Beit Al-Seheimi
Al-Muaaz St, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Gamalya District, Tel 02 2787 8865
Every Sunday, 7pm: The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments.
Every Friday, 7pm: “Al-Aragouz 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
Fountain Theatre
Sat 16, 8pm: The Cairo Symphony Orchestra.
Mon 18, 8pm: Super star Angham and her band.
Main Hall
Sat 16, 8pm: The Talents Development Centre concert.
Al-Gumhouriya Theatre
12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 02 2390 7707
Thurs 21 and Fri 22, 8pm: Forsan Al-Sharq for Heritage company performs Al-Giptana show.
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, 7pm).
Makan
1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo, Tel 2792 0878
Every Tuesday, 9-10pm: 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, 9-10pm: Zar music and songs by Mazaher ensemble featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sabah.
Rawabet Art Space
3 Hussien El Meaamar St. ext. of Mahmoud Basiouny St, from Talaat Harb Square, Downtown
Thurs 7, 8pm: A stand-up comedy show by Slapsticks, Egypt’s newest comedy club with a very strong line up of Egypt’s finest comedians: Ahmed Hassan, Hamza Bahaa, Marwan Moslemany, Ghada Salah,
Mohamed Habib, and Saleh Seyam.
Room Art Space & Café
10 Etihad Al Mohamin, Garden City, Tel 01000 068 159
Thurs 7, 9pm: Join 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. If you want to register as a performer, don’t forget to come early (7:30pm) and fill the application form.
Fri 8, 9pm: Paranoid Eyes is an Egyptian progressive rock band with a great passion forcovering the tunes of Pink Floyd and the solo projects released by the legendary David Gilmour and Roger Waters.
Thurs 14, 9pm: The Gypsy Jazz Project presents an extraordinary mixture of Up-swinging, Waltzy and sometimes quite tranquil and ballad-ish music that was first influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli and their Gypsy Jazz tunes that started out a while before 1937.
The Spot mall, infront of AUC Gate 4, New Cairo
Sun 10, 9pm: Join 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. If you want to register as a performer, don’t forget to come early (7:30pm) and fill the application form.
Mon 11, 9pm: A solo acoustic night showcasing a variety of Ahmad El-Haggar’s popular covers and originals.
Tues 12, 9pm: Skeletøn Clique is a tribute band for TwentyOne Pilots. It makes sure that the audience can live the Pilot’s experience in terms of music, performance and visuals.
El-Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 02 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448
(No entry without a mask and the hall will be open at only 25 percent audience capacity)
River Hall
Thurs 7, 7.30pm: Babiun band performs different types of music.
Tues 12, 7.30pm: Singer Wael El-Fashny in a repertoire of old and folk traditional songs.
Wed 13, 7pm: Arab classical music concert by Creative band, led by Hassan Youssef and Yousry Abdel-Qader.
Thurs 14, 7pm: Singer Aziz Maraka.
Wisdom Hall
Thurs 7, 6 and 8pm: El-Sawy Culturewheel Puppet Theatre show revives the concerts of Umm Kolthoum performing two of her much-loved songs.
Sun 10, 7.30pm: Wegdan Project, late singer Warda’s tribute band.
Mon 11, 8pm: A singing recital by Somayia Darwish.
Thurs 14, 8pm: The Egyptian 90’s star Simone features Eid El-Adha concert.
ALEXANDRIA
Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre)
Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria, Tel 03/486 5106
Thurs 14, 8pm: The Gift, a musical presented by The Academy of Arts.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Chatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999
Conference Centre Small Hall
Thurs 7, 8pm: Oud recital by Hazem Shaheen.
Jesuit Cultural Centre
298 Port Said St, Cleopatra, Sidi Gaber, Alexandria, Tel 01090958108
Thurs 14, 7pm: Polyphonic guitar concert features Rowis Aziz.
New Alamein
North Coast
Tues 12, 5.30pm: Extra Solaire will be a ‘White Party’ by the beach featuring the mega star Amr Diab, delivering exclusive and breathtaking vibes.
*A version of this article appears in print in the 7 July, 2022 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly.
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