Russian music live every night in New York City

Balalaika virtuoso Elina Karokhina and Mikhail Smirnov (guitar, garmoshka, vocals) play every night starting around 7PM at Nasha Rasha, one of the Ten Best Russian Restaurants in New York City, 4 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011. For reservations call 212-929-4444.

Schedule of upcoming performances

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Saturday, May 12, 1pm. NASHA RASHA NYC, www.nasharashanyc.com, 4 West 19 Street (between 5th and 6th Ave) New York, NY 10011 Phone 212.929.4444.
 
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 9:30am and 10:30am. Arrival time 8:30am. Woodfield Elementary School, 24200 Woodfield Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20882. Phone: 301-253-7085. Trio.
 
Thursday, May 17th, 2012, 8:10am. 8:50am. Abington Heights Middle School 1555 Newton Ransom Blvd Clarks Summit, PA 18411 570.586.1281 Barynya Trio.
 
Thursday, May 17th, 2012. 2pm show, arrival time: 1:00 PM. Rock Terrace School, 390 Martins Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20850. Phone: (301) 279-4940. Trio.
 
Friday, May 18th, 2012, 8:15-8:45am. The Cossacks of Russia at The British International School of New York, (www.bis-ny.org) Waterside Plaza Manhattan, 20 Waterside Plaza, New York NY 10010. Trio.
 
Saturday, May 19th, 8-9pm. The Water View, 215 Roosevelt Drive, Monroe, CT. 6 male dancers, 3 dances. Boulat Moukhametov, Ilia Pankratov, Andrei Kisselev, Danila Sherstobitov, male dancer from Moscow, ..... Call Valentina's cell when you arrive there at 203-877-1174. It is a surprice!
 
Saturday, May 19th, 2012, 2:30PM. Russian wedding minister, 7 Birch Lane, Colts Neck, NJ 07722.
 
Sunday, May 20th, 2012, 2pm. Ridgewood Public Library, 125 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450. Russian dance/music trio.
 
Sunday, May 20th, 2012, 5pm setup. 6-8pm. Four Seasons at Mirage, 1 Esplanade Drive, Barnegat, NJ 08005. Phone: (866) 488-5033 or (609) 607-1500. Russian DJ. Cell: 732-236-0137. Jewish music. Nostalgia music, big bands, Ivan Rebroff. late 40th, early 50th, rock-n-roll. Jewish event, but the party is for everyone.
 
Saturday, May 26, 2012. Noon to 5pm. Ukrainian DJ Anna. Oceancliff, 65 Ridge Road, Newport, RI 02840. Phone: (401) 841-8868.
 
Friday, May 25: 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, May 26: Noon – 4:00 pm
Sunday, May 27: Noon – 9:00 pm

Fourth Annual Troika Russian Festival
Church of the Nativity (www.churchofthenativity.net) Community Center, 109 German Street, Erie, PA. Performers: Sherstobitov, Kuziw, Moukhametov, male dancer, Kvasova, 3 female dancers, Menshikov, Smirnov.
 
Friday, MAY 25
 
4:00PM Opening Prayer
4:15PM – 5:30PM Russian Music by Dynasty DJ Services
5:00PM – 5:30PM Church Tour
5:30PM – 6:15PM Mikhail Smirnov, Valentina Kvasova, Sasha Menshikov - Russian folk songs
6:15PM – 7:00PM Barynya Dance & Music Show (Full Cast)
7:00PM – 8:00PM Barynya Dance & Music Show (Full Cast)
8:00PM – 9:00PM Russian Cabaret with singer Alexander Menshikov (Popular Russian Songs)
9:00PM Closing
 
Saturday, May 26
 
12 Noon Opening Prayer
12:15PM - 1:15PM Russian Music by Dynasty DJ Services
1:15PM - 2:00PM Songs of Russian Cossacks from the Don River Mikhail Smirnov & Valentina Kvosova
2:00PM – 2:30PM Church Tour
2:00PM – 2:30PM Russian Music by Dynasty DJ Services
2:30PM – 3:00PM Barynya Russian Dance & Music Show (Full Cast)
3:00PM – 4:00PM Barynya Russian Dance & Music Show (Full Cast)
4:00PM Closing
 
