Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

17th Int’l Summer Festival 2019 Lineup


Mon 15 Jul 2019 | 01:09 PM
Yara Sameh

The Arts Center of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) revealed the full lineup for its 17th International Summer Festival, which will run from July 26 to August 31, at their Open Air Theater in Alexandria.

 

This year’s festival program will feature many art and cultural activities such as concerts, theatre plays, films screening, poetry, and stand-up comedy, in addition to a series of workshops and lectures on various aspects of art.

 

The festival showcases many talented artists from Egypt and the Middle East including Omar Khairat, Ali El Haggar، Medhat Saleh, Nesma Abd Elaziz, Massar Egbari, Khaled Selim, and Mohamed Mohsen.

 

The International Summer Festival is a major cultural season and a tradition that the BA has established in order to add a colorful and unique taste to summer in Alexandria، according to Bibliotheca Alexandrina official website.

 

The BA Arts Center is keen on presenting a cultural output that balances between all new and different forms of art، as well as presenting the classics of Egyptian art، which continues to attract a perse audience.

 

Check out the festival’s full lineup:

 

July 26 

Opening Concert: Jadal (Jordon)

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

July 27 

Poetry Recital: Amr Hassan

BACC, Great Hall; 07:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

July 27-28

Lecture “The Rise of the music bands in Egypt”

Presented by: Ahmed Hafez

BA Main Entrance, Auditorium; 4:00 pm (Cairo local time) – Free Entry

 

July 28 

Concert: Nesma Abdel-Aziz

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

July 29- 30 

Theatrical Performance: “Amin wa Shorakah”

BACC, Great Hall; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time) – Tickets: EGP 400 .-, 300.-, 200.-,100.-

 

July 31

-Concert: Tarek Elswedan (Syria)

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Small Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

-Competition: Na3’ama 7ora for Underground Bands

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time) – Ticket: EGP 20 .-

 

August 1

Concert: Old is Gold by Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra

Conductor: Mohamed Saad Basha

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 1–3

Workshop: "Representing the building of personality"

Presented by: Mohamed El Hagrasy

 

August 2

Concert: Ali El Haggar

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 3

Concerts: Caravan band, KhaltaBeta Band, and Hageen band

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 4

-Concerts: Fabrica, and Electric Eel Shock Band (Japan)

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

-Film screening and a discussion

Film: Islands

Directed by Mohamed Salah

Egypt – Fiction – 2007 – 60 minutes

Arabic dialogue with English subtitles

The screening is followed by a discussion with the director Mohamed Salah and the researcher Ali Al-Adawy.

Venue: BACC, Wester Lectures Hall; 7:00 pm (Cairo local time).

Free entry

 

August 5–6

Concert: Omar Khairat

Venue: BACC, Great Hall; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 5–7

Cinema: “An Introduction to Color Grading” Workshop

Presented by: Emad Maher

 

August 6–8

Oriental percussion workshop

Presented by: Hany Beder

 

August 6–9

Workshop: "Theater Play write"

Presented by: Gamal Yakout

 

August 7

Concerts: Lea Lu Quartet (Switzerland), and Sadeem Band

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 8

Concert: The Egyptian Mawlawiyah

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 9

-Concert: Mohamed Mohsen

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

-Lecture: "How to make a song"

Presented by: Hany El Dakak

Venue: BA Main Entrance, Room F; 4:00 pm (Cairo local time) – Free Entry

 

August 10

Concert: Massar Egbari

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 11

-Film screening and a discussion

Film: Maxim

Directed by Mohamed Rashad

Egypt – Fiction – 2007 – 30 minutes

Arabic dialogue with English subtitles

The screening is followed by a discussion with the director Mohamed Salah and the researcher Ali Al-Adawy.

Venue: BACC, Wester Lectures Hall; 7:00 pm (Cairo local time)

Free entry

 

August 17

Concert: Medhat Saleh

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 18

Concerts by: RIFFARRICA (Asitonia) and Aksa El Wasat.

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time)/

 

-Film screening and a discussion

Film: Might be Switched Off

Directed by Sharief Zohairy

Egypt – Fiction – 2006 – 18 minutes

Arabic dialogue with English subtitles

 

-Film: Neon Lamp

Directed by Emad Maher

Egypt – Fiction – 2009 – 26 minutes

Arabic dialogue with English subtitles

The screening is followed by a discussion with the directors Mohamed Salah, Emad Maher and the researcher Ali Al-Adawy.

Venue: BACC, Wester Lectures Hall; 7:00 pm (Cairo local time)

Free entry

 

August 19

Concert: Khaled Selim

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 20

Concert: Besher Nor Project

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 21

Concert: BA Orchestra

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 22

Concert: Nouran Aboutaleb

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 23

-Poetry Recital: Amr Katamesh

Venue: BACC, Great Hall; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time) – Tickets: EGP 80,60.-

 

-Concert: Andromida

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 24

-Concert by: Nessma Mahgoub

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

-Standup Comedy

Presented by: Mohamed Helmy.

Venue: BACC, Small Theater;08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 25

Concert by: Sound Track Orchestra

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 25–29

Voice workshop

Presented by: Dr Neveen Alouba

 

August 26

Concert: Sama3i Band

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 27

-Concert: Ganoub Elwadi Troupe for Nubian and African Arts

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

-Family Day

Workshops and Activities for Children

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina Plaza; 1: 00 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 28

Concert by: Wust El-Balad band

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 29

Concert by: Sherif Mounir’s Nostalgia Band

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 30

-Concert by: Akher Zapheer (Jordon)

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

-Theatrical Performance: The Room

The play is written and directed by Ehab Younes.

Venue: BACC, Small Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).

 

August 31

Closing Concert: Mohamed EL Sharnouby

Venue: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Open Air Theater; 08:30 pm (Cairo local time).