MARK YOUR CALENDAR-

🎤 Ruby and Ahmed Saad to steal the show back to back at Layali Marassi. On Saturday, 19 July, from the iconic helipad at the Address Beach Resort, the two megastars will be setting the night on fire. You can get your tickets from Ticketsmarche.

HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND-

Feel like adding to your pile of to-be-read books? The 20th edition of Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s book fair is running until Monday, 21 July. This year’s edition includes over 70 regional publishing houses, and will feature scores of cultural events and panel discussions. For more details on the book fair, head to Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s website.

Ready to face a quadruple threat? Tomorrow at Marina’s Roman Theatre, iconicpop stars Mohamed Fouad, Ehab Tawfik, Hamid El Shaeri, and Hesham Abbas will be bringing the heat to the North Coast as part of the Tiatro Romano Summer 2025 Festival. Oh, you’re humming 2000s hits already? Head to Ticketsmarchè to secure your spot.

Did that trip to Ibiza not make it out of the group chat? Well, you’re in luck. ParadiseIbiza — one of the Mediterranean island’s most celebrated party series — is marching to the beat of its own EDM drum all the way to the North Coast’s Solare in Ras El Hekma tomorrow. The line up includes Welsh DJ Jamie Jones (the brains behind Paradise), US DJ Seth Troxler, UK’s East End Dubs, Danish-Filipino Manda Moor, and Egypt’s own Awadly. Tickets are available on Paradise Ibiza’s website.

Marassi’s music festival is going strong, and on Saturday, Egyptian singer AmalMaher and Lebanese singer Walid Toufic will be lighting up the stage at The Address Beach Resort. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketsmarchè.

HAPPENING LATER-

Sharmoofers take on New Cairo. On Friday, 18 July, the crowd favorite Egyptian band will be bringing their signature wild energy to New Cairo’s Family Park with an eight-hour concert. If that sounds like a fun night to you, we’d suggest brushing up on the lyrics of your favorite Sharmoofers hits. Tickets can be purchased through Tikgo.

Feel like rocking out? Egyptian rock band Massar Egbari will be taking the stage at Nile University’s El Sawy Culturewheel Theatre in Sheikh Zayed on Thursday, 31 July. You can grab your tickets from El Sawy Culturewheel’s website.