Sunday, May 27
 
12 Noon Opening Prayer
12:15PM – 1:00PM Russian Music by Dynasty DJ Services
1:00PM – 2:00PM Songs of Russian Cossacks from the Don River (Mikhail Smirnov & Valentina Kvasova)
2:00PM – 3:00PM Barynya Dance & Music Show (Full Cast)
3:00PM – 4:00PM Mikhail Smirnov, Valentina Kvasova, Sasha Menshikov - Russian folk songs
4:00PM – 4:30PM Church Tour
4:00PM – 5:00PM Russian Music by Dynasty DJ Services
5:00PM – 6:00PM Gypsy Caravan (Music, songs & dances of Gypsy Roma people from Eastern Europe - 3 singers, musicians with dancers)
6:00PM – 7:00PM Barynya Dance & Music Show (Full Cast)
7:00PM – 8:00PM Barynya Dance & Music Show (Full Cast)
8:00PM – 9:00PM Russian Cabaret with singer Alexander Menshikov. (Popular Russian Songs)
9:00PM Closing
 
Sunday, May 27th, 2012, 6.00PM. Canary dancers at the restaurant "FANDORIN", 1492 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA 94010. PENDING.
 
Thursday, May 31st, 11:am Monsey, NY. M.Smirnov, one male dancer.
 
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012. Russian-American wedding. South NJ. MC Misha, DJ Natasha.
 
Sunday, June 3rd, 2012, 4-6PM. DJ Alisa, Kid's party. Soho Lounge in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York. Address: SoHo Lounge, www.nycskylounge.com, 2213 65 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204. Phone: (718) 872 6095. Pending.
 
Saturday, June 9th, 2012, Russian-Mexican Wedding at the Restaurant Tatiana NYC. MC Misha, DJ Natasha. 3152 Brighton 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Phone: (718) 891-5151.
 
June 17th, 2012. Restaurant Paridise. Wedding officiant, MC tamada Misha. Russian Orthodox Wedding. νεβερςΰ Marina, 347-387-6687. $1000, 150$ deposit received
 
Sunday, June 24, 2012. Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook, NY 11741. Phone: 631.588.5024. www.sachemlibrary.org. 2 dancers, 2 musicians. 90 min show.
 
June 27, 2012, 2pm. Veteran Affairs Medical Center (foyer of our community living center (nursing home) building 92), 79 Middleville Road, Northport, NY 11768. Trio. 500$.
 
July 3, 2012. two worksops and evening performance (7:30pm) at the Maryland Summer Center for the Arts (black box theatre) Fulton Hall, Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801. Phone: 410-543-6000. Two dancers, two musicians.
 
July 7-14, 2012. Balalaika and Domra Association of America (BDAA), 34th Annual Convention. Madison, Wisconsin.
 
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012, 10 am. Barynya trio at the Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744. Phone: 301-203-6040. Pending.
 
July 14th, 2012, 6pm arrival, ceremony starts at 7pm. Wedding minister Mikhail. The Crystal Room, 67 Olympia Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305. Phone: 718-273-5535.
 
Monday, July 16, 2012, 11AM - 12PM, Freehold Jewish Center, 59 Broad Street, Freehold, NJ. The JCC of Western Monmouth will present the NY Balalaika Duo.
 
Thursday, July 18th, 2012, 7pm. Program in Atlantic City with Georgian dancers
 
Thursday, July 19th, 2012, 10:15am, trio, Deron School, 1140 Commerce Avenue, Union, NJ 07083, phone: 908-206-0444. Pending.
 
Friday, July 27th, 2012, 1pm. The Garfield Center for the Arts in the Prince Theatre Foundation, Chestertown, MD (eastern shore of Maryland), address: 210 High Street Chestertown, MD 21620. Phone: (410) 810-2060.
 
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012, 7-8:30PM. Moscow Gypsy Army. 2 dancers, 3 musicians. The Center for the Arts at the Y, 1 Pike Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470
 
Friday, August 3, 2012, 7-10PM. 22 Cider Mill Ln, Washington Township, NJ 07853. Cast: Alexander Menshikov, Valentina Kvasova, Boulat Moukhametov, Elina Karokhina, Leonid Bruk, Mikhail Smirnov. Pending.
 
Saturday, August 4th, 2012, 8pm. Violin virtuoso Alexandre Tseytlin. Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY 11797-1804. Check-in 7:30pm.
 
