Blues, swing dancing and classical music join techno, trap and indie this week, for that special retro touch. Also, DIY Tel Aviv’s tip of the week – if you’re going to the beach, you’ll be wanting to bring vinegar with you...
Get set for another blazing Tel Aviv weekend. In a good way! Lots of great parties going on, especially if you like hip hop (and techno, and house and world music and….) Tonight (Wednesday) World music @...
What a beautiful day! And the perfect day to start planning your weekend partying. Here are a bunch of things you could be shaking your booty to in Tel Aviv this weekend. Tonight (Wed) Interesting line up...
It’s a beautiful day in Tel Aviv and DIY Tel Aviv is toiling on the computer to bring you this week’s party listings. Oh the horror and the sacrifice (just kidding, I just came back from the beach. The sea...
Rain! Storms! Horror! But if you’re going stir crazy inside your house, flat or hotel, here are some reasons to get out of the house this weekend. ***Thursday*** Kamila and Cut ‘N’ Bass live at the Gagarin from 21:00. 20NIS....
A varied bag of goodness this week. As usual, lots of techno, but dig deeper for more. Thursday Ostgut Ton night at the Block – A megatreat for techno lovers with the return of the famous Berlin based label. A...
Israel’s famous world music blog has a new look and to celebrate, the team is having a launch party in Beit Hair (Bialik Square). It starts at 20:30 with a demo of the new site and some excited words, which...
Stuck for something to do this afternoon? Then head down to Beit Haam on Rothschild from 14:00 till late for a free roof party organised by the good people of the Cafe Gibraltar blog. There’ll be DJs playing all kinds...
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...
Call it world music, call it ethnic music, whatever you want to call it, there’s a night dedicated to it happening tonight. Laissez-Passer is back at the Milk Bar (the top bit of the Breakfast Club) for another night of...
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...
Shopping for Passover presents is generally the Israeli equivalent of the nightmare before Christmas. So I like the fact that Achoti shop, the fair trade store are having a street party today at 17:00. There’ll be danceable world music from...
If you’re looking for something to do tonight, then head down to the Breakfast Club/Milk where there’ll be pure techno downstairs from 21:00 and the new world music night, LAISSEZ-PASSER, upstairs at the Milk Bar from 22:00. Tonight there’ll be...
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...
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...
If you like ethnic / world music then tomorrow night in Tel Aviv is the night for you. The great Barby club will be hosting Cafe Gibraltar’s first birthday, the latter being an awesome blog about said music that’s very...
The Knesset passed the hideously fascist anti boycott bill yesterday, so everything is just a little bit blacker today. But tonight, there’s an opportunity to remember that nobody parties quite like the oppressed, so there’s no need to feel ashamed...
On Thursday the 31st Tel Aviv gets a chance to see Mulatu Astatke, the godfather of Ethio-jazz and the biggest name in Ethiopian music. People who know nothing about Ethiopian jazz and groove may still know his music from Broken...
This Tuesday (12/4) from 17:00 – 20:00, the Achoti fair trade store are having an Ethiopian party. At 17:00, you can join a basket weaving class and learn a traditional (and beautiful) Ethiopian craft. Sign up in advance by emailing:...