The festival will offer various events including concerts, theater plays, stand up comedy, workshops, dance performances, and family activities.
The music programme will feature renowned Egyptian artists such as Hamza Namira, Ali El-Haggar, Omar Khairat, Sharmoofers, Hisham Abbas, Abu, as well as artists from Tunisia, Germany, Portugal, and France.
All events begin at 8:30 unless indicated otherwise.
Thursday 1 August
Hamza Namira
Great Hall
Friday 2 August
Tablet Elsitt
Open Air Theater
Friday 2 August
Improvisation Performance: Investigation
Presented by Maktoob Alina Troupe
Small Theater
Saturday 3 August
Soundtrack music
Open Air Theater
Saturday 3 August
Dangerous Turn theatre play
Written by J. B. Priestley and directed by Ashraf Ali
Great Hall
Sunday 4 August
Les Compagnons Band
Open Air Theater
Sunday 4 to Thursday 8 August
Cinema Program
Workshop: Cinema appreciation with film director Mohamed Zeidan
Auditorium
For registration, please visit the Sunday Cinema program page on Facebook.
Monday 5 August
Nouran Aboutaleb
Open Air Theater
Tuesday 6 August
Hisham Abbas
Open Air Theater
Wednesday 7 August
Mahmoud Darwish and his band
Open Air Theater
Thursday 8 August
Folklore: South Valley Troupe for Sudanese and Nubian Art, and African Rhythms
Directed by Karim Rashwan
Open Air Theater
Thursday 8 and Friday 9 August
Workshop: Free Improvisation (for musicians only)
Presented by Marja Burchard (Germany)
For registration, please visit this link
Friday 9 August, 4-9pm
Family Day: Art Workshops and Activities for Children
Open Air Theater
Saturday 10 August
Marja Burchard band (Germany), accompanied by Yassin Mahgoub
Open Air Theater
Saturday 10 August
Standup Comedy: The High Five
Great Hall
Sunday 11 August
Sohbet El-Semsemiya Band (Port Said)
Open Air Theater
Sunday 11 to Tuesday 13 August
Cinema Program
Workshop: Schools of Film Criticism with Film Critic Essam Zakaria.
Auditorium
For registration, please visit the Sunday Cinema Program page on Facebook.
Monday 12 August
Abu
Open Air Theater
Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 August
Omar Khairat
Accompanied by the BA Orchestra
Great Hall
Friday 16 August
Nawel Ben Kraïem (France)
Open Air Theater
Friday 16 August
Live Podcast on Stage: Card with Question
Presented by Rasha El-Deeb
Small Theater
Saturday 17 August
Poetry Recital: Amani Mahfouz and Dafayer Troupe
Small Theater
Sunday 18 August
Stage 5 Band
Open Air Theater
Sunday 18 to Wednesday 21 August
Cinema Program
Workshop: Making Short Films With Emirati Film Director Nawaf Aljanahi.
Auditorium
For registration, please visit the Sunday Cinema program page on Facebook.
Monday 19 August
Khaled Al-Kammar
Compositions by Al-Kammar performed by BA Youth Orchestra
Great Hall
Tuesday 20 August
Fouad and Mounib, and Albaluna Band (Egypt – Portugal)
Great Hall
Wednesday 21 August
High Dam band
Open Air Theater
Thursday 22 August
Nesma Abdel Aziz
Open Air Theater
Thursday 22 August
Dance Performance
Presented by El-Wahag Troupe for Ballet and Free Dance
Directed by Sherif El-Gendy
Great Hall
From Thursday to Saturday 22–24 August
Workshop: Playwriting for amateurs
Presented by Vesna Hauschild (Slovenia)
Friday 23 August
Ali El-Haggar
Great Hall
Saturday 24 August
Andromida
Open Air Theater
Saturday 24 August
Rowis Aziz and Marisa Sardo (Egypt – USA)
Small Theater
Sunday 25 August
Looperia Project and Brass Sound Band
Open Air Theater
Monday 26 August
Hisham Kharma
Open Air Theater
Tuesday 27 August
Folklorita
Open Air Theater
Wednesday 28 August
Competition: Na'ama Hora for Underground Bands
Open Air Theater
Wednesday 28 August
Nasaaem Sharqiya with Haitham Alhudiri (Tunisia)
Small Theater
Thursday 29 August
Anoushka
Accompanied by the BA Orchestra
Great Hall
Friday 30 August
Saad El-Oud
Open Air Theater
Friday 30 August
Theatre Performance: Father and Mother of the Children (Ibn Elgil 3)
Idea and mise-en-scene: Ahmed Askar
Great Hall
Saturday 31 August
Sharmoofers
Open Air Theater
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