Brotherhood of Brass (magenta) : Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars
Barbara Flaska, PopMatters:
"Every player with this group has devoted a lifetime to klezmer. The repertoire is not merely the bulgars, doynes, freylekhs, and horas, but a rare rhythm known as "the Oriental," a reflection of the musical influence from Odessa and the Carpathians."
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Boban Marković Orkestar
Boston Herald 09/2004:
"Imgagine the rowdiest, fastest rendition of "Hava Nagila" you've ever heard, zip it up with wild brass playing that would make a New Orleans marching band stop and stare, and throw in percussion so thunderous it shakes a hall, and then you've got an idea why the Orkestar gets a crowd into a frenzy."

Brotherhood of Brass (blue) : Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars
Barbara Flaska, PopMatters:
"Every player with this group has devoted a lifetime to klezmer. The repertoire is not merely the bulgars, doynes, freylekhs, and horas, but a rare rhythm known as "the Oriental," a reflection of the musical influence from Odessa and the Carpathians."
» more

Boban Marković Orkestar
Boston Herald 09/2004:
"Imgagine the rowdiest, fastest rendition of "Hava Nagila" you've ever heard, zip it up with wild brass playing that would make a New Orleans marching band stop and stare, and throw in percussion so thunderous it shakes a hall, and then you've got an idea why the Orkestar gets a crowd into a frenzy."

Oy Division : From eganu.com: Oy Division is one of the only bands in Israel which perform the old style folk music of eastern- European Jews, generally known as Klezmer. The members of Oy Division do not adhere to the modern Klezmer style nor do they try to make it contemporary in any way, but rather try to recreate and bring back to life the nearly extinct pre-war jewish music the way it had been originally performed. Their repertoire is a mix of instrumental wedding dance music, folk songs and songs originating in the Yiddish theatre, Old music played again with the zeal and exuberance of punks. The members of the band come from different musical backgrounds...

D.A.S.H.! : DASH! is a revolutionary 8-piece avantgarde funk ensemble from Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

Tiken Jah Fakoly : From wikipedia.org:
Tiken Jah Fakoly plays music "to wake up the consciences". His music speaks about many injustices done to the people of his country, and those over Africa. As such, many African listeners feel a deep affinity with his lyrics as Fakoly speaks for oppressed people. This connection has helped make Tiken Jah Fakoly a much-listened artist throughout the world.
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The Offspring : The Offspring was the second-to-last performing band on the main stage. Security surrounding the gig was tight, and I was lucky to get this panorama stitched from three seperate "moments" in the concert; When Dexter stepped down a level, I got my first shove to get out of the photographers' pit.

Other than getting shoved around a bit, the gig was enjoyable. It was fun to hear Dexter refer to the young adults in front as "kids".

Jazzmania Big Band : Jazzmania Big Band on the Jazz stage.

Soerii and Poolek : Soerii and Poolek.

György Korda and Klári Balázs : I still have a vinyl by Korda I inherited from my mother and I still remember those warm summer nights when with our windows open and the blinds propped up my sister and I listend to his singing carried over by the wind from a nearby open air stage of a restaurant in the 7th district. Damn, I am getting old.

Bëlga : From last.fm: Founded in 1998, Bëlga is a popular Hungarian underground quartet playing mainly hip-hop, with a load of comedy relief and parody, criticizing the society and fans. » more

Check out the guy in the middle of the stage. He looks like he's about to get beamed up.