Arab Music Institute
22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373
Sun 7, 8.30pm: Al-Enshad Al-Dini troupe performs religious chants.
Beit Al-Seheimi
Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Tel 02 2787 8865
Every Sunday, 8pm: The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments.
Every Friday, 8pm: “Alaragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muaaz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat.
Cairo Opera House
Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Tel 02 2737 0602/2736 0361, box office 02 2739 0132/0144
Open-Air Theatre
Thurs 18, 8.30pm: The Talents Development Centre concert.
Al-Ghouri Caravansary
Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Tel 02 2514 7475
Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music
(Performances every Sat and Wed, 7.30pm).
Makan
1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo, Tel 2792 0878
Every Tuesday, 8pm: Mawawil features vocalists Hend and Sara in a repertoire of traditional music of the Nile Delta, Al Jaafra music played by Arab Tribes from Aswan and Nass Makan band.
Every Wednesday, 8pm: Zar music and songs by Mazaher ensemble featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sabah.
Rawabet Art Space
5 Hussien El-Meaamar St. ext. of Mahmoud Bassiouny St, from Talaat Harb Square, Downtown
Fri 5, 8pm: Fertile Presence, a sonic choreography on the body as an indicator and landscape of environmental change.
Two geo diverse bodies mess with the seasons and forget the secrets of sowing seeds, morphing movement composition with live experimental music on cello and violin, voice and synth looping, they interweave surreal surroundings by taking and losing control of their environment and body. This is a co-creation emerging from a two year research by Moss and Shaymaa traveling between Berlin and Cairo embodying the contradictions and caresses invoked by the conditioned notions associated with fertility, agriculture and motherhood, while tuning in and out with the sociopolitical current context. The project is funded by The International Co-Production Fund, The Goethe Institute and is co-produced by Orient Productions.
Room Art Space & Café
10 Etihad Al Mohamin, Garden City, Tel 01000 068 159
Thurs 4, 8pm: A concert of classic rock tunes.
Fri 5, 8pm: Solorhyzm is hosting a rock/metal night.
Sat 6, 8pm: The monthly Open Mic Night! If you play music, write poetry, or a stand-up comedian sign up when you arrive for 7 minutes on Room stage. Or just relax and enjoy back to back performances over a drink or coffee.
Tues 9, 9pm: Karaoke night.
The Spot mall, infront of AUC Gate 4, New Cairo
Thurs 4 and Thurs 11, 9pm: Karaoke night.
Sat 6, 9pm: Stand-up comedy show by Comedy Gang.
Sun 7, 9pm: Hafla Geil Qadim Vol.2 stand-up comedy show including crowd interactive work where three comedians performing jokes about their adult life after the age of 30.
Mon 8, 9pm: Classic rock night.
Wed 10, 9pm: Karaoke night.
El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448
River Hall
Sat 6, 8pm: Nahawand band.
Wisdom Hall
Fri 5, 5 and 9pm: Stand-up comedy show.
Sat 6, 8pm: Religious chanting by Abo Shaar Brother's troupe from Syria.
Mon 8, 8pm: Nazra troupe performs religious chants celebrating the new Hijri year.
Thurs 11, 6.30 and 8.30pm: El Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of Umm Kolthoum performing two of her much-loved songs The Days have Passed and Far from You.
ALEXANDRIA
Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre)
Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria, Tel 03/486 5106
Thurs 18, 8.30pm: A concert by opera superstar singer Riham Abdel-Hakim, accompanied by the Arab music company.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999
Small Hall
Fri 12, 8pm: A concert by Life Melody band, conducted by
maestro Mahmoud Abou-Zaid.
Main Hall
Sat 13, 8pm: A concert features Kato Hafez Project and Malaz band.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 4 July, 2024 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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