We’re excited to be playing the expansive Belvedere Tent at Crooners Supper Club again. Though it’s several weeks later, we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate the feast day of Ederlezi. Come for dinner with your beloved, your family, your friends, and leave your dance shoes at home. This will be[…]
We’ve been really digging our more regular appearances at Celtic Junction: CJAC has been an incredible partner for many years, so it’s always great to come back to their stages. Weather permitting, we’ll be outside for this matinee show. Bring your family and your dance shoes! More details to come.
Mark your calendars! Martenitsa will be back in 2026 at the Granada Theater in Minneapolis and will feature OBI plus Mila Vocal Ensemble, Traki Folk Orchestra, and Makam Baklava. We’ll be celebrating the spring Bulgarian-style. Feel free to wear white and red: the traditional colors of Martenitsa. Thanks to the[…]
We’re looking forward to this wintery weekend that took a bit of a hiatus a few years back. Now it’s back in full swing. Come join us for a tundra-friendly dance party.
We’ll be making our annual trek to Madison for one of the funnest international dance party weekends. This year’s guest dance teacher is our buddy Lee Otterholt. Plus there will lots of great music with us and three oter bands, including Colleen’s other band, Szaszka. Come join us!
Get ready for a joyful, dance-worthy celebration with your favorite Balkan party band! OBI returns to one of our all-time favorite stages at the Celtic Junction in St. Paul, with a night to remember. It’s an all-ages show, so bring your kids, your grandparents, and your friends. There will be[…]
Folks have been asking since the pandemic when OBI will do another Martenitsa to celebrate spring, Bulgarian-style. Well, fans are in luck: The Bulgarian school is hosting Martenitsa this year, and it’s at a new venue: The Granada Theater in Uptown! The evening will start at 7pm with Makam Baklava,[…]
This small, but mighty international dance winter weekend used to be an annual opportunity to hunker down somewhere in the woods of Minnesota and play a night of Balkan party music for some of our most steadfast supporters. As with many things, the pandemic (remember that?) put a damper on[…]
Hi, OBI friends and fans. We’re sad to say our Sept 29th show at Crooners Supper Club has been cancelled for now, due to low ticket sales. This fall seems to be especially tricky for live music, and we’re not the only ones experiencing this. We’re looking for a future[…]
On the heels of celebrating our 21st birthday in December, we now celebrate the birth of our first album in ten years — the aptly named “21” — by returning to Celtic Junction on Saturday, April 6. (Fun fact: OBI’s previous album was recorded live on CJ’s stage in 2014!)[…]