Django À Gogo Music Festival and Guitar Camp is an international Gypsy Jazz festival based in Maplewood, NJ and NYC. Launched by Stephane Wrembel in 2003, Django À Gogo celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2023 with a series of new festivals in various cities across the U.S. and Canada. Wrembel, the creator and producer of Django À Gogo, is the composer of the Grammy Award-winning composition "Bistro Fada," the theme song for Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, and “Big Brother,” the theme song from Vicky Cristina Barcelona as well as the score for Rifkin's Festival.
Django À Gogo is a unique concept that offers world-class concerts and master classes combining art and education. The festival has now gained an international reach with shows at legendary venues such as Carnegie Hall and The Town Hall in New York featuring legends such as Al Di Meola, Stochelo Rosenberg and Sam Bush just to name a few.
The upcoming Django À Gogo Festival tour in Canada and upstate New York will present the Django A Gogo All Stars including musical director Stephane Wrembel on guitar, Josh Kaye on guitar, Ari Folman-Cohen on bass, and Nick Anderson on drums. Special guests from France include Simba Baumgartner (Django Reinhardt’s great-grandson) on guitar and Aurore Voilqué on violin and vocals.
There will also be very special guests depending on the city (see below for more information).
FULL INFORMATION: wwwdjangoagogo.com
Thursday, September 28-Saturday, September 30
Spadina Theatre, Toronto
Django A Gogo All Stars with special guests Nathan Beja (vocals and guitar and Debi Botos (guitar)
9/28-Django Reinhardt and the Gypsies: A 1000-year Musical Journey from India to France
9/29-Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club de France
9/30-Django, the Gypsy Soul
Workshops--Alliance Francaise Downtown campus
9/30 10am - 12pm-Guitar Workshop #1 with Simba Baumgartner & Stephane Wrembel
9/302-4PM-Guitar Workshop #2 with Debi Botos and Stephane Wrembel
10/1 10AM-12PM-Guitar Workshop #3 "The Art of Rhythm" with Josh Kaye
Sunday, October 1
Drom Taberna, Toronto
JAM SESSION with Django À Gogo All Stars and Viper’s Cloud!
Tuesday, October 3-Wednesday, October 4
Red Bird Live, Ottawa
Django À Gogo All Stars
10/3-Django: The Early Years
10/4-Django: The Later Years
Thursday, October 5-Sunday, October 8
Arquemuse Ecole de Musique, Quebec City
Django À Gogo All Stars
10/5- The Last Years of Django with special guest Francois Rioux on guitar
10/6 - Django Old and New with special guest Christine Tassan on guitar
10/7: Made in France
Workshops
10/7 10 am to 12 pm: Christine Tassan, the art of improvisation and composition on the guitar
10/7 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Simba Baumgartner, the traditional art of Gypsy Jazz
10/8 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Josh Kaye: the art of rhythm
Wednesday, October 11
Le Studio TD, Montreal
Django À Gogo All Stars
Django Reinhardt and the Gypsies: A 1000-year Musical Journey from India to France
Thursday, October 12-Sunday, October 15
Lovin' Cup, Rochester, NY
Django À Gogo All Stars
10/12-From India to early Django
10/13-Traditional Gypsy Jazz and late Django
10/14- Traditional Gypsy Jazz with special guest Sam Farthing on guitar
10/15-Brunch celebration of Django A Gogo 20th Anniversary with special guest Bobby Henrie on guitar