Ernie Gruner (Violin, mandolin, vocals ) and Phil Carroll (accordion, vocals, ney ) play Gypsy,

Klezmer, Turkish, French, Italian, Russian, jazz and tango music which range from soulful to

wild. They’ve both studied overseas, and played and recorded together in larger bands

(Klezmeritis, Yalla!, Flirting Mazurkas). They’ve studied overseas in Montreal, Istanbul, New

York, Cracow and Budapest, and recorded 2 CDs. Australian concerts include several National

Folk Festivals, the National Multicultural Festival, Fairbridge Festivals, Cygnet Festivals,

Yackandandah festivals, Newstead and Mt Beauty festivals, The Boite.

Touring includes regional Victoria, several West Australia tours. Phil and Ernie’s 7 New Zealand

tours have included the Wellington & Dunedin Folk Festivals and the Christchurch Jazz Festival,

Spiegeltent. Bohemian Nights has played monthly at the Budapest Restaurant for 9 years.

Ernie specializes in Jewish music and Phil specializes in Middle-Eastern music. They have

worked together with theatre and dance events for Russian, Armenian, Jewish, Turkish, French

and Italian and other productions and communities, as well as parties and weddings since 1999.

Bohemian Nights has released two CDs “Bohemian Nights” 2005, and “Brothers in Borscht”

2010.

Ernie and Phil are experienced at leading music workshops (Klezmer, Middle-eastern,

E.European Jewish wordless singing, Fiddle, Improvising, etc) . They are available as roving

musicians, or for parades. Bohemian Nights has played for dances : Klezmer/Gypsy,

Tango/Milonga, Jazz/Latin, Australian Bush.

This is a free event.