December is going to be an amazing month for music!
SUNDAY DECEMBER 1ST
Hoodna Orchestra at Herzl 16! Show at about 22:00, admission free!
Check the facebook event for updates.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 3RD
Tiny Fingers at Kuli Alma (Mikveh Israel 10)! Onstage: Boaz Bentur -bass, Oren Ben David – guitars, Nimrod Bar – keyboards and synths, Tal Cohen – drums,
and Adir Dadiya – sound. Doors open at 21:00, show at 22:30, admission free.
Check the facebook event for updates.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4TH
Geva Alon – 10th anniversary to the album Get Closer – at the Barby (52 Kibbutz Galuyot)! Doors open at 20:30, show begins an hour + later, tickets are 95 NIS – order online via this link.
Check the facebook event for updates.
Jerusalem Jazz Festival at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem – December 4 – 6, 2019. The full schedule in English is on Midnight East: https://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=51121 . Amazing lineup: Both Sides of Africa – Noam Vazana & Abel Selaocoe (IL, South Africa) ★ URU & Ori Kaplan (IL) ★ Abate Berihun and Addis Ken feat. Rudi Bainesay (IL) ★ Shye Ben-Tzur Duet (IL) ★ Becca Stevens (USA) ★ Bohuslän Big Band & Avishai Cohen (Sweden) ★ CAGRI SERTEL (Turkey) ★ DOMi & JD Beck (USA) ★ KADAWA (IL) ★ Li Xiaochuan Quintet (China) ★ Liquid Saloon (IL) ★ SHALOSH (IL) ★ Soweto Kinch Trio (UK) ★ Tiloun (Réunion Island) ★ Yuval Cohen’s Chamber Jazz Quintet (IL) ★ Ecoute (IL)
Check the Jerusalem Jazz Festival website & facebook event for tickets & updates.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 5TH
Ground Heights hosts Sig’d celebration at the Abraham Hostel (Levontin 21)! Special guests: Ester Rada, Ayala Ingedashet, Tedi Negosa & DJ Gili. Doors open at 20:30. Tickets are 60 NIS in advance/80 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Check the facebook event for updates.
Yossi Fine is celebrating at The Zone (Harechev 13) with Ben Aylon, Sharon Mantzur on keyboards & Ella Greenbaum! Doors open at 21:00, show at 22:00. Tickets are 60 NIS in advance/80 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6TH
Batshitcrazies LP launch at Heder (9 Jaffa Road)! Onstage: Batshitcrazies (Michal Leshansky and Talia Ben-Arie) with Tom Metcalfe on keyboards and Riki Ben David on guitar. Special guests: Deaf Chonky and DJ Scabias (Hillel David). Doors open at 21:00, show begins later. Admission free.
Check the facebook event for updates.
Nomke – new single release “Ended” – concert at Levontin 7! Special guest: Aya Zehavi Feiglin. Doors open at 21:00, tickets are 42 NIS advance/50 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7TH
Luna Abu Nassar at Hateiva (Sderot Yerushalayim 19)! Luna Abu Nassar is poetic and enigmatic, invoking a sense of intimacy and mystery with delicate, edgy, introspective, original songs in Palestinian Arabic and Hebrew; hers is the quiet voice that draws the listener in close, the song that enters mind and heart. Abu Nassar’s music corresponds with contemporary indie-rock, with intimations of alternative folk and hip hop. Luna Abu Nassar in an intimate 360° performance on acoustic guitar, with Adi Gigi on contrabass and Stav Lipitz on drums. Doors open at 21:00, show begins at 21:30. Tickets are 70 NIS in advance/80 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
Dov Hammer & The Blues Power Band at Shablul Jazz (Carlebach 23)! Blue Soul, Dov Hammer’s new solo album, is a journey through songs of experience, reflecting different musical influences, from Chicago Blues to hip hop. Surging with energy, the songs take the hard times and heartache and turn them into rhythms that get your body swaying. Onstage: Dov Hammer – vocals and harmonica; Gil Katzir – guitar and backing vocals; Yair Fine – guitar, slide guitar and backing vocals; Amos Springer – bass guitar and backing vocals; Nir Segal – drums. Doors open at 20:00, show begins at 21:00. Tickets are 70 NIS advance/80 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Check the facebook event for updates.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 8TH
Daniel Johnston night at Kuli Alma (Mikveh Israel 10)! Fantastic lineup: Uzi Ramirez, Rotem Bar Or (theAngelcy), Noam Enbar, Mika Sade, Kiki Malinki, Nomke. The evening is produced by Avishay Zawoznik, Itamar Beck, Oded Weiss. From the people making this special night happen: ” All of us involved in tonight’s event–musicians, artists, the Kuli Ama crew and our producers–have been deeply influenced by Daniel’s music. True love brought us together, and true love will find us all, in the end.” Doors open at 20:00, show begins at 21:30. Before and during the event, videos will be screened and Daniel Johnston’s drawings will be exhibited in the Kuli-Alma gallery.
