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The Discreet Charm of the Pillars of Society is playing tonight. Directed by Ahmed El Attar, brings together two families objecting to their children’s marriage. The play is on stage at 8pm at Falaki Theater as a part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-Caf). You can click here to check out the event. Tickets are available on D-CAF’s website.

The exhibition Forever Is Now is back again at the Pyramids, open 9am until 4pm daily through 18 November. Book your ticket here or buy one on arrival.

Cairocomix festival is back, kicking off this coming Friday, 3 November, and running through Sunday, 5 November, at the Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center. There is no admission fee. You can explore the program here.

Great Symphonies III x Cairo Opera House. The Cairo Symphony Orchestra headed by the maestro Ahmed El Saedi will be performing at the Main Hall, Cairo Opera House next Saturday, 4 November. The concert will start at 8pm sharp. Book your ticket here.

Music enthusiasts, this one’s for you: The annual Cairo International Jazz Festival is still going at AUC’s Tahrir campus and will continue until Friday, 3 November. More here.

Sayed Ragab x Lina Chamamyan x “El hekaya b aswatna. TV personality Mahmoud Saad will host actor Sayed Ragab and singer Lina Chamamyan live on stage at Theatro Arkan, Sheikh Zayed, on Thursday, 2 November at 8:30pm. You can book with Tazkarti.

Mahmoud Saad will also host comedian Ahmed Helmy on Saturday, 4 November, followed by a concert featuring Wust El Balad, also at Theatro Arkan. Click here to reserve your tickets.

Looking for adventure? Get into the spooky spirit with night hiking in Wadi Degla with the Egyptian Wild Animals Service (EWAS) on Friday, 3 November.

Russia’s 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.

The Christmas Charity Bazaar will bring on the season’s warmth on Saturday, 1 December at All Saints’ Cathedral, Zamalek. The bazaar will start from 10:30am until 4pm. Note, the event’s revenues will be given to a variety of charitable organizations in Egypt.