Between 7 March and 1 April, Cairo and Alexandria will witness the Jazz Tales Festival. The festival is organised by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's Arts Centre with its Cairo segment to be hosted by the American University. The festival is organised in cooperation with the American Consulate in Alexandria. The concerts by the Egyptian and American jazz musicians will be held in the AUC and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in addition to workshops to be hosted at the AUC. All, concerts and workshops, have free entry. They will feature musicians such as Marcus Band (USA), Braden / Michels Project (USA), Sherif Watson & Triple Trouble Band with Shady El-Qaseer Group (Egypt), Akram El-Sharkawy Group (Egypt) & Huntertones Band (USA), among others. "The festival aims at raising awareness about jazz and bring this music genre closer to the wide spectrum of Egyptian audiences," Neveen Kenawy, Jazz Tales festival's general coordinator told Ahram Online. The festival will open on 7 March with workshops conducted by Egypt's Boghdady Big Band and the American Red Trads Band, on 7 and 8 March at the AUC's Gerhart Theater (New Cairo). "The set of four workshops with each lasting for two days -- eight hours each day -- will allow the attendees to deepen their knowledge about jazz practices," Kenawy adds.
PROGRAMME: Tuesday and Wednesday, 7 and 8 March 11am−6pm Jazz Workshop: Boghdady Big bang (Egypt) & The Rad Trads Band (USA) The American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater Friday, 10 March Jazz Concert: Boghdady Big Band (Egypt) & The Rad Trads Band (USA) American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Square Campus, Ewart Hall, Cairo, 8pm Saturday, 11 March Jazz Concert: Boghdady Big Band (Egypt) & The Rad Trads Band (USA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Great Hall, Alexandria, 7pm Tuesday and Wednesday, 14 and 15 March 11am−6pm Jazz Workshop: Todd Marcus Band (USA) & Wave Jazz Band (Egypt) American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater Friday, 17 March Jazz Concert: Todd Marcus Band (USA) American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Square Campus, Ewart Hall, Cairo, 8pm Jazz Concert: Wave Jazz Band (Egypt) & Cairo Big Band Society (Egypt) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Great Hall, Alexandria, 8pm Saturday, 18 March Jazz Concert: Wave Jazz Band (Egypt) & Cairo Bigband Society (Egypt) American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Square Campus, Ewart Hall, Cairo, 8pm Jazz Concert: Todd Marcus Band (USA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Great Hall, Alexandria, 8pm Tuesday and Wednesday, 21 and 22 March 11am-6pm Jazz Workshop : Braden / Michels Project (USA) & Sherif Watson & Triple Trouble Band & shady El-Qaseer Group (Egypt) American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater Friday, 24 March Jazz Concert: Braden / Michels Project (USA) American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Square Campus, Ewart Hall, Cairo, 8pm Jazz Concert: Sherif Watson & Triple Trouble Band & shady El-Qaseer Group (Egypt) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Great Hall, Alexandria, 7pm Saturday, 25 March Jazz Concert: Sherif Watson & Triple Trouble Band & shady El-Qaseer Group (Egypt) American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Square Campus, Ewart Hall, Cairo, 8pm Jazz Concert: Braden / Michels Project (USA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Great Hall, Alexandria, 7pm Tuesday and Wednesday, 28 and 29 March 11am-6pm Jazz Workshop: Akram El-Sharkawy Group (Egypt) & Huntertones Band (USA) American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater Friday, 31 March 2017 Jazz Concert: Akram El-Sharkawy Group (Egypt) & Huntertones Band (USA) American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Square Campus, Ewart Hall, Cairo, 8pm Saturday, 1 April Jazz Concert: Akram El-Sharkawy Group (Egypt) & Huntertones Band (USA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Great Hall, Alexandria, 7pm For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