Check the facebook event for updates.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 10TH
Liquid Saloon at Kuli Alma (Mikveh Israel 10)! Special guest Keren Dunietz (Buttering Trio)! Merging Highlife & Afrobeat with jazz & funk. Onstage: Amir Bresler – drums, Sefi Zisling – trumpet, Nomok – keyboards, Eliasaf Bashari – bass, Roi Avivi – guitar. Doors open at 21:00, show at 22:30, admission free.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH
Serenity – Composer & drummer Yogev Shetrit album launch at Shablul Jazz (Carlebach 23)! A mesmerizing beauty and exhilarating energy flow through Serenity – contemporary jazz infused with traditional North African music, Gnawa, and Andalusian music from his Moroccan heritage. Dazzling, playful, and endlessly inventive, he is a brilliant drummer. Onstage: Yogev Shetrit – drums, music & production; David Shetrit – piano; Amir Solomon – bass. Doors open at 20:00, show at 21:00. Tickets are 80 NIS in advance/90 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Avi Matos – Lokeach Et Hayom Le’at – record launch at Nuweiba (9 Jaffa Road)! A Bauhaus Records passion project, Avi Matos 1986 album was the first reggae & dub album to be made in Israel, now – remastered & released on vinyl. Doors open at 22:00, admission free.
Check the facebook event for updates.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 13TH
Acollective at the Barby (52 Kibbutz Galuyot)! Celebrating their 10th anniversary with very special guests! Past members of Acollective Daniel Shoham, Yossi Mizrahi & Nadav Luzia, as well as Rotem Bar Or and Gal de Paz. Doors open at 21:30, show begins an hour + later. Tickets are 95 NIS – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 14TH
Electric Zoo at the Barby (52 Kibbutz Galuyot)! Opening for Electric Zoo will be Dialgo! Doors open at 20:30, show begins an hour + later. Tickets are 65 NIS in advance – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
Ori Ronen & the Folkstoners debut album release at Inbal Theatre (6 Yehieli St)! Doors open at 20:30, show at 21:00. Tickets are 50 NIS – order online via this link.
Check the facebook event for updates.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 15TH
Fireflies EP launch at Kuli Alma (Mikveh Israel 10)! Shir Sacomsky & Omer Goshen with Yoav Meidan on bass, Bitton on drums, Noam Fuchs on synth. Special guest Avital Tamir (OSOG)! Doors open at 21:00, show at 22:00, admission free.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
MONDAY DECEMBER 16TH
Ben Aylon – One Man Tribe at the Cuckoo’s Nest (Noam 3)! A solo Performance on a custom-made African drum set from Senegal, West Africa and The Sahara. Doors open at 20:30, show at 21:30. Admission free.
Check the facebook event for updates.
K’s Choice – Belgian rock band founded by brothers Gert & Sam Bettens, performing at Hangar 11, Tel Aviv Port! Hosting Tom Petrover and Orit Shahaf of HaYehudim. Doors open at 20:30, show begins later. Ticket prices are 220 NIS early bird/285 NIS full price – order online from Ticketmaster online or call *9964.
