The 2025 Midwinter Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest is a celebration of the music of Django Reinhardt. This 21st annual event, hosted by Harmonious Wail, welcomes Ferench Gypsy Jazz Guitarist, Stephane Wrembel from New York. Stephane Wrembel is quite simply one of the finest guitar players in the world. This prolific musician, composer, educator, and musical director has released a steady stream of music since 2002 making his mark as one of the most original guitar voices in contemporary music. In October of 2019, Stephane released Django L’Impressionniste putting the spotlight on 17 little-known solo pieces Reinhardt recorded between 1937 and 1950. Stephane is the first interpreter who has performed all of these solo pieces and collected them in one definitive masterwork.
Harmonious Wail is also excited to host the return of Debi Botos from Budapest, Hungary with her trio. From an early age Debi Botos has cultivated an interest in the Gypsy music of Hungary, where she was born into a family of musicians. Now 28, she continues that exploration in combination with a serious study of the tradition we know as jazz manouche. She excels not only as an interpreter, but as a composer and champion of Hungarian traditional Gypsy Jazz. The show begins at 7:30 with doors at 6pm.
$40, General Admission
Line-up
7:30 Harmonious Wail Festival Band with Scott Hlavenka
8:30 Stephane Wrembel — Django l’impressionniste
9:30 Debi Botos Trio
10:20 Closing Djam 10:20
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Party size
1 ticket