Bring in the summer with a hot blast of brass at the sixth annual Ederlezi Balkan Brass Festival at the Grandview Legion (2205 Commercial Drive) this Friday and Saturday (May 13 and 14).

The bill this year features three West Coast bands—San Francisco’s Fanfare Zambaleta, Seattle’s the m9, and Vancouver’s own Orkestar Slivovica, Ederlezi’s hosts.

Serbia’s master trumpeter Demiran Cerimovic is a special guest performer. Add folk dancers, freak dancers, shots of fiery Slivovitz, and an assortment of dried sausages, and you have one wild Balkans-on-Burrard-Inlet party.