The 3rd Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Sherazade Nightclub 3 Al-Alfi St, Downtown, Tel 2574 2988 Thur 27, 10pm-12am: Rinse FM and 100 Copies bringing together Cairo's electro-shaabi scene and London's electronic music scene (UK/Egypt). Thur 3, 10pm: Al-Manzouma (Egypt)/ One Be Lo (USA)/ Hello Psychaleppo (Syria/Lebanon). _____________________________________ Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St. Tel 2574 3373 Sun 30, 8pm: Abdel-Wahab songs. Beit Al-Sehemi Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muiz St, Tel 2591 3391 Every Sunday, 7.30pm: The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Cairo Opera House Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Tel 2737 0602/2736 *Main Hall Thur 27, Sun 30, Mon 31, 8pm: The Cairo Opera Company and Orchestra present Mozart's opera Cosi fan Tutte. Sat 29, 8pm: The Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Thur 3-Sun 6, 8pm: Bollywood Love Story- a musical. *Open-Air Theatre Thur 27, 8pm: Percussionist Nesma Abdel-Aziz plays on marimba compositions by the likes of Omar Khayrat and Gamal Salama. Sat 29, 8pm: Sahr Al-Sharq (Charm of the Orient) band features singer Bilal Al-Sheikh. Sun 30, 8pm: Sharkiat band, led by pianist Fathi Salama plays east-meets-west compositions. Wed 2, 8pm: Jazz fusion by Ahmed Rabie. Thur 3, 8pm: Emdan Al-Nour (The Light Pillars) troupe. *Small Hall Thur 27, 8pm: Sayed Darwish Choir. Fri 28, 8pm: Banat Al Nile troupe for music and singing. Mon 31& Thur 3, 8pm: The Talents Development Centre concert.
Cairo Jazz Club 197, 26th July St, Agouza- Reservation nedded, Tel 3345 9939 Thur 27, 10.30pm: Wasla and Massar Egbari bands. Doum Cultural Foundation 13, Al Fardous St, via Shahin St, Al Agouza, Tel 3760 4533, 3760 4522/3749 9110 *Qena Governorate Hall Thur 27-Sat 29: Doum 1st Haky Arts (narration) Festival. Gezira Art Centre 1 Al-Sheikh Al-Marsafi St, Zamalek. Tel 2737 3298 *Open-Air Theatre Sat 29, 7pm: Oriental Fusion band, led by Hatem Al-Sharkawi plays east-meets-west music.
Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 every Sat, Mon & Wed, (8pm, free admission) Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music. Al-Gumhouriya Theatre 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 2390 7707 Thur 27, 8pm: The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble. Fri 28, 8pm: Wataryano band. Thur 3, 8pm: The National Arab Music Ensemble in a repertoire of classical and music and songs. Mahmoud Mokhtar Culture Centre 5 Tahrir St, beside Cairo Sporting Club, Tel 2735 1123 *The Cultural Garden Tue 1, 6.30pm: A musical-poetic evening featuring poet Fouad Barakat. Makan 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo, Tel 2792 0878 Every Tuesday, 9-11pm: Mawawil features vocalists Hend and Sara in a repertoire of traditional music of the Nile Delta, Al Jaafra music played by Arab Tribes from Aswan and Nass Makan band. Every Wednesday, 9-11pm: Zar music and songs by Mazaher ensemble featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sabah.
El Mastaba Centre for Egyptian Folk Music 30 A El-Balaqsa St, Abdeen, Downtown. Tel 011 50995354 *Al Dammah Theatre for Free Arts Thur 27, 8pm: Al-Tanbura band plays music of the Suez Canal; fishermen and sailors'songs, bambouteya from the Canal Zone area, as well as songs of the Egyptian resistance on their main ancient instrument Simsimya.
Rawabet Theatre 3 Hussien El Meaamar St. ext. of Mahmoud Basiouny St., from Talaat Harb Square, Downtown Thur 27, 7pm: Theatre performance by Shamaa wa Mallaha group. Sun 30, 7pm: Metal music night. El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *River Hall Fri 28, 7pm: Contemporary Egyptian songs by Karakeeb X band. Sun 30, 7.30pm: Rock music concert features Castle of Rock Vol 4, Jailbirds among other bands. *Wisdom Hall Thur 27, 7.30pm: Oud recital by Nasseer Shamma. Fri 28, 2.30-5pm: The Culturwheel Puppet Theatre presents Sorry Thank You-The Ants' Friend show. Sun 30, 7pm: Classical Arab music concert features Yasser Anwar plays Sayed Darwish songs. ALEXANDRIA Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre) Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria, Tel 03/486 5106 Fri 28, 8pm: Alexandria Opera Company for Arab Music and Singing. Thur 3, 8pm: The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble. Bibliotheca Alexandrina Al-Shatby, Alexandria 21526, Tel (03) 4839999 *Main Hall Thur 27, 7pm (Free Entry): Romeo and Juliet, a theatrical performance from Denmark. Mon 31, 7pm (Free Entry): Money, It came from Outer Space, a theatrical performance from Germany, directed by Chris Kondek and Christiane Kuhl.
