The Cairo Jazz Festival, founded by musician Amr Salah, is back in its 7th year with a lineup of international bands and musicians, and is taking place between 15-18 October at the Greek Campus in downtown.
All main events take place at downtown's Greek Campus, which has two stages; the outdoor main stage and the indoor Vibe Jam Stage, located inside the library building.
The festival also has the Afterhours Programme, also called the Beyond Stage programme, taking place in parallel with the festival and held at two separate venues, the Cairo Jazz Club and Room Art Space.
Thursday 15 October
Outdoor stage:
7:00pm: Makiko Hirabayashi Trio (Japan)
9:00pm: Rima Khcheich (Lebanon)
10:30pm: The Riff Band (Egypt)
Indoor stage:
8:00pm: Norbert Shneider (Austria)
Cairo Jazz Club, part of Afterhours Programme:
9:30pm: Nour Project & Bob Maghrib (Morocco)
Room Art Space part of Afterhours Programme:
Stepan Markovic (Czech) - Exact time to be announced.
Friday 16 October
Indoor stage:
2:00pm: Jazzinino
5:00pm: Mora (Venezuela), Rounds (Australia), Tass (Egypt)
6:00pm: Open Jam Session
7:30pm: Nour Project (Egypt)
10:30pm: Open Jam Session
Outdoor stage:
6:30pm: Stepan Markvic with Akram El-Sharkawy group (Egypt/Czech)
8:30pm: Blood Sweat Drum’n’ bass orchestra featuring Naseer Shamma (Denmark/Iraq)
10:30pm: Bob Maghrib (Morocco)
Room Art Space, part of Afterhours Programme:
Todd Marcus Quintet (USA), exact time to be announced
Saturday 17 October
Indoor stage:
2:00pm: Jazzinino (Egypt)
4:30pm: Todd Marcus Quintet (USA)
6:00pm: Elisa Rodrigues Quartet (Portugal)
7:30pm: L’Hijaz Car (France)
9:00pm: Hawadiro (Egypt)
Cairo Jazz Club, part of Afterhours Program
12:00am: Rain Dogs & Norbert Schneider (Egypt/Austria)
Sunday 18 October
Indoor stage:
7:30pm: Eftekasat (Egypt)
9:00pm: Souad Massi (Algeria)
Cairo Jazz Club, part of Afterhours Program
9:30pm: Marcolia Duo, L’Hijaz Car (France)
5:00-7:00pm: L’Hijaz Car master class:
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Venues:
Greek Campus, 28 Falaki Street, Bab El-Louk, Downtown Cairo
Cairo Jazz Club, 197 on 26th July Street, Agouza, Cairo
Room Art Space, 10 Etehaad Al-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo
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