Past Events

October 22, 2026 - October 25, 2026
klezfestmidwest.org

Klez Fest Midwest Madison, Wisconsin October 22–25, 2026 More info: klezfestmidwest.org Featuring: The Klezmatics Grammy-winning pioneers of modern klezmer Saturday, October 24 · 2:00 PM Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall Hamel Music Center, Mead Witter …

Allen Centennial Garden (620 Babcock Drive)
September 26, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
allencentennialgarden.wisc.edu/harvest-festival/

For more information and for the full schedule of events, please visit allencentennialgarden.wisc.edu/harvest-festival Join us at the Allen Centennial Garden on Saturday, September 26, 2026 between 12pm and 6pm to celebrate an abundant and diverse …

Memorial Union (800 Langdon St, Madison)
February 3, 2026 @ 4:00 pm

The Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture and the Max Kade Institute for German American Studies present “Language and Place: Poetry in Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch” Josh Brown (UW-Eau Claire), Matt Johnson(UW-Madison), Mark Louden(UW-Madison), & Sunny …

4233 Mosse Humanities Building
December 4, 2025 @ 4:00 pm

“Yiddish Paris: Staging Nation and Community in Interwar France” a Mayrent Research Seminar with Nicholas Underwood College of Idaho Thursday, December 4 4:00pm 4233 Humanities To attend: Professor Underwood will pre-circulate a chapter from his …

Featuring klezmer clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer
All events are free and open to the public
October 23, 2025 - October 26, 2025
https://music.wisc.edu/klezfest/

  For the full schedule of events as well as more information on the performers, click here For a pdf of this poster, click here

Memorial Union (800 Langdon St, Madison)
April 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm

“New York Hasidic Yiddish: From the Mountains to the Metropolis” Chaya Nove Brown University Monday, April 28 4:00 pm Memorial Union, Old Madison Room 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI Zoom livestream also available – click here to …

Zoom
February 2, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Farbindungen Yiddish Studies Conference: Bad Yiddish Keynote: Saul Noam Zaritt & Natan M. Meir Sunday, February 2 11:00 a.m. CT Zoom – register at bit.ly/registerfarbindingen25

Virtual
February 2, 2025 - February 3, 2025

Farbindungen / פֿאַרבינדונגען Yiddish Studies Conference: Bad Yiddish / בעד ייִדיש February 2-3, 2025 | virtual To attend, please register in advance here Detailed schedule of conference proceedings for February 2 & 3 can be …

Zoom
December 5, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Women Writing Jewish Modernity, 1919-1939 a Mayrent Research Seminar with Allison Schachter Vanderbilt University Thursday, December 5 9:00 – 10:30am CT Zoom To attend: Professor Schachter will pre-circulate a chapter from her recent book Women …

September 20, 2024 - September 22, 2024

Join the Mead Witter School of Music and the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture for a weekend of Klezmer music and more! Join us for this exciting inaugural klezmer festival featuring superstar violinist Alicia Svigals and her Klezmer Fiddle Express …