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PHOTO GALLERY: 3alganoob's three-day beach music festival in Egypt's Marsa Alam




Musicians gather near the beach for a jamming session (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

The sun sets over the camp (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Afternoon coffee made and served by locals (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

3alganoob's 'Tree of happiness' at night (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Concert goers gather for the evening's performance (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

The Sudanese Asia Madani warming up before blowing away the audience with her outstanding performance (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

One of Egypt's most popular percussionists, Mizo, plays with Massar Egbary on the second night of the festival (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Like Jelly overwhelmed the crowd with non-stop dancing and laughter with their story-telling infused music (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Alexandria's Massar Egbary performs on the second night of the festival a range of originals and covers of renowned musicians such as Sayed Darwish (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Afternoon Yoga on the beach (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Maryam Saleh and the Lebanese Zeid Hamdan (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Locals selling hand-made bracelets (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

Amateurs and professionals gather with their instruments for the sunset drum circle (Photo: Mohamed Medhat)

On Friday 18 April, Egypt's three-day 3al Ganoob music festival  in Red Sea's Marsa Alam kicked off bringing 19 of the region's most entrancing independent musicians for non-stop beach jamming, sunset drum circles and much more.

The artists included acoustic musicians Massar Egbari, Abo & Sennary, Youssra El-Hawary, Tamer Abu Ghazala, Sabrine Darabuka, Safi, Asia, Like Jelly, Bahia  and party starters Soopar Lox.

Besides the ongoing concerts, festival goers had a chance to participate in morning and sunset yoga sessions on the beach in addition to other beach activities such as kite-surfing, snorkelling and diving.

A favorite activity among many was the daily sunset drum circle led by Bongoz. 

The festival took place in Marsa Alam's Tondoba Bay, over 700 km away from Cairo.

(Photos by Mohamed Medhat)

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