Tel Aviv event listings 17-23/5/14

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Happy Sunday! Your week starts here, with listings of all kinds of cool things happening around town. Get set!

 

 

Today (Sunday)

Cedric Burnside @ Barby from 21:00. Top quality Mississippi blues. Tickets 128NIS from here.

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Monday

Triple bill @ Barby: Reo, Jane Bordeaux and Alon Eder. 3 distinctive local acts, one ticket. 80NIS on the door. From 20:30.

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Mudcan taking over the Ktovt to launch their summer line of illustrated B&W T-shirts. Appears to be mostly or only for men. Free. From 22:00.

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Tuesday

The Hazelnuts @ Levontin 7 – 30s style female vocal trio with full band. From 20:00. 50NIS.

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Taste it! The Jewish culture festival of Krakow takes over Rothschild 12 from 20:00. Lots of local acts playing for free. Not sure how it fits in with Krakow, but who cares. Kutiman, Shlomo Bar, Members of the Angelcy and Lola Marsh and many many more. Free.

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Wednesday

A-wa playing live @ The Barby. The darlings of the Israeli music scene bring Yemenite electronic grooves to the city’s best live music venue. This will sell out. Get your tickets fast. 63NIS here.

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Swing & Charleston party @ Abraxas from 23:00. 20s style. Come show off your frocks and moves. 20NIS.

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Lietterspich & Mujahideen live @ Yitshak Sadeh 25 from 22:00. Go if you like dark, twisted noise. Probably no more than 30NIS to get in.

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Phantom Capital @ Artport. English language conference. Free. Full details here.

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Thursday

Punkcoustics @ the tunnel next to Savidor / Tel Aviv central train station tunnel. From 17:00. Free. Lots of local underground bands doing busking style gigs, but you won’t need to pay a penny. You can bring vegan food to share, though.

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Surreal night at the museum – The Tel Aviv museum hosts parties, live music, weird performance art and a midnight screening of The Man who fell to Earth. All for 60NIS, which also includes a ticket to the museum in general, so you can walk around and see some art. Among the performers – Raw Tapes, Shlomo Gronich, Ryskinder, Red Axes, Pilooski (FR), Tamutu and many more. From 20:00. Call 036077020 for tickets.

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Kutiman Orchestra live @ Barby – funky, upbeat stuff from this sort of supergroup. 73NIS in advance from here. More on the door.

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Friday

Beer festival @ Zman Amiti from 12:00 – 18:00. A chance to taste locally brewed IPAs, stours, lagers and more. Also: music, food and fun. I believe this is free.

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Molotov Hakol Tov benefit party @ Zimmer from 16:00 – loads of local underground bands, DJs, merch and more, to help this DIY organisation make more awesome events. 20NIS, but you are welcome to pay more if you want.

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Brasil for all – Forro event with live music, a dance lesson and a party in a pretty old Jaffa location. From 14:30. Full details here.

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Shelly & Rotem live @ Levontin 7 – dreamy folk-pop from these two very young, super talented musicians. From 21:30. 40NIS on the door.

 

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Saturday

The Driers & Photomat play the Tachless bar from 21:00 – power/punk pop. Free.

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I was a Bastard live @ Rothschild 12 from 22:30. Also free. Indie rock.