Wow! TGK frenz n fanz, after lots of fun times in Eastern Europe TGK returning to Australia- appearing on Midsumma Festival Snuff Salooon Cabaret Friday 6 & Saturday 7 Feb 2026! Footscray Drill Hall, 395 Barkly Street, Footscray, Victoria, 3011, originally home to Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation for more than 40,000 years.

Also one night only appearance in Naarm Melbourne was La Mama Musica and The Boîte end of Year celebration La Mama Courthouse. TGK and Anatreptix Rebetika- what a great night! Foto Darren Gill

TGK play the latest horas from Bucharest, traditional boys dances where they slap themselves, and hit pop songs from non-stop Romanian bars. Their style is very distinctive, with lots of black leather and macho jewellery from downtown Cluj Napoca/ Kolozsvár (capital of Transylvania). Often were called 'Transylvanian Gypsy Kings', 'Terribly Gentlemanly Kings' etc. Always kings.

   Nicu (vocals, keys) and Lucian (violin) have taught members of Australian lady group Vardos in their regular trips to Eastern Europe to study folk and Rroma (sometimes known as Gypsy) music. Dragomir (electric bass) is tall handsome from middle European background, whose family escaped Stasi persecution.

Sometimes replaced by Mihai Nagy, who has a kinda cowboy look:

Photos Otis Narbutas Lyons and Stephen Lebsanft, Click to watch video!

 TGK played at Falls Festival Marion Bay Tasmania (who is Marion? we want to meet) Falls Festival Byron Bay NSW and Lorne Victoria in the Village where they released first album "Cu Drag" (with Love). You can get our albums, just click NOW.

Starting to think about recording new album, in collaboration with Vardos who honed home studio recording skills through 2020 album project The Top Secret Violin Case (supported by City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grants) and others. Stay tuned.

Other Australian appearances include National Folk Festival in nation's capital of Canberra, Mullum Music Festival, the Festival Of Live Art in Melbourne, Junction Arts Festival Launceston, Midsumma Festival and Alice Desert Festival and Leaps and Bounds Festival, Bar Open Fitzroy and ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne Naarm, for the fabulous Czech and Slovak Film Festival. TGK played in Melbourne, Australia on Bar Open 20th anniversary with Faith i Branko (UK)! Spring 2022 on Steampacket Soundz Stage White Night Geelong, home of Wadawurrung people.

Another highlight- TGK featured in exciting totally 3D exhibition and art Virtual Drag at the Louvre as one of six works for their Virtual Reality showcase, ‎Rencontres Internationales Paris, Musée du Louvre, 2019. Click here for sneak preview of TGK surrounded in mansion. Created by Alison Bennett and Megan Beckwith in Naarm Melbourne Midsumma Festival 2016 then exhibition worldwide- Unit Tech Festival Berlin, and Kaleidoscope Summer Showcase touring the USA and Europe.