Balkan music

Unsilent Night 2 | Athens | December 25

The Agia Fanfara brass band will awaken your Christmas spirit with traditional Balkan and Gypsy anthems at the Embros Theater (embros.gr), housed in the facilities of a former printing press, after 10 p.m. on Christmas Day. The 25-member collective can often be spotted playing on the streets of Athens, bringing the sounds of a traditional Balkan panigiri wherever they go. Admission is free.

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