WEDNESDAY MAY 8TH
Indie Pendence – open air live shows at Drama (52 Nahalat Binyamin)! Performing: Regel Sabres, Shazamat & Deaf Chonky. Doors open at 21:00, admission free.
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Independence Day celebrations at Tsuzamen (Raanan 3)! Live music outdoors beginning at 20:00 – י קרן אטינגר – Keren Ettinger , י Michal Shachar – מיכל שחר ,י גיאגיא – Guy Benami ,י אלה שיק בלום – Ella Shik Blum , י Screwup – בורג ,י Naomi Yeivin – נעמי ייבין ,י יונתן הלל – Yonatan Hillel , .י מינוס אפס .
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THURSDAY MAY 9TH
Yogev Shetrit Trio concert at Brigham Young University, Jerusalem (1 Hadassah Lampel Street, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem)! Contemporary jazz infused with North African/Andalusian/Moroccan influences from Shetrit’s debut album New Path, onstage will be: Yogev Shetrit – drums, Moshe Elmakias – piano, Avri Borochov – bass. The concert is at 20:00, admission is free, advance tickets may be ordered via this link: https://www.byu-jc.org/concerts/tickets
SUNDAY MAY 12TH
B Ę Ã T F Ó Ø T at Kuli Alma (Mikveh Israel 10)! Udi Naor, drummer of Red Axes & the Angelcy, launches BĘÃTFÓØT & describes it as a fanciful gutter-glam cross between stoner-acid-pop and 90’s-garage-punk. Onstage with: Nimshi, Nili Fink, Adi Bronicki & Itay Hamudi. Doors open at 21:00, show at 22:30, admission free.
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TUESDAY MAY 14TH
Ground Heights at the Container (Jaffa Port)! Israeli-Ethiopian groove. Doors open at 20:30, show begins later. Admission free.
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WEDNESDAY MAY 15TH
Ofir Somberg at Tsuzamen (Raanan 3)! Acoustic performance with Itay Mazilo (guitar & vocals). Songs from Ofir’s album Kmo Ashan (Like Smoke) and new material. Listen to the album on bandcamp. https://ofirsomberg.bandcamp.com/album/- Doors open at 20:00, show at 20:30, admission 20 NIS.
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THURSDAY MAY 16TH
Tamar Korn & Eli and The Chocolate Factory at the Zone (HaRechev 13)! Drawing on early 20th century jazz, blues, swing, and folk/roots music, Tamar Korn is a captivating performer, vibrant and radiant. Tamar & the Chocolate Factory is a match made in heaven – not to be missed! Check out the great photos by Muperphoto from Tamar Korn’s previous visit to Israel – https://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=38298. Doors open at 21:00, show at 22:00. Tickets are 70 NIS in advance/80 NIS at the door – order online via this link. https://haezor.com/en/events/eli-chocolate-eng/
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Dani Dorchin at Beit HaBe’er (Salame 6)! Fantastic performer, a one-man-band with blues originals! Doors open at 20:00, tickets are 40 NIS – order online via this link.
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Glorious! 3 Eurovision winners – Anne-Marie David, Loreen, and Carola – will perform at the Tel Aviv Port at 20:00 – admission free! After the live performance, the Eurovision semi-finals will be shown on a huge screen, followed by a dance party!
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SUNDAY MAY 19TH
Bob Dylan tribute show at Pele (Paul Kor 16)! Featuring: Sun Tailor – סאן טיילור ,
Roi Peled , Bar Karti , Maya Johanna , Noa Briro , Ofer Amichai , Amos Zimmerman , Daniel Dor , Erez Dascal , Gilad Levin , Hadas Hechter. Doors open at 20:30, show starts at 21:00. Recommended donation 50 NIS. BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE.
