Itraveljerusalem Jerusalem Cultural Events Calendar 2017

Jerusalem and Heritage Jerusalem Cultural Events Calendar 2017

Machneyuda Photo by Tomer Foltyn January 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Happy1 New Year! 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hanukkah

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Exhibition Venetian Splendor: Marking 500 Exhibition Modern Times Years of the Venice Ghetto Till January 31 Till June 30 A wide variety of timepieces created by artist-watchmaker Itay This special display – marking 500 years since the establishment of the Noy, ranging from Breguet’s Marie Antionette clock to Noy’s Venice Ghetto – enhances the Italian flavor of our synagogue exhibition own Double Time. Noy is involved in a constant dialogue with route with Venetian ceremonial objects from our Museum’s own the concept of time and the way in wich collections, providing a people deal with it. Together with fitting complement to our the museum’s huge collection of synagogue from Vittorio timepieces headed by works of Veneto, a town close to modern watchmaking pioneer Venice. Together, the Abraham-Louis Breguet, the display and synagogue show provides visitors with reflect the cultural a view of the relationship environment of Venetian between people who make places of worship, timepieces, and time. Other capturing their age-old events dealing with the essence and majesty. subject are scheduled as well. Israel Museum Museum of Islamic Art, Jerusalem

Follow Us: #itraveljerusalem itraveljerusalem.com Anish Kapoor Photo by Shutterstock February 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Winter Noise Tu BiShvat

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Winter Noise Valentine’s Day ❤ 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Winter Noise

26 27 28 Winter Noise

Cultural Festival Winter Noise Every Monday in February

Jerusalem’s streets are transformed into a lively cultural venue full of surprises as thousands of young people come together for this exciting series of cultural happenings, including music, dance, street theater, video art, cooking workshops, parties, artist masterclasses and exhibitions. Downtown Jerusalem

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12 13 14 15 16 17 International 18 Sports and Health Purim Shushan Purim Jerusalem ‘Winner’ Expo Marathon 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Sounds of the Old City 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jerusalem Arts Festival

Sport International Sport Ice Festival Festival Sounds of the Old City Jerusalem ‘Winner’ Maraton March TBA March 20-23 March 17 Yam Bakerach Skating complex will be built in Jerusalem’s Old City alleyways are already The city is expecting more than 20,000 Jerusalem’s Cinema City starting March 2017. flowing with magic and charm, but the Sounds participants, with 2,500 arriving from abroad. The 450 meters indoor arena of real iceoffers of the Old City Music Festival bring even more Events such as the Sports and Health Expo are an entertainment experience for the entire enchantment to the ancient cobbled streets. only a fraction of the festivities (14.3-16.3.) family, ensuring smooth and professional This is the first festival of its kind emphasizimg The track goes through all of Jerusalem’s surface fully equipped for the perfect skating the cultural diversity of Jerusalem’s different landmarks combining sport with breathtaking experience. A professional training team is people and faiths. The contrasting character views. available to help first time skaters. of the Old City’s four quarters is expressed via Jewish, Armenian, Christian and Arab music performed by different groups.

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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Passover Eve Passover

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Easter Earth Day

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Festival Jerusalem Arts Festival April 27.3-4.4

Around 34 plays, dance shows and concerts by professional and semi-professional artists take place throughout one week in the spring in the city’s major concert halls and theaters; including the Jerusalem Theater, the Gerard Behar Center, the Khan Theater, the YMCA, Beit Shmuel, and St. Andrew’s Church. Free performances take place every evening before and after the main performances at the Jerusalem Theater.

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Jerusalem Bicycle Tour 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Lag Baomer

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Jerusalem Day International Begining of Museum Day Ramadan 28 29 30 31 Shavuot eve Shavuot

Sport Jerusalem Bicycle Tour Culture International Museum Day May 12 May 26

A variety of tours in nature and municipal parks, bike rides, recycling International Museum Day is celebrated annually with the intention of workshops and activities for all the family, including the Around exposing the public to the cultural wealth in museums, to encourage Jerusalem bicycle Tour. people to visit museums worldwide and to raise awareness of the Across the city. place of the museum in our society. During the last Museum day 75 museums opened their doors for free throughout Israel.

