For over 15 years the Cairo Opera House has held its annual Summer Festival, bringing musical events to the open air theatre. This year, shorter than usual, the festival will kick off on 15 August and continue until 4 September.
Programme:
Opera House Summer Festival
15 August - 4 September, all concerts begin at 8pm
Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo
Tickets available at the opera's ticket booth
Thursday 15 August
Yasser Moawad and The Arab Takht Ensemble
Friday 16 August
Mohamed Mohsen and his band will perform a collection of Egyptian known songs from Said Darwish, Zakaria Ahmed, Saied Mekkawy and more
Saturday 17 August
Guitarist Emad Hamdy and his band
Sunday 18 August
Jazz with Sharkiat Fathy Salama
Monday 19 August
Sweet Sound Bandwill perform a collection of light classical, soul and Latin music.
Wednesday 21 August
Massar Egbari band will play funk, oriental melodies and rock fusion
Thursday 22 August
Konouz Ensemble for Arab Music
Friday 23 August
Amro Salah Trio will perform Oriental Jazz featuring Nagwan and Arabic songs
Saturday 24 August
Barawiz band will play Nubian Music
Monday 26 August
Performance by the Talents Development Centre (operating under the Cairo Opera House)
Tuesday 27 August
Reem Kamal will perform classical Arab songs
Wednesday 28 August
Nadi El Seid band for Arabic Music
Thursday 29 August
Mohamed Abdel-Sattar with Oshaq Al-Nagham band
Friday 30 August
Rehab Omar and her band will perform Arabic music
Saturday 31 August
Performance by the Talents Development Centre (operating under the Cairo Opera House)
Sunday 1 September
Ahlam Ahmed from Egypt and her ensemble 'Ahlam' will perform Arabic music
Monday 2 September
Mostafa Ahmed and Nogoum El Tarab Ensemble for Music and Singing
Tuesday 3 September
Belal El Sheikh and Sahr El Sharq Ensemble
Wednesday 4 September
Rania Zaghloul and her band
DISCLAIMER: Programme might be subject to changes. It is advised to double check with the Cairo Opera House before going. Call follow at the Cairo Opera House's official Facebook page.