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MONDAY MAY 20TH
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest) & Adrian Younge – Midnight Hour Live Experience at the Barby (52 Kibbutz Galuyot)! Opening performance by Loren Oden & Jack Waterson. Doors open at 20:30, show begins an hour+ later. Tickets are 195 NIS advance/215 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
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THURSDAY MAY 23RD
Gili Yalo will be launching his new EP – Made in Amharica – at The Zone (HaRechev 13)! Doors open at 21:00, show begins at 22:00. Tickets are 70 NIS in advance/90 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
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Afro-Baghdad Express at the Confederation House (Emil Bota 12, Jerusalem)! Onstage is a super-group of five fantastic musicians: Abate Berihun – saxophones, vocals; Yossi Fine – guitars; Yair Dalal – oud, violin, vocals; Ben Aylon – percussion, ngoni, vocals; and Adoniya Goada – msengo, vocals. The show is at 20:30, tickets are 60 NIS and may be ordered online from Bimot or call: *6226/ 02-6237000.
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TUESDAY MAY 28TH
Electric Zoo launch their new album Childhood Memories at the Barby (52 Kibbutz Galuyot)! Doors open at 20:30, show begins an hour+ later. Early bird tickets 65 NIS/80 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
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THURSDAY MAY 30TH
Yearot Menashe Music Festival – Three days of music, art, nature, community, and good vibes! Now in its 11th edition, the Menashe Forest Festival will take place from May 30 – June 1, 2019, by the Keini river. Terrific lineup: Blind Orchestra, Gunned Down Horses, Tigris, Yogev Shetrit Trio, Tal Fogel, Tiny Fingers & Shye Ben Tzur, Asaf Amdursky, BEMET hosting Alon Olarchik, Hatikvah 6, Mark Eliyahu, The Paz Band, Echo hosting Luna Abu Nassar & Sima Nun & Jenny Penkin, Pele Ozen hosting Fishi HaGadol (Adam Ben Lawi) & Yasmin Jazz Leselrot & Teddy Neguse, Ouzo Bazooka, After Midnight All Starz – Danny Shoshan & Eli Hadad & Yehuda Eder & a secret guest, No Pressure Love (Keren Tennenbaum, Avigail Koevary, Rachel Yaron, Flora, Noya Eder, Daniel Rubin, Kama Vardi, Alex Moshe), Avi Belleli & Galia Hay, Forestt, Tal Friedman and the Fat Cats, Reggae Tribute to Meir Ariel – Roots Militia & Ehud Ariel, Adi Ulmansky, Kabako, Sangit Collective host AvevA, Plastic Soup, Zohar Greenberg, Noga Shalev, Oy Li & Kobi Farhi, Yogev Shetrit Trio, Treeboga, Shazamat, Maya Johanna & Mayor, Ella Ronen, Yael Kraus, Saffek, Pufferfish, Dirty Fly, Shay Hazan Quintet, O MER, ILHAAM Project (France), Pashtuta Breaks electronic party, Liron Meyuhas, Alon Gilron, Noa Shapira, InAbell, Yoav Arbel, Itai Freed, Merav Helinger, Oren Zur & Nadav Bachar, Shelly Levy, Pir Volach, Nadav Hollander, Nir Shlomo, Loren Noyman, Gil Bar Hadas, Oded, Dialgo and more…
Tickets to all 3 days of the festival are 380 NIS, early bird tickets (while available) are 330 NIS. Daily ticket prices are 120/220 NIS. Children under 12 – admission free. Tickets may be ordered online at www.yearot.com
And coming in June…
THURSDAY JUNE 6TH
Gunned Down Horses International Festival at The Zone! Gunned Down Horses – Thrilling, intensely physical, and suspenseful, their performance is an exhilarating concert experience; wild revelry that reflects breath-taking musicianship. Suffused with elegance, poetry, and dark passions, their songs merge a seductive, primal sense of pleasure with intellect and ironic humor. Now they are taking it all up a level – inviting bands with whom they’ve shared the stage to perform together in an independent music festival. Onstage: OSOG https://www.facebook.com/osogband/ (Israel); Einfach Kurt (The Netherlands) https://www.facebook.com/Einfachkurtsgesichtsbuch/; ERLA (Iceland) https://www.facebook.com/erlarokk/; HOMIE https://www.facebook.com/homieoftheheart/ (Germany). Early bird tickets – 1st 100 tickets are just 66 NIS, then 85 NIS advance/100 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
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