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Thursday 3 July (5 Ramadan)
9pm
-- El-Tanboura, music of the Suez Canal
Fishermen and sailors’ songs, and songs of resistance.
El-Dammah Theatre, 30 A El-Balasa Street, Abdin, Downtown Cairo
-- Baheya Band concert
Doum Cultural Foundation, 13 El-Fardoos Street, Agouza, Giza
9.30pm
-- El-Sakia Puppet Theatre: Om Kolthom
Wisdom Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
Friday 4 July (6 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Aragoz performance by Wamda group for Shadow Puppets and Qarakoz
Beit El-Seheimy, Islamic Cairo, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, El-Gamaleya, Cairo
Saturday 5 July (7 Ramadan)
Sunday 6 July (8 Ramadan)
8pm
-- Inshad and Sufi songs with Sheikh Zain Mahmoud
El-Gamaleya, Islamic Cairo, Moez ElDin Street, next to Al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo
9.30pm
-- Watariano band concert
Wisdom Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
Monday 7 July (9 Ramadan)
8pm
-- Inshad and Sufi songs with Sheikh Zain Mahmoud
El-Gamaleya, Islamic Cairo, Moez ElDin Street, next to Al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo
Tuesday 8 July (10 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Inshad and Sufi songs with Sheikh Zain Mahmoud
El-Dammah Theatre, 30 A El Balasa Street, Abdin, Downtown Cairo
-- Seshet gratitude stories followed by storytelling by Agouza residents, audio-visual lecture on old Cairo with architect Ahmed Sedky, poetry by Zein El-Abedeen Fouad and Mahmoud Youssef joined by Fathi El-Faw on rababa.
Doum Cultural Foundation, 13 El-Fardos Street, Agouza, Giza
Wednesday 9 July (11 Ramadan)
9.30pm
-- Sudanese band performance
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre of the Cairo Opera House
Thursday 10 July (12 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Poetry and singing band
Doum Cultural Foundation, 13 El-Fardos Street, Agouza, Giza
-- Concert by Alsara (Sudan) part of Hayy Festival with opening act by Shereen Abdou
El-Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
9.30pm
-- Meshwar Band (Reggae) 3rd anniversary performance
Wisdom Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
-- Rai Tribute with Sahara band
River Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
-- Mohamed Mohsen and his band
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre of the Cairo Opera House
Friday 11 July (13 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Aragoz performance by Wamda group for Shadow Puppets and Qarakoz
Beit El-Seheimy, Old Cairo, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya
-- Ahmed Aly concert
Photopia, 15 Somal St, Al-Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo
9.30pm
-- Ahmed Nazmi and his band
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre of the Cairo Opera House
-- El-Layali troupe performs Egyptian folk dance and music
Wisdom Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
Saturday 12 July (14 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Performance of a musician from Nubia, Karam Mourad
El-Dammah Theatre, 30 A El-Balasa Street, Abdin, Downtown Cairo
-- Rami Abadeer and Mostafa El-Sayed electronic music concert
Makan Centre, 1 Saad Zaghloul Street, Mounira, Cairo
9.30pm
-- Violin and Guitar recital with Hassan Sharara and Emad Hamdy
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre of the Cairo Opera House
Sunday 13 July (15 Ramadan)
9.30pm
-- Indonesian troupe performance
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
Monday 14 July (16 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Lost and Found performance by Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School
Falaki Theatre, American University in Cairo, Downtown Campus, Cairo
-- Abo Wel Shabab concert
Photopia, 15 Somal St, Al-Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo
9.30pm
-- Cairokee band concert
River Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
-- Sharkeyat Fathy Salama, featuring Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali
part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
-- Wasla band concert
Teatro Alexandria, 25 Fouad Street, El-Raml Station, Downtown, Alexandria
10pm
-- Hysteria music performance by DIJIT (aka Hashem El Kelesh) to acompany visual arts exhibition Visual Lab Rats by Alaa Abd El Hamid
Medrar for Contemporary Art, 7 Gamal El-Din Abu El-Mahassen Street, Garden City, Cairo
Tuesday 15 July (17 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Lost and Found performance by Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School
Falaki Theatre, American University in Cairo, Downtown Campus, Cairo
-- Seshet gratitude stories followed by storytelling by Agouza residents, audio-visual lecture on old Cairo with architect Ahmed Sedky, poetry by Zein El-Abedeen Fouad and Mahmoud Youssef joined by Fathi El-Faw on rababa.
