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HAPPENING THIS WEEK-
Go for a friends and family day out at the Adeer Plaza Festival. This event will have carnival games, arts and crafts, colorful parades, and stilt walkers. The festival will take place on Saturday 6 July from 4pm to 12am at Adeer Plaza, Waslet Dahshour in Sheikh Zayed. Register here.
Headbang to your favorite rock tunes with Skypost. They’ll be playing songs by Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Journey and Kansas at Room Art Space tomorrow at 8 pm. Buy your tickets at the entrance or through this link.
Helmy on stage: The comedic genius Ahmed Helmy will be performing in his interactive play Mimo at the Grand Nile Tower Hotel in Cairo. The first show will take place tomorrow, Thursday July 4 at 9 pm but you can catch it again on Friday 5 July, Thursday 11 July and Friday 12 July. Get your tickets here.
Affichat w Aflam for the cinema aficionados. This exhibition showcases a vast selection of the late Pierre Sioufi’s collection of more than 10k pieces of Egyptian cinema memorabilia from 1932-2017. Showing in three editions, with the first ending on Thursday, 11 July, it will display pieces from the 1930s to 1970s. The exhibition is open from 10am to 10pm at Bibliothek.
Experience a mesmerizing performance in ‘Nawah’ or ‘Fertile Presence’ on the Rawabet stage. The performance fuses movement and sound to highlight the interconnectedness of agriculture, fertility and motherhood. The performance will be on Saturday, 5 July and will start from 8pm. Get your tickets here.
HAPPENING LATER-
Egyptian Nights with Cairokee. The Egyptian band will be performing at the AAST in Alexandria as a part of the Egyptian Nights Festival on Saturday, 13 July at 8pm. Click here for the tickets.
Smooth melodies, up-beat rhythms & enticing energy. Don’t miss Blackout ’s smooth jazz tunes at Cairo Jazz Club on Sunday 14 June at 8pm. Message CJC on Facebook to reserve.
20 years of Masar Egbari: The band is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a concert at Al Sawy Culturewheel, Nile University branch in Sheikh Zayed, on Thursday, July 18, at 8pm. Click here to get your tickets.
Mouled Ahl Al Zikr x Sawy Culture Wheel: Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Tohamy will present an evening of recitation and chanting at El Sawy Wheel in Zamalek on Friday, July 19 at 8 pm. (Tickets)