The Israel Festival is the largest and most important international arts and cultural festival in the land and has chosen Jerusalem as its eternal home (save for a few scattered events in other cities). The Festival, now in its 49th year, runs for three weeks and features high-end theater, music, and dance performances.
There will be plenty of free night time jazz, taking place almost every night of the festival in the Jerusalem Theatre's foyer, as well as free big band performances at Alrov Mamilla Avenue (see below for further details about free events).
There are programs for the little folks as well, with a number of plays
and stories catering specifically to the playground set (for further
details about the Israel Festival program for Children, click here).
The Festival, which runs from May 25 through June 11, takes place at a
number of different Jerusalem locations. For a full run down of Festival
locations, prices and schedule of events, please see the Festival's
official website (in English and in Hebrew): www.israel-festival.org.il.
To purchase tickets online for Israel Festival events click here.
Don't forget to check out major ticketing discounts - up to half off - on the festival's impressive jazz shows, available exclusively to GoJerusalem users.
The rundown of free Festival events is as follows:
Late night music in the Jerusalem Theatre Foyer: Each evening throughout the Festival, at the end of the main performances in the Jerusalem Theatre's halls, there will be free jazz and music performances in the Jerusalem Theatre's foyer, featuring some of the most popular contemporary Israeli ensembles from Israel and abroad.
Big Band performances at Alrov Mamilla Avenue: Alongside the international jazz performances in the concert halls, the Israel Festival and the Alrov Mamilla centre are pleased to hold three events open to the public, infusing one of the city's most beautiful sites with music. The public can enjoy the shows and the other amenities in the Mamila Avenue. The Mamilla parking lot offers two hours of free parking.
June 1, 19:15: Marsh Dondurma
June 2, 19:30: The Israeli Big Band, Israel Conservatory for Music, Tel Aviv, Conductor: Avi Lebovich
Tuesday, June 3, 19:30: The OhnO! Jazzband (Holland). The OhnO! Jazzband will give two additional free performances: at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, on Wednesday, June 4, at 11:00, and in the Jerusalem Theatre Foyer, on Thursday, June 5, at 22:30.
Light Display in the Jerusalem Theatre Outdoor Plaza: For the duration of the festival, there will be a huge and impressive display of lights in the Jerusalem Theatre's outdoor plaza, which will create an amazing visual effects and optical illusions - alluring eye candy for the whole family. The display will be lit up for the first time on the opening night of the festival.
Shakespeare and Co. Shows in the Jerusalem Theatre's Sherover Plaza: A group of 20 actors, actresses and musicians, all students at Beit Zvi, present a celebration of song, humor and emotion. These Shakespearean samplers will leave the audience wanting more of this genius playwright. The talented Dori Parnas translated and composed this show - Romeo and Juliet meet Rosalind and Iago for A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. A free show replete with Shakespeare. Director: Ido RiklinMusic, Translation & editing: Dori Parnas, Movement: Guy Alon Text guidance: Assi Eshed
Performances will take place on May 30 and 31 and June 2 and 3, at 19:30.
Underneath the Mountain: Dozens of artists from Israel and around the world: May 25-27, 2010
A new mini-festival uniting Jerusalem's leading artists under one conceptual roof.
Dozens of artists from Israel and around the world will present shows, exhibits, master classes, performances, installations and more, at three central events:
The 10th Musrara-Mix Festival
The Naggar School of Art, Musrara, Jerusalem
This international and multi-disciplinary art event brings together contemporary artists from Israel and abroad. One hundred artists will utilize Musrara's streets, yards and private homes to display their works in video, photography, animation, dances, song, music, sound and other displays and installations. Local and international artists will perform on a central stage, and a street theatre constructed from recycled cardboard will be showing movies. Participants (partial list): Jan Tichy, Hadas Ofrat, Yossi Mar Chaim, Michael Ne'eman, Nurit Sharett, Boaz Aharonovitch, Izabo, Duralex Sadelex, Oy Division, Vicki Bennett (England) and Musrara students and alumni.
The Jerusalem School for Visual Theatre's 4th International Video-Dance competition
This year's competition moves to Jerusalem and assumes a new form as it expands the conceptual limits of video and dance. Leading dancers, choreographers, sculptors and video and display artists from Israel and abroad will address these limits in their shows, workshops, meetings and exhibitions. Participants (partial list): Pierre Caulibeuff (France), Meg Stuart (Belgium), Blast Theory (London), Sasha Waltz (Germany), Yasmeen Godder, Iris Erez, Arkadi Zaides, Renana Raz, Amit Drori, Guy Scharf and others...
Dissolving Localities (Israel-USA)
The Lab Presents an Audio-Visual Concert
This international project exploring Jerusalem's unique sights and sounds. Over the course of two days, six Israeli and American video artists and electronic music artists will record lives scenes around Jerusalem, creating a new, live audio-visual environment.
The first evening will feature an open rehearsal and a conversation with the artists between 21:00-22:00.
The duration of each performance is approximately 3 hours; the first part will be Dissolving Localities; during the second part three artists will present their work.
Participating artists: Rafael Anton Irisarri, Koen Holtkamp, Greg Davis, Ido Govrin, Ran Slavin and Yair Etziony
Most events are free.
A free shuttle will run between the two events. For more info visit: www.hahar.co.il
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(For the full schedule of Israel Festival Special Events, most of which are free or minimal fee, click here).
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