As Jonas Mekas sang, music is friendship.

This rule is followed by percussionist Dalius Naujokaitis – Naujo, who has lived in New York for 3 decades and has a reputation as an extraordinary musician both in Lithuania and across the Atlantic.

On November 28, jazz drummer and composer Dalius Naujokaitis – Naujo will be coming to the live music club “Tamsta” to hold the one-day festival “NoJo FEST vol. 2” here for the second time. And he is coming not alone, but with his entire orchestra of friends “NoJo Airlines orchestra”. The orchestra consists of more than 30 professional musicians who masterfully play different instruments. In addition to the orchestra, two more unique groups “Vėjeliai” and a completely new group “Tylos kulkos”, formed specifically for this festival, will participate in the festival.
The creator of the festival, Dalius Naujokaitis, plays in New Vilnius in the same way as in New York – with friends and acquaintances. They are all different, they all have a distinct character and an authentic musical style. Despite the undeniable individuality of each musician and the diverse experience accumulated in different musical projects, their professionalism and mastery are even more clearly revealed in the colorful collective – the orchestra of this festival and two more groups scheduled for the program. Moreover, the instrument here becomes both the musician, the listener, and the club space.
The performance of this orchestra at the live music club "Tamsta" is a historic event that one wants to not only experience here and now, but also capture for the future. During the first festival, the entire program was recorded and will be released on vinyl by the second festival on November 28th.
The wonderful Lithuanian musicians will be joined by Professor Vytautas Landsbergis, reading poetry dedicated to Jonas Mekus, the young philosopher, musician and drummer - Adomas Budrevičius, and the artist, poet and musician Eugenijus Varkalis.
As the name of the festival's initiator, Dalius Naujokaitis-Naujas, might suggest, the festival "NoJo FEST Vol. 2" offers a chance to get in the mood for something new - new sounds, emotions and experiences, which will be provided to the audience on the evening of November 28 by the legendary stage of the live music club "Tamsta".
"You do not listen with your ears, you do not see with your eyes, you listen and see with your heart," - the great 12th century Sufi poet Hefez.

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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. WINDS
Dovydas Stalmokas – saxophone
Mindaugas Vadoklis – trumpet
Aurimas Rimeikis – trumpet
Aaron Keane – bass guitar
Dominykas Norkūnas – guitar
Jievaras Jasinskis – trombone
Part of the New – drums

2. SILENT BULLETS
Lora Kmieliauskaitė – violin
Simonas Kaupinis – tuba
Matas Samulionis – synthesizer
Harold Parulis – clarinet
Eugenijus Varkalis – saxophone, flutes
Džiugas Daugirda – objects, percussion
Part of the New – objects, percussion

3. NoJo Airlines Orchestra
Aaron Keane – bass guitar
Eugenijus Varkalis – saxophone, flutes, percussion
Gediminas Stepanavičius – double bass
Pijus Oras – bass guitar
Dominykas Norkūnas – guitar
Pranas Kentra – guitar
Simonas Kaupinis – tuba
Adas Gecevičius – electronics
Lora Kmieliauskaitė – violin
Salomėja Kalvelytė – flute
Rokas Pralgauskas – harmonica
Ignas Kasikauskas – drums
Tuomas J. Räsänen - drums
Džiugas Daugirda – percussion
Dominykas Snarskis – percussion
Kristupas Kmitas – percussion
Gediminas Laurinavičius – percussion
Harold Parulis – clarinet
Nojus Jurkus – saxophone
Dovydas Stalmokas – saxophone
Arminas Bižys – saxophone
Pavel Arakelian – saxophone
Aurimas Rimeikis – trumpet
Mindaugas Vadoklis – trumpet
Povilas Jurkša – trombone
Jievaras Jasinskis – trombone
Rokas Kašėta – trombone, vocals
Matas Samulionis – synthesizer
Marius Mockevičius – vocals
Krzysztof Skoczyk – guitar
Danielius Skeivelas – guitar
Adomas Budrevičius – percussion
Goda Alsytė – percussion
Dovydas Šulskis – drums
Kristupas Gikas – flute
Lukas Pivoriūnas – tuba
Gabija Butkyte – drums
Kornelijus Pukinskis – saxophone
Jovaras Siekstele - trombone
Danielius Pancerovas – saxophone
Dalius Naujokaitis – conducting, drums
Vytautas Landsbergis – will read poetry dedicated to Jonas Mekas

Recordings of minimalist compositions by composer Matt Cole will be used