Check the facebook event for updates.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 17TH
Tom Waits tribute concert at Tmuna (Soncino 8)! Doors open at 21:30, show at 22:15. Great lineup: Shira Z Carmel, Miki Shaviv, Sivan Talmor, Edan Alterman, Nir Shlomo, Merav Helinger, Yonatan Bloomfeld, Nomke, Adam Ben Amitai, Ruth Danon, Gedi Ronen, Sher Niv, RaNi, Gadi Peter, Maya Johanna. Tickets are 50 NIS in advance/60 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18TH
The Tel Aviv Jazz Festival (now in its 30th edition!) will take place from December 18 – 20, 2019 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The wonderful lineup includes: ★ Joey DeFrancesco – Fan Page (USA) ★ Jazzanova (Germany) ★ Sebastian Studnitzky (Germany) ★ Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia) ★ Maciej Obara (Poland/Norway) ★ Richard Galliano (France) ★ Los Aurora (Spain) ★ Adam Ben Ezra ★ Ari Erev Music meets Freddie Hendrix. Guest: Hadar Noiberg ★ Berry Sakharof with Omri Mor, Itamar Doari & Gilad Abro ★ Daniel Zamir – דניאל זמיר. Guest: יוני רכטר yoni rechter ★ Buttering TrioPlus One ★ Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat. Guest: Ester Rada ★ Nitai Hershkovits. Guest: Rejoicer ★ Nancy Hawa – نانسي حوا tribute to Om Kalthoum ★ עמיר בניון – העמוד הרשמי Amir Benayoun ★ Omer Klein Music. Guest: קרולינה Karolina Tribute to Duke Ellington – Verve Records ★ Eran Tzur ערן צור ★ Sefi Zisling. Guest: The Fanga Israeli African Gospel Choir (FIAGC) ★ Kutiman
Concert information and tickets are available on the Zappa website.
Check the facebook event for updates.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 19TH
The Music Spot Festival is back! Free concerts in the homes of the musicians will take place from December 19 – 21, with great music and gracious hospitality – hot cider & cold beer courtesy of Maccabee Beer! All in central Tel Aviv, so you can drift from one place to another. Every home that hosts a concert will have a poster on the door for easy identification. If the sign on the door says that the venue is full, just go on to the next place… Shows will take place on Thursday evening, Friday afternoon, and Saturday evening with the full schedule & addresses on the facebook event page. Questions? Write to the wonderful producer of this & other magical events: Yamit Hagar – yamitmotek@gmail.com
Check the facebook event page for details and updates.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 22ND
Christmas vs Novy God at Kuli Alma (Mikveh Israel 10)! Kuli Alma will be celebrating in style with great shows throughout the multicultural holiday season from December 22 – 29! Most nights doors open at 21:00, show at 22:30, admission free. Here’s the full schedule: Sunday, December 22: Sun Tailor feat. Saz; DJ Dorembus. Monday, December 23: Special Stand Up; DJ BasicSkill. Tuesday, December 24: Alaev Family; DJ’s hamuazin + KabookiZ. Wednesday, December 25: The Uzi Navon Legacy; Evgeni Chertkov + DJ PIPE. Thursday, December 26: DJ Perky + DJ Glass Vegas. Friday, December 27: DJ Moshik + DJ Z-gel. Saturday, December 28: Shazamat – שאזאמאט; DJ Nadav Neeman + DJ Guysho. Sunday, December 29: Lucille Crew; DJ Ben Hoze + DJ Maayan Bergman.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
Tesfa Band will be performing at the Confederation House, Jerusalem (Emil Botta 10)! Tesfa means hope in Amharic, founded by saxophonist/vocalist Abate Berihun, the band plays traditional Ethiopian folk songs & jazz that will make you want to get up and dance! Onstage: Abate Berihun, saxophone; Masai Birheno, vocals, Nati Baltah, vocals,Zlalam Pishah, keyboard, Sayum Desa, saxophone, Ariel Moriah, guitar,Ben Idelstein, bass, Noam Charchi, drums. Tickets are 60 NIS – order online from the Confederation House website.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 24TH
Uzi Ramirez at TEDER (9 Jaffa Road)! Celebrating a birthday with the band – new songs & favorites. Onstage: Tal Tamari – drums, Gilad Levin – bass, Tomer Zuk – keyboards & bongos, Matan Caspi – percussion, Uzi Ramirez – guitar. Doors open at 21:00, shows usually start after 22:00, admission free.
Check the facebook event for updates.
Tatran at the Barby (Kibbutz Galuyot 52)! Doors open at 20:30, show begins an hour + later. Tickets are 70 NIS in advance – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 27TH
Lara Snow EP launch concert at Levontin 7! Special guest Kama Vardi! Doors open at 21:30, show at 22:00. Tickets are 37 NIS in advance/50 NIS at the door – order online via this link.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 28TH
Christmas vs Novy God at Kuli Alma (Mikveh Israel 10)! Kuli Alma continues celebrating in style with great shows throughout the multicultural holiday season! Doors open at 21:00, show at 22:30, admission free. Saturday, December 28: Shazamat – שאזאמאט; DJ Nadav Neeman + DJ Guysho. Sunday, December 29: Lucille Crew; DJ Ben Hoze + DJ Maayan Bergman.
Check for updates on the facebook event.
