Kol: A Retreat for Jewish Music Across the Diaspora

This unique participatory retreat brings together singers, musicians, and learners immersing in Jewish music.

https://www.kolretreat.org/

🎵 You are welcome to purchase tickets for the entire retreat or for individual events. 🎵

If you register yourself and recruit at least one other friend, you can email kolretreatbayarea@gmail.com to receive a discount code for 15% off each ticket.

Join us for a weekend of music making and learning, Shabbat practices, and community building. This unique participatory retreat brings together singers, musicians, and learners of diverse backgrounds and ages to explore both ancestral and modern Jewish music. Everyone is a learner, everyone is a teacher. Together with our faculty and participant teachers, we will co-create the weekend. Bring your songs and spirit to share. We are committed to making space for Jewish and non-Jewish people of all backgrounds and intend to include a diverse array of music cultures. We sing and play for our love of healing, community and liberation, and to ground and elevate ourselves.

No music experience is required - your inherent creativity is enough. Every voice and musically curious spirit is welcome, so come share yours. Past sessions have included everything from nigunim (wordless melodies) and songwriting to Middle Eastern drumming and Jewish song instrumental accompaniment. We will offer traditional and non-traditional prayer experiences, all of which are optional.

Kol Retreat will be held in the peaceful setting of the Urban Adamah farm, where you can wander amongst plants, animals, and humans, eat delicious organic food, and experience a deeper, slower time as you connect with yourself and old and new friends. Onsite accommodations will be available for those who want to stay in our retreat lodge. If you are signing up to share a room, please register and pay individually.

This program is open to all ages. There will not be childcare offered, but there will be several music sessions specifically designed for children. Children under the age of 13 get in free, and will need to be supervised and accompanied by an adult at all times. If you're a parent who would like to be in touch with other parents attending to coordinate childcare, please reach out to kolretreatbayarea@gmail.com.

If you'd like to explore volunteering, please fill out this form.

Urban Adamah strives to offer programming that is accessible to our community. Thanks to our program supporters, we are able to offer this event for a sliding scale. If you are able to register at the higher end, your contribution will directly support the financial accessibility of another participant. If existing ticket prices are out of reach and you are in need of financial assistance, please apply by filling out this form.

If you are approved, we will reach out to invite you to complete your registration.

Kol will be following the Urban Adamah Covid-19 policy. Programs will take place in a mix of indoor and outdoor locations, with at least one option outdoors. Masks are optional but strongly encouraged both indoors and outdoors.

If you have questions or comments about the program, you are welcome to email kolretreatbayarea@gmail.com, and if you have questions about the site and accomodations, you can email tyler@urbanadamah.org.

Kol is so grateful to be sponsored by the KlezCalifornia Yiddish Culture Fund, and partnered with by Let My People Sing, Shaar Zahav, and Beit Kohenet.