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Dance Band in Adelaide, SA
- Travels up to 50 km
- From $600 to $3,000
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Available on Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Golonka are a sensation in today's world music scene. Based in Adelaide, Australia, the five musicians play beautiful gypsy, eastern European and soulful dance music. With seductive violin, prodigious guitar, smooth clarinet, sonorous accordion and driving double-bass the band have become a favourite live part of the world-music scene. These are songs and melodies that tell of the stars and the moon, of love and of death, and then can make an audience want to madly dance.
They performed at WOMAD in 2013, toured to Japan in 2016, and have been performing and touring ever since. Their third album, 'Cut out the Day' is coming out on vinyl in late 2024.
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Golonka are a virtuoso band that play as a four or five piece band, with singing, clarinet, violin, guitar, domra, double bass. We have many beautiful, gentle, emotional tunes and songs for gentle, thoughtful gigs and functions, and on the other hand many rip-roaring dance numbers for more energetic moments - its up to the client what mix of these they want. We have played many festival gigs to thousands, and quiet atmospheric wedding receptions to a dozen people, and everything in between.
These are the categories of entertainment or other services offered by Golonka.
We can bring a full sound system, or a reduced sound system for small venues, or play acoustically when requested.
We need shade in hot weather and cover in wet weather, and power if you want amplification.
We play a mixture of trad Eastern European tunes, our own songs, plus a mixture of other covers.
Zulya Waltz of Empiness
Miserlou
Belly of the Whale
Fairwell Summer
Strange Game
Shostakovich Waltz No 2
Newborn Lamb
Bowler Hat Tango
Tango Ballad
Traveller’s Song
Chim Chimmery
Bistro Fada
King Frog
Pussycat
Matase
Bovril
Adjo Jano
Ale Meyn Libe
Tzur Mishelo
Fairground
Dona
He’s a Clown
Pain of Love
Bulgar Freilach
Jämtland
Majestic Dance
The Rain Horse
End Credits
Tears of Morning
Jalgan Ay
Di Saposhkelekh
Romano Horo
My Little Love
Ukranian Tune
Stinky Blue
Sweet Father
Dance of Delight
Blue Drag
Khassidishe Nigun
Clown’s Caravan
Fun Tashlach
Doubting Thomas
My Old Heart
Vogelmist
Cumbria Sobre El Mar
Astrakan Cafe
Flatbush Waltz
Il Fait Beau
Alabama
Grün Tag Waltz
Catifea
Araber Tantz
Naphtaly’s Freilach
Bon Frommage
4 Piece: 1 hour, $600; 3 hours $800
5 piece: 1 hour, $720; 3 hours $1000
We are fully insured for Public Liability, and for our instruments and sound gear.