Busy busy busy this weekend! I’ll just get right into it.
Free reggae day at the Teder from 16:00 with local sounds from:
One A Way HiFi
Ganjavibes
Skunkride
Turtle
Hectik
My Lord
Abu Dabi ls. Schoolmaster
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If you’re after a chilled, melodic experience, check out Shim at Levontin 7 from 20:00. Pretty folk songs in English. Listen here. 30NIS on the door.
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A Space Odyseey at The Block with Agoria (Different, Infine, Planet E :: Lyon) and Surgeon (Dynamic Tension, Tresor :: Birmingham). Local Support by Shlomi Zidan and Avihay Partok. 110NIS on the door.
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Deep’a & Biri at the Resek (next door to Shesek bar) tonight from 23:30. Great local house & techno. Free.
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Friday
A day (and night) of a massive local indie band showcase, in preparation for the inDnegev festival coming up soon. See all the bands for free and without camping in the desert at the Alla Rampa bar from 13:00 till 4:00. Too many bands to mention here, but basically it’s swing & groove from 13:00 – 16:00, rock from 16:00 – 22:00 and electronica and friends from 22:00 onwards. All free, of course.
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Casino San Remo has the launch party for Klone’s new collection from 13:00. Amir Egozy on the decks (Hectik will be playing on Sat for the 2nd day of the launch). Klone is a very talented local street artist and some of his work has been printed on T shirts and long sleeved tops now. Should be interesting. You can see some of his works here.
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Free live music also at the Bar Kayma from 14:00 – 16:00. Great vegan food, too. See links to bands on the Facebook event page for info.
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Shye Ben Rzur and the Rajastan Express playing Shalvata bar / restaurant at the Tel Aviv port from 15:30. It’s free, but advance table booking is recommended. Call 03-5441279 or 054-5656557.
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More local (middle) eastern grooves with Avihu Pinhasov and his rhythm club at Alma Beach from 17:30. Free, and just in time for sunset.
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Insect Ark from NY performing at Levontin 7. Excellent dark, minimalist, shoegazing stuff. Support by Laila. From 21:00. 60NIS. Listen here.
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Dusty Fungus live plus a masterclass at Gagarin from 21:00. More details on their Facebook event page.
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Electric Dreams at Radio EPGB a night of new wave and 80s hits played by a few of the city’s favourite DJs and radio personalities. Quality trash! From 22:00. Free.
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Swingotopia party at Haezor with Berlin’s own The Dirty Honkers and local guys Segment. Live electroswing, plus DJ sets from the honkers and great local support. 50NIS if you dress up (40s, 50s, 20s), 60NIS for the rest. More details and links to bands on the event page.
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Genius of Time at the Breakfast Club. 50NIS. More details here.
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Avadon techno night at Resek (next door to the Shesek). From 23:30 with Tripeo a.k.a Darko Esser. Get there before midnight and get in for free. Otherwise 40NIS.
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Clement Meyer at the Bootleg – more techno! From 23:30. 20NIS till 1:00, 60 after.
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The official Arctic Monkeys album launch party at the Ozen Bar from midnight. For all your indie pop and brit pop and rock needs. Of course, lots of Arctic Monkeys songs on the playlist. 45NIS on the door.
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Pasaz has Coma (Kompakt) and Marion Cobretti. Techno yet again (this is Tel Aviv’s current trend). From 23:30. Free till midnight, then 30NIS.