Friday 5 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Opening ceremony 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Nile Band Saturdy 6 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Revolution Youth Coalition talk, featuring guests from 6 April Youth Movement, ElBaradei Campaign, Muslim Brotherhood youth 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Egyptian band with music and singing Sunday 7 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Poets Evening, featuring renown Egyptian poets including Abdel-Moety Hegazy, Bahaa Gajeen and others 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Banadra Band for Arabic takht music Monday 8 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Egyptian novels evening, featuring authors including Amina Zeidan, Gamal Zaki Makar and Hamdi Abdel-Gelil 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Hala Band (street stage) Tuesday 9 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Discussion about trade unions and legal statutes 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: “Korsi” theatre performance, followed by singing by artist Sherine Wednesday 10 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Cultural views in political parties platform, featuring representatives from the Freedom and Justice party of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Socialist Party, the Democratic Front party 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Monufia band with Arabic music Thursday 11 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Second poets night, featuring Farouk Shousha and others 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Azza Balbaa and an evening of singing for love of the nation Friday 12 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Discussion about the stage and the street 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Marionette puppet show Saturday 13 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Discussion about Al-Azhar manifesto, featuring representatives from various religious groups 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Baraweez band with Nubian Music Sunday 14 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Egyptian media evening, featuring presenters of famous TV shows such as Yousry Fouday, Farida Shoubashy and Safwat El-Alem 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Singing Monday 15 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Poets evening, including guest Amgad Said from Iraq 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Sawaki band Tuesday 16 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Egyptian Cinema and its crisis, featuring famous director Ali Badrakhan and others 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Tannura dance band Wednesday 17 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Intellectuals and the public, featuring politicians and thinkers including Amr Hamzawy, Ammar Ali Hassan and Hala Moustafa 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Poetry reading Thursday 18 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Caricature in the square, featuring famous cartoonists including Amr Selim and Ahmed Anwar among others 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Ramy Essam, "singer of the square" Friday 19 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Poets night 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Evening with an Egyptian clown Saturday 20 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Social networking and the revolution 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Singer Ali El-Helbawy Sunday 21 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Journalism after January 25 Revolution, featuring famous journalists and editors such as Ibrahim Eissa, Khaled El-Balshy and Wael Kandil among others 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Alexandrian singer Ibrahim Monday 22 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Sitcom phenomenon, featuring actors from famous sitcoms 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Shakawy Choir Tuesday 23 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Poets evening, featuring renown poet Sayed Hegab among others 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Evening with singer Ahmed Ali El-Haggar Wednesday 24 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: Towards an Egyptian Cultural Constitution 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Religious singing by the central band of the Cultural Palaces Thursday 25 August 9:30 – 11:00 pm: The future of the book – between publishing and distribution, featuring publishers including Fatma El-Boudy from Al-Ain, Saad Abdel-Rahman from the Cultural Palaces and others 11:30 pm – 1:00 am: Eskenderella band
