Video Game Tunes + Klezmer

Glitch Kibbitz reimagines your favorite video game soundtracks through the soul-stirring lens of Jewish folk music

Since 2019, we've been asking the important questions: What if Mario grabbed a clarinet instead of a mushroom? What if Master Chief celebrated with a hora? We've taken our musical mishigas from PAX West to MAGFest, put out half a dozen releases, and even created our own games!

Latest Releases

New Album - Super Glitch Kibbitz

Released 2024-12-12

Follow us on a journey through the most classic of VGM tunes, mashed up and stylized with klezmer staples like Odessa Bulgar and The Turk in America in a synthesis of genres unlike any you've heard before! Unless you've also heard our previous releases, that is.

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Saved Inventory EP

Released 2023-12-11

From jazz to klezmer to Turkish jams, this release represents a wide range of genre-blending VGM interpretations, and a large numbers of firsts for Glitch Kibbitz, from lots of brand-new instrumentation, to our new full-time percussionist, Klopfenpop!

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We have plenty more releases on Bandcamp!

Upcoming Events

May 23

2025

NW Folklife 2025 (Friday)

Concert NW Folklife The Vera Project - Seattle Center

Join us from 6:45-7:30 PM at The Vera Project for the first of our two NW Folklife sets. This event is free, with donations to NW Folklife encouraged!

May 26

2025

NW Folklife 2025 (Monday)

Concert NW Folklife Fisher Green Stage - Seattle Center

Join us as part of the Big Jewish Showcase for our second Folklife performance. The Big Jewish Showcase runs from 6:30-8:45 PM - we go on around 8 PM. This event is free, with donations to NW Folklife encouraged!

May 31

2025

HONK! Fest 2025 (Saturday)

Concert HONK! Fest West 3600 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118-2178, United States

Join your favorite klezmer VGM band for our Saturday HONK! Fest sets. We play 1:30-2 PM, then again from 2:30-3 PM. This event is free, with donations to HONK! Fest encouraged!

Jun 01

2025

HONK! Fest 2025 (Sunday)

Concert HONK! Fest West Pratt Park, Seattle

Join your favorite klezmer VGM band for our Sunday Honk! Fest sets. We play 1:00-1:30 PM. This event is free, with donations to Honk! Fest encouraged!

Jun 14

2025

Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo

Concert Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3M 1B6, Canada

Join Glitch Kibbitz for a 45 minute set at Vancouver BC's own Retro Gaming Expo! Tickets are $25 for a full day of retro gaming, music, panels, and vendors.

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Past Events

Apr 12

2025

VGMCon Performance

Concert VGMCON Crowne Plaza West Minneapolis

Join us at 7 PM for our VGMCon debut! We're so excited to bring our signature blend to a fun, danceable, hourlong set.

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