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Make the last weekend in Sahel count with the last breaths of the New Alamein Festival :

Head out to Arkan Plaza to watch a theatrical production of Les Miserables in Arabic from Thursday, 31 August to Saturday, 2 September starting at 8:30pm. Get your tickets with Ticketsmarche.

It's a stand-up comedy open mic night with Hashem El Garhy on Saturday, 2 September at Makan starting from 7 to 10pm. Get your tickets with Ticketsmarche.

Animatex is in town. Attend the event starting from Friday 7 to Sunday, 9 September for a weekend of short and longer feature films from all around the globe. There will also be competitions and masterclasses from international guest artists. Reserve your seat with Ticketsmarche.

The Citadel Music and Singing Festival continues today and wraps up next Thursday, 7 September.The festival will be held at the Salah El Din Citadel with several acts lined up:

  • Ali El Haggar will be performing tonight.
  • Musician Hisham Kharma and the Tunsian singer Ghalia Benali will be performing on Sunday, 3 September.

El Morabba3 is coming to Egypt. Jordanian rockband El Morabba3 will be performing at three concerts, the first of which will be at the closing ceremony of the International Summer Festival at Bibliotheca Alexandrina tomorrow. The second will be at El Sawy Culturewheel on Sunday, 3 September. The third will be at Cairo Jazz 610, Sheikh Zayed branch, the band will be sharing the stage with the singer and songwriter Samar Tarek on Wednesday, 6 September.

Tickets are available here for Bibliotheca Alexandrina, here for El Sawy CultureWheel and reservation for the CJC 610 will be through their Facebook page.

The Elite Stand Up Comedy will be performing their show at Cairo Festival City’s The Marquee this Saturday, 9 September at 9:00pm. Get your tickets with Ticketsmarche.

AUC’s Tahrir Cultural Center is hosting the Medfest Cinematic Film Forum from Thursday, 14 to Sunday, 17 September. Get your tickets with Ticketsmarche.

Tamino is coming back to Egypt to perform on Friday, 22 September at 8pm at AUC’s New Cairo campus. The early bird tickets for his Sahar Tour are on sale on Ticketsmarche starting today.

DJs Kygo , Tiësto, Kungs and Frank Walker are performing on Saturday, 28 October at the Giza Pyramids. The concert will be part of the next edition of the four-day Palm Tree Music Festival (PTMF) which will be held from Thursday, 26 October until Sunday, 29 October.

Get your running shoes ready for the 2023 edition of the El Gouna Half Marathon, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 11 November. You can sign up for the marathon from here — and catch the lowest registration price with the early bird special which starts today and ends Saturday, 30 September.

Jim Gaffigan’s Barely Alive Tour will be landing on the stage of The Marquee at Cairo Festival City on Thursday, 16 November. Get your tickets with Ticketsmarche.