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jerusalem Design Week 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Jerusalem International Book Fair 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 Eid al-Fitr Light Festival

Festival Israel Fair International Design Jerusalem Festival Jerusalem Festival Book Fair Design Week Opera Festival June 1 - 17 June 11 - 15 June 8-15 June TBA

Jerusalem’s top venues take part First held in 1963, this fair is a Design exhibitions, tours, The festival features Verdi’s in this fun festival. A three week unique biennial event, renowned seminars and meetings with powerful drama “Nabucco”, spectacular of art, music, dance not only as a business fair but also designers are all part of performed by international opera and theatre, Audiences are able as a prestigious and important Jerusalem’s annual Design singers, the Israeli Opera Chorus, to enjoy works by artists from cultural event. Many renowned Week, exposing visitors to the and the Jerusalem Symphony all over the world, as well as publishing houses, foreign rights multidisciplinary creativity of Orchestra. Set at the Sultan’s premieres of Israeli pieces and free representatives, editors and the local design field. Pool, the festival juxtaposes the performances of street theatre. authors participate in the event. Venues across Jerusalem. cultural vibrancy and energy of Across the city. First Station Compound the opera.

Follow Us: #itraveljerusalem itraveljerusalem.com Rooftop restaurant, Mamilla Hotel July 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Light Festival

2 3 4 Maccabiah 5 6 7 8 Nylon #2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 International Film Festival 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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Sport Maccabiah Festival International Arts A White Night - Festival Light Festival July 4-18 Film Festival Nylon #2 July 28.6-6.7 July 13-23 July 7 The world’s largest Jewish athletic This annual light festival brings competition in the tradition and The festival features 10 jam- A big art exhibition in a beautiful the greatest light sculptors in values of Maccabi, emphasizing packed days of screenings, location – the Tower of David. the world to Jerusalem. Their the centrality of the State of Israel special guests, panels and More than one hundred artists works will light up the streets in the life of the Jewish people. festivities. The festival takes will transform the beautiful and alleys of the Old City, major The Maccabiah takes place every place at the Sultan’s Pool and ancient citadel into a living, tourist sites and public spaces. four years in Israel - “the Jewish in the Old City and provides an interactive, evolving art Artists from Israel and abroad Olympics” as they are often called, arena for Israeli film and the exhibition. Art, music, theater, take part in the festival and use are Maccabi World Union’s largest world’s finest cinematic trends. video art, performance art, light in order to create statues, and most famous enterprise. architecture and so much more. installations and performances.

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20 21 22 23 Mekudeshet 24 25 26 Sackred Music Festival 27 28 29 30 31

Festival Festival Fair Sackred Music Klezmer Festival Wine Festival Arts & Crafts Fair Festival Mekudeshet August 3-10 August, TBA August TBA August 23-Sep 15

Dozens of klezmer musicians Hosted by the Israel Museum, Held at the Hutzot Hayotzer A magnificent three week festival from Israel and around the world this festival is an excellent Arts and Crafts Center, Mitchell that calls musicians from across gather in Jerusalem for a variety opportunity to sample wines Gardens and the AmphiTheatre the globe to celebrate their sacred of musical performances. This from the country’s leading in the Sultan’s Pool (located at traditions in the most sacred unique festival brings together wineries in the museum’s the foot of the Old City walls), city in the world. The festival the mystical sounds of Jewish splendid sculpture garden. There hundreds of artists, local and brings its own unique voice into klezmer with a variety of will be about 35 wineries that international, take part in this millennia-old caves, gardens and musical styles from around the can be sampled with the cost of colorful event. fortresses. globe. Around the city. admission. Tower of David and Zidkiyaho Cave