August 4, 2012. Bottle Dancer with 2 musicians. pending.
 
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, Noon-1:15pm. Barynya trio (two musicians, one dancer or two dancers one musician) at the Morristown Green (Park Place & South Street), Morristown, NJ 07960.
 
Saturday, August 11, 2012 starting at 6PM. Russian-American Wedding. Harper's Dairy, 17 Marble Hill Rd, Winchester, Tennessee 37398. DJ Natasha, MC Misha.
 
Sunday, August 12th, 2012. 4 Bottle Dancers, South Gate Manor, 260 South Street, Freehold Township, NJ 07728-2634, phone 732-431-1500, website: www.southgatemanornj.com
 
Thursday, August 23, 2012, 5-7pm. "Chicago Cossacks", Thursday Night Out at Marion St. Downtown Oak Park, www.downtownoakpark.net Downtown Oak Park, 1010 Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301, 708-383-414.
 
Saturday, August 25th, 2012. 5pm-midnight, Park Hyatt Washington, 1201 24th Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20037. MC Misha: MC services, ceremony officiant.
 
Sunday, August 26th, 2012, 8pm. Bottle Dancers LA at the Temple Israel of Hollywood, 7300 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046. Phone: (323) 876-8330. Private performance (wedding).
 
Saturday, September 1st, 2012. NYC Strings violin-guitar Duo (Tseytlin, Efimenko). Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
 
September 2nd, 2012. Poughkeepsie, NY. Russian-Ukrainian-American wedding. Pending.
 
September 7th, 2012, 8:45pm. Natasha Baron's New York Motion, four or six Cossack dancers at Four Seasons NYC, 57 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022, phone (212) 758-5700. (Natasha # 201-768-3963). pending.
 
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012. Grand Hotel, Beach & Philadelphia Aves, Cape May, New Jersey, 08204. 2 musicians, 2 dancers.
 
Saturday, September 15th, 2012. 11am, 12:30pm. Barynya at the The Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90012.
 
Saturday, September 15th, 2012. Bar Mitzvah party on the boat in Long Island, NY. Pending.
 
September 23rd, 2012. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, PO Box 1100, Hewlett, New York 11557. Ukrainian and Jewish music and dance program. 6 dancers, 3 musicians
 
Saturday, September 29, 2012. Barynya band: 4 musicians and singer. Water Club NYC, 500 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 683-3333.
 
Sunday, October 7th, 2012. Barynya at RussianFest, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral www.stalexandernevskycathedral.org 200 Alexander Avenue, Howell, NJ 07731 (732) 370-1881.
 
Sunday, October 7th, 2012, 6-8pm. NYC Strings. Locust Grove, 2683 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
 
October 11th, 2012, 7-9pm. NYC Sightseeing Cruise and dinner dedicated to fifth anniversary of the reestablishment of unity within the Russian Orthodox Church. 8 performers: Kvasova, Zinenko, Menshikov, Bruk, Karokhina, Smirnov, two male dancers. PENDING.
 
Friday, October 12th, 2012. Russian-American wedding. MC-Tamada Misha, DJ Natasha Koroleva. St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church, 607 Tecumseh Rd. Jamesville, NY 13078.
 
Friday, November 23rd, 2012. DJ Natasha Koroleva, MC Misha. Russian wedding at the Sapphire, Super Manzana, 11 Manzana 9 Lote 10 s/n, Puerto Morelos, 77580 Puerto Morelos Quintana Roo, Mexico. PENDING.
 
December 6th, 2013. Russian wedding minister Mikhail. Wedding in Rhode Island. Pending.
 
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012. 7:00PM. A full evening performance at the Casella Theater, Castleton State College, 45 Alumni Drive, Castleton, Vermont 05735.
 
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012, 10AM. School show at the Casella Theater, Castleton State College, 45 Alumni Drive, Castleton, Vermont 05735.
 
January 11-15, 2013. APAP. Hilton NYC, very close to some best Russian restaurants in New York.
 
Monday, March 11, 2013. Lancaster, PA. Barynya full cast.
 
Saturday, April 20th, 2013, 8-10pm. Fermilab Arts & Lecture Series, Batavia, IL 60510. 10ppl. Pending.