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.
Hear me today at 17:00 (Israel time) on 106.2FM’s The Dig – an English language show about underground and alternative music. I’ll be speaking about the guide and the blog, as well as introducing a few songs I like by...
Fanzine festival tomorrow! From 19:00 – 1:30 at the new central bus station, level 3 (by the supermarkets). Stalls selling fanzine, alternative comics, books, etc. Art – sculpture, illustration, photography, painting, drawing, etc. Spoken word from 19:00, live music from...
Looking for something musical to do this Saturday afternoon (tomorrow!)? From 12:00 – 17:00 at Levontin 7 there’ll be a really cool band showcase in aid of Levinsky Soup, a grassroots organisation that helps feed and provide basic needs to...
What you need after a long weekend of partying hard is a bit of loud, banging music and some screaming to hit you repeatedly in the head, am I right or am I right? So head down to Levontin 7...
Tonight from 21:30 at the Shafa bar in Jaffa there’s a Purim party with live music from Anistar, playing happy Middle Eastern / Mediterranean music outside. It’s going to be happy and there’s going to be food and booze. It’s...
Oh look! It’s another Purim party tonight. This one will be a crossover between indie rock and electronica stuff, with two live bands, Electric Zoo (a guitar-bass-drums trio with a 70s rock groove and a big presence) and Computer Camp...
Of course, it was bound to happen that there would be more parties to write about. Some parties won’t be announced till the week of the holiday itself, but don’t worry. Your one stop blog for all things underground in...
Exciting! The Hoodna will be hosting the first ever South Tel Aviv music and art festival for jazz, electro, improv and eclectic music starting this coming Monday, the 27th and going on till March 1st. It looks awesome and I...
Good morning, happy campers! Here are your party choices for this weekend, starting, of course, tonight. First up, the Mesibat Kita Daled (4th grade party) people are having one of their nights at the Maxim Club tonight with resident Idan...
It’s been brought to my attention that The awesomely named Halo Halo, this rather unusual London pop-dance-folk-weirdness band, is going to be playing a gig in Tel Aviv on March 3rd along with Colin Min Sai. You may not have...
Tomorrow night at the Ozen Bar is your last chance for a while to hear and see the wonderful Eatliz play live. If you like hard, alternative rock with classically trained female vocals with touches of Kate Bush inspired pop,...
Tomorrow night (16/2) from 21:00 till late there’s Surf Tiki Mania at Beit Habatim! Live music from the Orions and RPS Surfers playing awesome original surf rock! Cheeky burlesque acts from: Laurel Fatal in Surfing Flower Delight Mish Conception in...
Valentine’s Day is coming, people. In Tel Aviv, that means you won’t be going home alone. This year, the Shesek bar are starting early on the 13th with a Slow dance night full of all the cheesy love songs you...
Music! Parties! Fun! Tel Aviv is awash with great events today, starting with a music and band showcase at the new Zimmer Bar (Hagdud Haivri 5). Yeled Im Kotsim (boy with thorns) and the utterly wicked Melahehei Hapinka (Middle Eastern...
Yeah, I know he’s dead, but his music will be alive forever. Especially in Israel where reggae seems to be more popular than sliced bread. So for Bob Marley’s would be birthday celebrations, some of Israel’s favourite reggae, world music...
This Thursday (26/1/12) at the G Spot club in Florentin (Salame/Shalma 40) there’s yet another awesome Cafe Gibraltar related nights of amazing world music. In this case, African, celebrating Tel Aviv’s old and new African influences. DJs playing music from...
Tel Aviv’s most intimate underground bar, the Michatronix, is hosting a night with Perfect Stranger and Cruz Kontrol. The tiny space will be going off in pumping, electronic sounds, so if you like parties that feel like a private party...
Tomorrow (Monday) there’s a free audio-visual electronica gig at the Saloona Bar by Business Class Refugees. If you like groovy, world music infused electronica, then it’s just the thing for you. Starts at 21:00, event goes on till 00:00, free...
This one sounds interesting. An urban hafla event at a Russian cultural centre. Cross-cultural or what? It’s not really a normal party, but more of an event celebrating the roots of the popular “mizrahit” (literally “eastern”) music genre that’s so...
Looking for something musical to do tomorrow night? You might want to check out Cafe Gibraltar’s second “Glocally” party at Barby, that will feature not one but four unique Israeli world music acts, as well as DJs playing moving and...