Follow Us: #itraveljerusalem itraveljerusalem.com Mekudeshet photo Noam Chojnowsky September 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Mekudeshet Eid al-Adha Sackred Music Festival 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Rosh Ha’shana Eve Rosh Ha’shana Rosh Ha’shana

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Yom Kippur Eve Yom Kippur

Festival The Piyyut Festival Festival September TBA Chamber Music Festival September TBA Beit Avi-Chai presents ancient liturgical verses given a yearly lease of life at this festival. New voices sing the traditional words of Held annually at the YMCA, this festival brings together prominent this religious art form, exposing new audiences to its captivating classical musicians for a series of intriguing concerts. The 2017 festival mysteries. Performances paint a colorful image of Temple times. will highlight chamber pieces by Schubert and will offer special shows in collaboration with the Opera Festival.

1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sukkot Eve Sukkot

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Hoshanah Rabah Simchat Torah

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Music Festival Contemporary Art Tour Jerusalem March Festival House from Indie City Jerusalem Festival Manofim October TBA within October TBA October TBA October 26-28 The Jerusalem March is an This Musical event will include The official event of the organized offering of walking One weekend a year Jerusalem 3 stages that will host 15 leading contemporary art scene in tours through the city. Locals opens up a diverse variety of musical compositions for two Jerusalem, which kicks off and visitors can choose between generally private spaces to the evenings of shows. The Jerusalem the city’s exhibitions season. a 12 km or a 6 km tour guided public in this huge event; houses, Indie City Festival features live Manofim is an independent by knowledgeable hosts. synagogues, gardens and more shows, DJ’s, stalls, and more fun initiative that emerged from Festivities follow the march, with become available to public eyes, late into the night. Alongside an the ranks of artists who live performances and lively music. in some of the most private, art fair from Bezalel and after and create in Jerusalem, and is renowned spots across the city. parties at bars. directed by them.

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Festival International Oud Festival Culinary Open Restaurants in Jerusalem November TBA November TBA

The festival presents the oud as a unique instrument, which bridges The urban culinary festival, will present a wide array of cultural and between various musical cultures and traditions across the Middle multidisciplinary events, showcasing the capital’s multitude of cultural East, the Mediterranean and the Indian subcontinent. institutions, chefs, manufacturers, restaurants and local culinary Confederation House, Beit Shmuel and Jerusalem Theater. personalities. Across the city

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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Warm Winter, Warm Winter, Warm Winter, Long Nights Long Nights Long Nights 10 11 12 13 14 Hanukkah 15 Hanukkah 16 Hanukkah Hanukkah Warm Winter, Warm Winter, Warm Winter, Long Nights Long Nights Long Nights Warm Winter, Warm Winter, Warm Winter, 17 18 19 20 21 Long Nights 22 Long Nights 23 Long Nights Hanukkah Hanukkah Hanukkah Hanukkah Window Display Festival 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Christmas Eve Christmas Warm Winter, Warm Winter, Warm Winter, Long Nights Long Nights Long Nights 31

Festival Warm Winter, Long Nights Festival Window Display Festival December 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 28-30 December 21-23

Locally known as Hamshushalayim, the festival offers an amazing This festival of mixed media, will take place for the first time in array of events at cultural institutions in the city with museums and Jerusalem. Outdoor events that span the streets of Shmuel Hanagid, tourist sites open free of charge, including several free or discounted Bezalel Schatz and King George in the Center and Hillel. Moving theatre shows, exciting night tours and concerts across Jerusalem. between 20 display windows.

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May June July August Jerusalem Bicycle Tour Opera Festival International Film Festival Arts & Crafts Fair The International Museum Day Israel Festival Light Festival Wine Festival Jerusalem Design Week Maccabiah Mekudeshet International Book Fair A White Night - Nylon #2 Klezmer Festival

September October November December Chamber Music Festival Manofim - Art festival International Oud Festival Window Display Festival The Piyyut Festival Jerusalem March Open Restaurants in Jerusalem Warm Winter, Long Nights Indie City Jerusalem Houses from Within

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