Gigs, concerts, parties and music festivals in Tel Aviv. For a full list of venues, alternative acts, parties and interesting festivals, check out the full DIY Tel Aviv Guide which you can download from this site.
Tonight at Levontin 7 from 22:00 there’s a concert by the Bar Ilan Uni Music Technology Program, based on (and with visuals from) Alice in wonderland. It all seems suitably spacey and surreal and the music is beautiful. Here’s a...
If you’re into live music, then this is your lucky week. In between all the gay pride madness that’s sweeping the city, you may be able to fit in a gig or two. Get your ticket in advance for these....
Fancy seeing a semi-secret gig by great local indie band Electra tomorrow night? Then head down to the Michatronix bar for 22:00 and you can catch them playing a tiny, intimate venue. They’ll be playing a lot of new material...
Get a bit of culture in you tonight at the tiny, unusual space known as HaHanut (the shop) at HaAliya 31. There’s an accoustic jam performance of, I assume, some sort of classical or contemporary classical music (but I guess...
Care to discover music and merchandise by Israel’s most underground of labels? Well today’s the day. From 12:00 – 16:00 today at the Tel Aviv Uganda Bar, you can attend a tiny but perfectly formed event where the country’s independent...
Last minute competition! If you like house music and want to go to a party at Tel Aviv’s finest nightclub tomorrow night absolutely free of charge (instead of paying 60-80NIS per ticket) then check out the competitions I am running...
This Thursday at the Barby Club is another one of the excellent Glocally nights, showcasing great local live bands in the realm of world/ethnic music from Palestinian hip hop / rap to African beats and lots of unexpected stuff in...
Computer Camp will be filming their new video at the Michatronix tomorrow and you get to come and join them for free. Head down there from 21:00 onwards (cameras start shooting at 21:30) for a night of fun electronica from...
This isn’t my usual thing, but I’m putting it here as this is for a good cause. If you like Israeli music then you may be interested to know that tonight there’s a fundraiser on for the Shapira neighbourhood afer...
This just in – Future Shorts is back in Tel Aviv tomorrow, showing at the Ozen Bar from 20:00. Apart from wicked short films, there will also be music from the ultra-awesome System Ali and Brain Candies. Tickets are 30NIS...
As part of a series of jam sessions by notable local musicians, tomorrow night at the East West House (Dr Erlich 16, Jaffa) there’s a night of Middle Eastern music meets modern jazz. Tomorrow it will be Arik Strauss on...
Apparently there’s a new website / social network being launched called “Look at Me”. It’s designed for artists, performers, musicians, dance, poetry, and more creatives and the people who are interested in their output. To launch the site, Look at...
Israel’s sweetest indie music band is on this weekend and there are still some tickets left. Yaarot Menashe happens in a pretty forest and features some of Israel’s finest alternative bands. There are loads of acts, too many for me...
The Uganda Bar in Tel Aviv is showing Raash Besheket tonight, a film by director Nir Bergman about Plastic Venus, one of Israel’s most influential alternative bands from the 90s, which just happened to be fronted by his sister, Ronit...
Tomorrow night at Zevulun 10 (the hint is in the name) there’ll be a showing of ODDSAC at 22:15. Animal Collective’s “visual album” took over 4 years to complete and is apparently pretty damn trippy. Here’s a trailer. It will...
It’s Earth Hour tonight at 20:00 Israel time, so you can temporarily clear your conscience by switching off the lights for an hour to conserve energy. To make it easier for you to be elsewhere instead of sitting at home...
Punks, anarchists and feminists pay attention! Tonight there’s a benefit gig at the Rogatka bar for Pussy Riot, a Russian feminist punk band known for their activist antics. Some of their members are currently in prison / on trial for...
It’s international record store day! The Shesek bar is celebrating by turning itself into a record store for a day. There will be a vinyl record market (both second hand and new stuff by local indie/alternative bands) and there’ll be...
Come celebrate the Mimouna tomorrow night from 17:00 at the Little Prince cafe on the roof! There’ll be Middle Eastern/North African live music (a whole band) plus, most importantly, traditional mouflettas. Meanwhile, Cafe Yafo are having their own traditional event...
The Shapira neighbourhood is back and this year it’s happening on the day of the Mimouna, 15/4. This little festival/block party is one of my favourite things already, and I’m really hoping there are going to be some Moroccans around...