Thursday 4 August

Puppet Theatre show at El Sawy Culturewheel, 6pm & 8pm

El Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of diva Oum Kolthoum playing two of her much-loved songs.

El Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26 of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo

Ya Sem performance at Falaki Theatre, 7pm

Check Ahram Online’s recommendations and the full programme here.

Falaki Theatre, Downtown, Cairo

Bahiyya band at Elbet Alwan, 8pm

Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat Street, from El-Maraashly Street, Zamalek, Cairo

Syrian-Swedish singer Faia Younan at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 8.30pm

Younan will deliver a concert as part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Read more here and check the festival’s complete programme here.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, open-air theatre, Alexandria

Swedish-Syrian singer Faia Younan performs at the Cairo Opera House open-air theatre on Tuesday 2 August. (Photo: Ahram Online)

Friday 5 August

Zay Al-Nass (Like People) play at Artistic Creativity Center, 7pm

Check Ahram Online’s recommendations and the full programme here.

Artistic Creativity Center, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo

Singer Ali El-Helbawy at El Sawy Culturewheel, 7.30pm

El Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July street, Zamalek, Cairo

Puppet and shadow theatre performance at Beit El-Seheimy, 7.30pm

Scripted and directed by Nabil Bahgat.

Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo

Tunisian singer Ghali Benali at Alexandria Opera House, 8pm

The event is part of the ongoing Cairo Opera House’s summer festival. Check the full programme here.

Alexandria Opera House, Alexandria

Zay Al-Nass (Photo: Bassam Al Zoghby)

Saturday 6 August

Garage comic magazine issue#1 release at AUC, 6pm

Check our Art Alert here.

Fountain Area, American University in Cairo, Tahrir Square, Downtown, Cairo

Kathakali dance troupe from India at Heliopolis Cultural Palace, 7pm

Check our Art Alert here. 

Cultural Palace, El Golf Area, Heliopolis, Cairo

Bahgaga and El-Nafikha in concert at El-Genaina Theatre, 8.30pm

El-Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Darassa, Cairo

Aqsa Alwasat band at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 8.30pm

The event is part of the 14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Summer Festival which runs until 8 September. Check the festival’s complete programme here.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small hall, Alexandria

Kathakali performer (Photo: courtesy of MACIC, Cairo)

Check our complete listings of arts and culture events for this week:

Egypt's arts and culture events of the week: 31 July-7 August

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