Jesuit Cultural Centre, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Qism Sidi Gabir, Alexandria. Thursday 30 March 5pm: 5th India by the Nile Festival Bollywood Dance Workshop by Gilles Chuyen Midan Theatre, Cairo Opera grounds, Zamalek, Cairo 9pm: Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Project 99 (France Lebanon) music concert Black Box, Greek Campus, 28 Falaki St., Downtown Cairo 7pm: Backstreet Festival The Fastest Man Alive, performance by Phax Amanda (Sweden) Jesuit Cultural Center, 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Qism Sidi Gabir, Alexandria. The Rad Trads at the Jazz Tales Festival (Photo: Sherif Sonbol) Friday 31 March 8pm: Jazz Tales Festival Jazz Concert, Akram El-Sharkawy Group (Egypt) & Huntertones Band (USA) American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir Square Campus, Ewart Hall, Cairo 7pm: Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Mind the Gap (Egypt), a multimedia lecture performance by Hani Sami, Mona Gamil and Dia Hamed Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki St., Downtown, Cairo 5pm: Backstreet Festival Eskenderia- Bivouac (France/Egypt) Saint Gabriel School, El-Ibrahimiya, Alexandria Saturday 1 April 2pm: Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Four Disability Street performances from several countries (Ireland, Hungary, Egypt, The Netherlands and UK) El-Shwaraby St., Downtown, Cairo 7pm: Jazz Tales Festival Jazz Concert: Akram El-Sharkawy Group (Egypt) & Huntertones Band (USA) Bibliotheca Alexandrina Great Hall, Alexandria 8.30pm: Backstreet Festival Performance by The Budapest Marionettes by Bence Sarkadi (Hungary) French Institute in Alexandria, El-Nabi Daniel St., off Fouad St., Raml Station, Alexandria The Rite of Spring at D-CAF (Photo: Bassam Al- Zoghby) Sunday 2 April 7pm: Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Artist talk by Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler on their project Mother Loosen my Tongue 29 Hoda Sharaawi St., First Floor, Downtown, Cairo Monday 3 April 6.30pm: Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Screening of award winning film Monsieur Lazhar followed by Q&A with playwright Evelyne de la Cheneliere Zawya, 5 Dr. Abdelhamid Said St., behind Cinema Odeon, Downtown, Cairo 8pm: 5th India by the Nile Festival Food Fiesta! Indian Cuisine with Chef Vikram Udaygiri. Running till 7 April. Semiramis InterContinental, Nile Corniche, Cairo ZWAI performance at Backstreet Festival (Photo: Fatma Khaled) Tuesday 4 April 7pm: Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Collecting Practices, a lecture by Clare Davies with a response by Mohamed El-Shahed Kodak Passageway, 20 Adly St., Downtown, Cairo 4pm: 5th India by the Nile Festival Folk Music, The Kutle Khan Project Ain Shams University, Khalifa El-Maamoun St., Cairo Wednesday 5 April 8pm: Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) De la Justice des Poissons (France/Syria) performance Rawabet Theatre, 10 Nabarawy St., Downtown, Cairo 7pm: 5th India by the Nile Festival Folk Music, The Kutle Khan Project Ismailia Cultural Palace, Ismailia Bollywood Dance Workshop at India By the Nile fetsival (Photo: Mona Abdel Karim) 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
