CO2 : Live Music performance at one of the sponsor stages.

Japanese Performers : In light of the Japanese-Hungarian Cultural Festival, and with the support of the Japanese Embassy in Budapest, a group of performers did two traditional productions daily.

The performers were happy to gather round me, and cheer me on. "Ou-i-ja!", if I remember correctly, is what they were chanting.

Sleeping : Considering that live act start as late as 2am and other programs do not stop until the wee hours, night time is not always the best time to rest if you live on the island for the duration of the festival.

Day 1 - Rabbi Advice :

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."