Ramadan evenings with culture in Cairo, Alexandria: 8-15 June

Ahram Online , Wednesday 7 Jun 2017

Ahram Online recommends recommends a number of events taking place during the month of Ramadan

Ramadan lanterns
Ramadan lanterns (or Fanoos Ramadan) are displayed for sale at a shop ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo (Photo: Reuters)

Thursday 8 June / 13 Ramadan

8:30pm
Avalanche, urban dance show
El Sawy Culturewheel, Zamalek, Cairo

9:30pm
Shereen Abdo Project performance
ROOM Art Space & Cafe, Garden City, Cairo

9:30pm
Alexandria Opera Ensemble performance
Sayed Darwish Theatre (Alexandria Opera House), 22 El-Horreya Road, Raml Station, Alexandria


Friday 9 June / 14 Ramadan

7pm
Cairokee’s concert: part of Westown Hub Ramadan Nights
Westown Hub, Beverley Hills, in front of BISC, Manshiyat Radwan, Giza

9.30pm
Janan, the Egyptian alternative/pop rock band
ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin Street, Garden City, Cairo
Read more here 


Saturday 10 June / 15 Ramadan

9pm
Mashrou El Mareekh open-mic night
Darb 1718, Qasr Al-Shamee Street, Al-Fakhareen, Old Cairo
Read more here 

9.30pm
Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mohamed Sharara will feature young violin soloist Salma Sorour
The programme will include: Borodin’s Polovitsian dances, Wieniawski’s violin concerto no.1 and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7
Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo


Sunday 11 June / 16 Ramadan

9pm
'Rising soloists' to be featured by the Cairo Celebration Choir
AUC Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo
Free entry
Read more here 

9.30pm
Shahira Kamal’s Band followed by Tunisian musician Haydar Hamdi
El-Genaina Theatre inside Al-Azhar Park


Monday 12 June / 17 Ramadan

9pm
Storytelling performance by Oriental Arts troupe
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

9.30pm
Best Songs of Andrea Bocelli and Frank Sinatra performed by the Cairo Opera Company’s soloists
Sayed Darwish Theatre (Alexandria Opera House), 22 El-Horreya Road, Raml Station, Alexandria


Tuesday 13 June / 18 Ramadan

9.30pm
Maulana concert, religious chanting
El Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, Cairo


Wednesday 14 June / 19 Ramadan

9.30pm
Aqsa Al Wasat band followed by Malika Zarra
El-Genaina Theatre inside Al-Azhar Park

9.30pm
Marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz
Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo


Thursday 15 June / 20 Ramadan

9pm
Stand Up Comedy vs Open Mic Night with Fathy Samir
Magnolia. Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis street, Zamalek, Cairo

9.30pm
Retro band with Ahmed Hadad, Fatma Adel and Dalia El Guindy
Accompanied by Haitham Darwish on oud and Mohamed Shebl on Oriental percussions
El Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, Cairo

9.30pm
Sheikh Yassin El Tohamy
Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo

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