Doum Cultural Foundation, 13 El-Fardos Street, Agouza, Giza
-- El-Mazzikateya concert
Photopia, 15 Somal St, Al-Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo
9.30pm
-- Cairokee band concert
River Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
-- Mawlaweya, the whirling Dervishes
part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
Wednesday 16 July (18 Ramadan)
9.30pm
-- Lost and Found performance by Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School
Falaki Theatre, American University in Cairo, Downtown Campus, Cairo
-- Oriental Takht troupe
part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
Thursday 17 July (19 Ramadan)
8pm
-- Rami Sebei & Karim Abu Reida concert
Arkan Center, Mohamed Ali Square, El-Mansheya, Alexandria
9pm
-- Lara Elayyan (Jordan) concert, part of Hayy Festival with opening act by Nesma Herky
El-Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road
-- Tahteeb Folkloric Art, Hawidro concert (Ahmed Nazmy afro-groove band), and Ghalia Benali concert, part of Mawaweel Festival
Darb 1718, Qasr Al-Shamee Street, Al-Fakhareen, Old Cairo (Behind the Hanging Church and Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque)
9.30pm
-- Ali El-Haggar and his troupe
part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
-- El-Sakia Puppet Theatre: Abdel-Halim Hafez
Wisdom Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
-- High on Body Fat concert
Photopia, 15 Somal St, Al-Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo
9.45pm
-- Garage band concert
River Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
Friday 18 July (20 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Aragoz performance by Wamda group for Shadow Puppets and Qarakoz
Beit El-Seheimy, Old Cairo, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya
-- Baheya band concert
Photopia, 15 Somal St, Al-Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo
-- Dalal Abu Amneh (Palestine) concert part of Hayy Festival
El-Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
-- Tanoura performance, Sufi group Mawlawiya and Ashara Gharby concert, part of Mawaweel Festival
Darb 1718, Qasr Al-Shamee Street, Al-Fakhareen, Old Cairo (Behind the Hanging Church and Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque)
9.30pm
-- Medhat El Khouly concert
Wisdom Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
-- Eskenderella band celebrates launch of their first album, “Safha Gedeeda”
River Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo
-- Mahmoud El-Tohamy, religious chants
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
Saturday 19 July (21 Ramadan)
9.30pm
-- Salalem band
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
Sunday 20 July (22 Ramadan)
9.30pm
-- Marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz and her band
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
9.45pm
-- Sherif Kassem concert
River Hall, El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 of July street, Zamalek, Cairo

Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Arts School present 'Lost and Found' (Photo: Bassam Al-Zoghby)
Monday 21 July (23 Ramadan)
9.30pm
-- Eskenderella band
Part of Ramadan Evenings at the Open Air Theatre, Cairo Opera House
Tuesday 22 July (24 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Seshet gratitude stories followed by storytelling by Agouza residents, audio-visual lecture on old Cairo with architect Ahmed Sedky, poetry by Zein El-Abedeen Fouad and Mahmoud Youssef joined by Fathi El-Faw on rababa.
Doum Cultural Foundation, 13 El-Fardos Street, Agouza, Giza
Wednesday 23 July (25 Ramadan)
5pm
-- Veggie Fest Cairo: Yoga, vegetarian iftar, an open mic and live music jam
AUC Greek Campus, 28 Falaki Street, Bab Al-Louq, Downtown, Cairo
9pm
-- Aseer Doum Troupe performance
Doum Cultural Foundation, 13 El-Fardos Street, Agouza, Giza
Thursday 24 July (26 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Aseer Doum Troupe performance
Doum Cultural Foundation, 13 El-Fardos Street, Agouza, Giza
-- Hansa El-Bisharia (Algeria) concert part of Hayy Festival with opening act by Rasha Magdy
El-Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
-- Tahteeb folkloric art, Taxi installation theatre performance and a concert to be announced, part of Mawaweel Festival
Darb 1718, Qasr Al-Shamee Street, Al-Fakhareen, Old Cairo (Behind the Hanging Church and Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque)
Friday 25 July (27 Ramadan)
9pm
-- Aragoz performance by Wamda group for Shadow Puppets and Qarakoz
Beit El-Seheimy, Old Cairo, Haret Al-Darb Al-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya
-- Abul Gheit Dervishes, Sufi traditions and Zar music
El-Dammah Theatre, 30 A El-Balasa Street, Abdin, Downtown Cairo
-- Aziza Barahim (Morocco) concert part of Hayy Festival with opening act by Sarah Gohary
El-Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo
-- Tanoura performance, Sufi group Mawlawiya and Meshwar (Reggea) concert, part of Mawaweel Festival
Darb 1718, Qasr Al-Shamee Street, Al-Fakhareen, Old Cairo (Behind the Hanging Church and Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque)
Saturday 26 July (28 Ramadan)
Sunday 27 July (29 Ramadan)
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Disclaimer: Programme might be subject to modification. Please check with the respective cultural institutions prior to attending.
Last update: 16 July 2014
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