chaia will perform highlights from her compositions, breaking down how she sorts through Yiddish archives, selects recordings, and makes them into electronic pieces.
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MAY 21, 11pm-4am
Crobar
Cleveland
Chaia and Teddy Eisenberg join forces for a Kleztronica dance party at Cleveland’s historic Crobar.
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MAY 26, 6pm-8pm
Lehrhaus
Boston
The Boston Workers Circle Presents a deep dive into Yiddish song style, exploring the phrasing and ornamentation of two Yiddish
folksongs as sung by folksinger Lifshe Schaechter-Widman.
TICKETS COMING SOON