From klezmer bands to hip hop, hard rock and honky tonk; this should be a concert for the whole family to enjoy.  It’s a unique collection of some of the best of the annual Jewish holiday celebration songs.

With classics (and not so classics), like O Khanuke, O Khanuke, (I have a little) Dreydl, Honky Tonk Hanukkah and the fun On Christmas I Got Nothing, it’s hard not to find something to smile about.

Here’s the opening verse of On Christmas I Got Nothing (lyrics by Chuck Brodsky)

My family never roasted chestnuts – on an open fire
Never went around the neighborhood – singing carols with a choir
Never went to Midnight Mass & sat on cold hard pews
My family – we had different views

This year, the eight days of Chanukah (or Hanukkah), is celebrated from sunset on December 21 to sunset, December 29.

A Chanukah Feast in Concert
The Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852  (map it)

Date and Time – Saturday, December 27, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Tickets – $21.00 and are available online.

Nearest Metro subway station – Grosvenor-Strathmore – Red Line.  Take the elevators to the 4th level and cross the sky bridge to the Music Center.

Parking – Free parking is included in the ticket price, valet parking is $10.00.

Images – Flickr – candles, Dreydl,
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Post from: The DC Traveler