Balkan Night Northwest is a community event that brings together musical traditions from across the Balkans. This year we made the decision to invite a short list of bands, so we could put the money we usually spend on overhead into compensating the musicians, even with a token amount. We are also fortunate that more groups stepped up to be included, even though we had exhausted our funds. This event is free/pay-what-you-can—please know that any ticket price donation goes to compensate bands and back into the fund for next year’s celebration. We are looking forward to seeing all of you in person next year!