Arab Music Institute 22 Ramsis St. Tel 2574 3373 Sun 11, 8pm: Late singer and composer Mohamed Abdel-Wahab songs are played.
Beit Al-Sehemi Al-Gamaliya, Al-Darb Al-Asfar Alley, Al-Muaaz St, Tel 2591 3391 Every Sunday, 8.30pm: 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. Every Friday, 8.30pm: A performance by clowns in Al Muiz Street, entitled; Al Aragouz Wa Khayal Al Zel (The Shadow Puppet & Qarakoz show) We Will Come Right to the Audience…Free Theatre." The show is presented by Wamda groupfor Shadow Puppets and Qarakoz, directed by Nabil Bahgat.
Cairo Opera House Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Tel 2737 0602/2736 0361, box office 2739 0132/0144 *Main Hall Fri 9, 8pm:The Cairo Opera House celebrates its 27th anniversary through a big concert featuring 500 artists from the opera different companies. It includes playing excerpts from the international classics played by the Cairo Opera Orchestra, conducted by an Italian maestro, together with the Cairo Opera Choir and the Cairo Opera Ballet Company, supervised by Erminia Kamel. The Cairo Opera Company singers such as sopranos Iman Mustafa, Dalia Farouk and Mona Rafla will perform musical shows from international operas such as The Magic Flute, Carmen, Tosca and La Traviata. Sat 10, 8pm:The Cairo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Andreas Sporri and featuring among other soloists: sopranosIman Mustafa,Mona Rafla, tenor Walid Korayam and pianistSarah Ayoub,plays Beethoven's Symphony No.9 and Choir Fantasy. Mon 12, 8pm: Celebrating the New Hegira Year, Al-Enshad Al-Dini troupe, conducted by maestro Alaa Abdel-Salam and featuring singer Mohamed Tharwat as well as the stars of the troupe offers a repertoire of religious songs. Tue 13, 8pm: The Talents' Development Centre concert. Thur 15, 8pm: The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble plays classical Arab music. *Small Hall Thur 8-Thur 15, 8pm: The National Festival of the Egyptian Cinema.
Cairo Jazz Club 197, 26th July St, Agouza. Tel 3345 9939 Thur 8, 10.30pm: Oktoberfest-Funk Off/Amro and the Big Bang Boogie.
Darb 1718 Kasr El Sham3 Street, Al Fakhareen, Old Cairo, near Mar Girgis Metro Station, Tel 2361 0511 Fri 9, 6pm (free admission): Tecno Boomconcert Vol.8. Sat 10, 7pm (free admission): Mashrou3 Al Mareekh(Mars Project). Mashrou3 Al Mareekhacts as an umbrella for several underlying initiatives that promote self expression among Egyptians in all their cultures. It seeks to remain at a constant state of experiment, versatile with every adventure-shifting dynamics of audiences and social space, re-defining social obstacles and transcending their boundaries. El Genaina Theatre Al-Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Darassa. Tel 2362 5057 Fri 9, 8-10pm (Two concerts in one day): Singer, songwriter and composer Osama El Hady, together with his band. El Nafikhaband featuring Mohamed Sawwah, Amir Ibrahim, Walid Gabr, Ahmed Ismail, Masky and Sameh Shaaban. It presents different music genres in a theatrical form using instrument playing, body language, costumes, sound and light effects, and singing. El Nafikha aims at developing music composition using brass instruments and also rearranging heritage music and old songs using those instruments. (For ticket information, please call Tickets Marche on: 16826). Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Tel 2514 7475 every Sat, Mon & Wed, (9.30pm, free admission) Al-Tanoura whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music.
Al-Gumhouriya Theatre 12 Al-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Tel 2390 7707 Thur 8, 8pm: A Russian folk art troupe. Fri 9, 8pm:The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble, conducted by Salah Ghoubashi celebrates the Six October War victories and honours the memory of late singer and composer Mohamed Fawzi playing his best songs. Sat 10, 8pm: Hossam Sakr troupe for Sufi chanting.
The Greek Campus 28 Falaki St, Bab Al-Louk, Downtown, Cairo, Tel 010 90322400 The 7th annual Cairo Jazz Festival (15-18 October) Thur 15,8pm: The highlight of the festival is Lebanese singer Rima Khcheich, who is famous for having given its'rebirth to the Andalusian form muwashah, as well as to the traditional Arabic repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries, together with her Dutch Jazz line-up Rima presents her Jazzy interpretation through her new album Hawa (love). The concert is brought by the support of the Culture resource travel support program for Arab artists “Mawa'eed” (Dates).
Makan 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo, Tel 2792 0878 Every Tuesday, 9pm (Doors open at 8.30pm): 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 Monday: (fixed event)Zikr and Sufi night. Every Wednesday, 9pm: Zar music and songs by Mazaher ensemble featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab.
El Mastaba Centre for Egyptian Folk Music 30 A El-Balaqsa St, Abdeen, Downtown. Tel 011 50995354 *Al Dammah Theatre for Free Arts Thur 8, 9pm: Anight with the Black Pearls, Nuba Nour band plays traditional Nubian music, dances and songs.
El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448 *River Hall Thur 8, 5pm: The Egyptian Mawlaweya troupe, led by Amer Toni perform Sufi dances and songs. Fri 9, 8.30pm: Sat 10, 8pm:El SawyPuppet Theatre show presents an imitation of Mohamed Mounir concerts. Mon 12, 7pm: Hip Hop NIGHT 2. *Wisdom Hall Thur 8, 8pm: Leel Wa Ain band. Fri 9, 8pm:Karkadan band. Sat 10, 4.30pm: "Live Mexican Culture": Interactive & Integrative Cultural Heritage Performance coming from Mexico features Puppet Plays of “YAXKIN” A Mayan Adventure. Fri 16,4.30pm: Shakespeare's play RAMIRO AND JULIET, with Mexican Music is presented. Come and enjoy Live Mexican Music Experience yourself with your children and cultural heritage of Mexico through Handicrafts... Your children will learn before the show songs & dances and all family members from all ages are welcome.
ALEXANDRIA
Roman Theatre Alexandria BAB El-Bahr Festival: Alexandria Sings and Sousse Talks to the World The festival features discussions, debates, workshops and exhibitions in addition to a full day of a festive programme that includes activities for children and young people. The second edition of BAB EL-Bahr (the sea door) festival this year is taking place in Alexandria and Tunisia respectively (2 to 3 October in Sousse, Tunisia) and (9 to 10 October in Alexandria, Egypt). Sat10, 8pm: Musical concerts feature High Dam band and Sharmoofers (album release).
