Israel Festival 2019Thu | May 30
Israel Festival 2019 events and exact dates will be updated as they become available. Meanwhile, you can check out last year’s events.
Dates & Times
May 30 - June 15 2019
One of the most well-known and longest-running Jerusalem festivals, the Israel Festival is an annual three-week spring event that meshes professional performances by Israeli and international artists with Jerusalem’s distinctive venues. The festival features dance performances, live music shows, theater shows, and performance art from all around the world alongside original Israeli productions. Outdoor performances open to the public also play a major role in the festival as well as professional conferences, masterclasses, and workshops with international guest artists.
One of the special things about the Israel Festival is the way it takes advantage of Jerusalem’s unique venues where the Jerusalem stone and surrounding spaces exude amazing ambiance.
The venues this year include: Sultan’s Pool, the First Station, the Israel Museum, the Jerusalem Theater, Hansen House, Beit Shmuel, Tower of David, Gerard Behar Center, Beit Mazia Theather, the YMCA and the Ein Kerem neighborhood.
The festival works in collaboration with Jerusalem Municipality, Jerusalem’s Culture and Sports Office, Jerusalem Fund, Mifal HaPais, numerous embassies, academic institutions, and cultural centers both inside and outside Jerusalem to promote cultural landscapes in Jerusalem and Israel and to encourage an international and artistic discourse.
Israel Festival 2018 Performances
There are dozens of performance to choose from, taking place all over the city. The majority of performances take place on the weekends – from Thursday until Sunday – in order to allow out-of-towners to enjoy an entire weekend in Jerusalem, taking in multiple performances.
Opening performance – Hip Hop Land
The festival’s opening event will feature hip-hop, breakdance, spoken word, graffiti, and video mapping artists. The artists will come together for a unique evening where they will perform original music and texts inspired by the declaration of independence. An unusual and exciting combination indeed!
Where: 2 Poale Tzedek St, Jerusalem
When: May 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry gets a new musical and theatrical adaptation that combines an original music performance with live sand drawing on stage, resulting in a hypnotizing experience.
Ages 6 and up.
Where: Mikro Theater, The Jerusalem Theater, 20 David Marcus Street, Jerusalem
When: May 31, 2018 at 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm. June 1, 2018 at 1:00 pm
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REMOTE JERUSALEM
Embark on a unique journey around the city and turn Jerusalem into your own live playground. Fifty people led by headphones will go on an audio-visual experience that starts at a cemetery and ends in a mysterious location. The streets of the capital will turn into a setting of artists and participants. Take this theatrical tour and learn about our ways and habits in urban spaces.
Where: Around Jerusalem
When: May 29 – June 8, 2018
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Monkeys
A fascinating and virtuous performance of a pseudo-human community that serves as a microcosmus of a whole life cycle – from birth to death. The show features twelve artists – 3 humans and 9 robotic monkeys, representing the human, where it is coming from, and what it could potentially become – a robot. The show presents a fierce critique of our society and forces us to confront with a reality in which robots turn into a functioning society with its own needs and emotions.
Where: Studio Zik, Beit Nekofa
When: May 24 – June 2, 2018
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GUIDE
We all like to wonder how would our lives look like in the future and what would have happened if we could travel back in time. Time, regrets and might-have-beens are constantly occupying our minds and shaping our lives and decisions. This exceptional show takes place on a dark stage with a young dancer and his older image. Both characters try to go back and change the past in hopes of changing the future. The whole family will enjoy an audio-visual performance that brings our deepest questions and hesitations to the fore.
Where: The Jerusalem Theater, 20 David Marcus Street, Jerusalem
When: June 4 at 6:00 pm, June 5 at 6:00 pm
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Dates & Times
May 30 - June 15 2019