Gogol Bordello + Dezerter

Folk punk classics Gogol Bordello will visit Poznań's B17 in the company of the legendary Polish punk band Dezerter.

Formed in 1999, New York-based band Gogol Bordello took its style from Eastern European punk bands, enriching it with influences of dub and traditional music, primarily Roma and Ukrainian. Founded by an American of Ukrainian origin, Eugene Hütz, the band is made up of immigrants from all over the world, including Russia and Ecuador. Gogol Bordello gained popularity outside of the New York art punk scene largely through a series of film appearances, including Liev Schreiber's acclaimed Everything is Illuminated and Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, a 2008 documentary about them. Until 2010, they were associated with the indie punk label SideOneDummy, which also released music by Flogging Molly, AJJ and Title Fight, among others. Gogol Bordello have eight studio albums to their credit, the most recent of which is 2022's Solidaritine.

Warsaw-based band Dezerter was formed in the turbulent political reality of Poland in the early 1980s, and over the course of several years became the flagship group of domestic anarcho-punk, which it remains today. After a high-profile show at the leading Polish punk event, Jarocin Festival, they debuted with the single Ku przyszłości in 1983; their first full-length album was released five years later, when the singer of legendary hardcore outfit D.O.A. Joey Keithley took Dezerter's tapes to the US, which were released there as Underground Out of Poland. This material gave them recognition abroad and became a legendary document of the Polish scene at the time. Over time, Dezerter began touring abroad (including alongside groups such as Conflict, Carcass and The Ex) and underwent several personnel rotations; they currently have 14 studio albums out, the latest of which is 2021's Kłamstwo to nowa prawda.