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The Budapest Cafe Orchestra
13 November 2025 @ 7.30pm
About The Budapest Cafe Orchestra
Christian Garrick & the Budapest Café Orchestra
Refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra BCO play gypsy and folk-flavoured music in their unique and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional music to their artful distillations of Romantic masterworks to soaring Gaelic folk anthems, BCO is an infectious musical experience like none other.
With fifteen albums to their name, Budapest Café Orchestra was established by British composer and violinist Christian Garrick in 2009. A diminutive ensemble of just four players, the BCO creates an astonishing soundscape and aural alchemy characteristic of larger ensembles, combining violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz, balalaika, domra, and percussion to dazzling effect.
Reviews
“Not so much a band name as a whole genre of its own, Budapest Café Orchestra embraces an encyclopedia of music and mischief.”
SCOTSMAN
“Your music is really great.”
Helena Bonham Carter
“The music is magic in their hands.”
Sean Rafferty BBC Radio 3
“Absolutely acoustically electrifying!”
Time Out
“Back by popular demand, the fiery vivacity and awe inspiring musicianship of the finest purveyors of Eastern European gypsy music this side of a Lada scrap heap will leave you with a grin on your face and rhythm in your feet…”
TIMES
“Mascara rearrangers.”
Fran Riley
“They make the world a better place.“
Bob Misto, Nevada, U.S.
Tickets
Please see important booking information below.
Booking information
Ticket prices:
Standard – £20.00
Under 12 Years – £12.00
Dates & times:
Tuesday 13 November 2025 at 7.30pm
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The Mill Arts Centre is the cultural hub for Banbury and the surrounding area.
As the only dedicated arts provision in the area, it aims to inspire creativity and enrich the lives of the communities by providing a high-quality, varied artistic, educational and participatory programme.
It plays a significant role in the town’s cultural, social and economic development by offering the community the chance to engage with and be entertained by several art forms.
The Mill Arts Centre offers an exciting live events programme, including theatre, dance, music, comedy, film, workshops and classes. Alongside this, it runs several community projects and initiatives with partner organisations.
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