D-Caf kicks off in the downtown area

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The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-Caf) has kicked off and will continue until Sunday, 5 November. The festival is taking place in several places and art centers in the downtown area. You can check the events and buy the tickets through D-CAF’s website.

Hit up Cairo Jazz Club tomorrow for some live rap and genre-bending performances at Leqleem Sound Spectrum. Performers include Hady Moamer, Khaled Rossia, Azzouni, Karim Serry, and others.

Head to a Japanese tea-making workshop at AUC New Cairo Campusevery Wednesday through to 18 October from 11:30-1:30pm. For bookings, send an email here.

Have an extraterrestrial experience atCairo Jazz Club’s Boogie Night in Outer Space withBubblegum Kollectiv on Wednesday, 18 October from 9pm. Reserve now on their Facebook page.

Don’t miss the stand-up comedy showat Falaki Theater, Tahrir on Thursday, 19 October.The show will start at 8pm. You can buy your tickets from TicketsMarche.

Award WinningDirty, Difficult, Dangerous will be showcased at The Netherlands-FlemishInstitute on Thursday, 19 October screening from 7 - 8:30pm, with doors open at 6pm. There’s no reservation or purchasing of tickets, it’s on a first-come-first-serve basis with limited seats.

Dust off your windbreakers this weekend at Room Art Space in Garden City for theirBack to the nineties event with performances of your favorite Arabic nineties songs on Friday, 20 October from 8pm. Get your tickets at the branch or from this link.

Lab coats and goggles on for Kidzania’s Halloween Adults immersive party with “Lab of Horrors”, on Thursday, 26 October from 6 - 11 pm. Tickets are not on sale yet but stay tuned for more information on their Facebook Page.

We’ve got you covered this Halloween, Cairo Jazz Club is hosting a Haunted Mansionnightof eeriness and hit tunes on Friday, 27 October. Costumes are mandatory and you can reserve your spot on their Facebook page.

Get your spook on at KMT House’s Creepy Carnival on Saturday, 28 October from 10 am - 10 pm. Get your tickets from Ticketsmall.

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.

Music enthusiasts, this one’s for you: The annual Cairo International Jazz Festival is happening at AUC’s Tahrir campus from Thursday, 26 October to Friday, 3 November. For more information contact them on their page.

New Giza Sports Club is partnering with CA Sports launching the first Premier PadelEvent in Africa from Saturday, 28 October until Sunday, 5 November with the participation of the top 100 world professional players. Get your tickets with Tazkarti.

The Russian Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra is coming to Egypt for the first time, with three concerts scheduled in Cairo and Alexandria. The Cairo concerts are scheduled for Sunday and Monday, 5 and 6 November at the Cairo Opera House in Zamalek, while the Alexandria concert will follow on Tuesday, 7 November at Sayed Darwish Theater. You can book your tickets for the concerts from here, here and here.

RussellPeters is coming to Egypt for the second time: He will be performing on Saturday, 11 November at the Marquee Theatre, Cairo Festival City (CFC). The show will start at 8pm. Tickets are available on TicketsMarche.

Don’t miss Tamer Ashour at Sheikh Zayed’s Zed Park on Friday, 10 November at 8pm. Tickets are available on TicketsMarche.

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

The Masr El Gedida Carnival is back and will take place in Merryland Park on Saturday, 25 November at 10am.