Alsheikh’s fifth Black Magic music festival will take place on three evenings in Tel Aviv: Wednesday and Thursday, November 11 and 12, and Saturday, November 14, 2026. Shows begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday and at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Admission at 25 Alsheikh Street is free, subject to available space.
This year’s festival focuses on the music school’s teachers and graduates, with faculty performances, alumni projects and collaborations between teachers and students. Held since 2022, the festival brings together Middle Eastern musical traditions, jazz and new work.
Wednesday, November 11
- 6 p.m. – Yehonatan Ben Arush: Songs from “Ten,” an album mixing indie pop, folk and rock, on Tarab’s Makor HaTzipor stage.
- 8 p.m. – Ziv Yehezkel and the Alsheikh Ensemble: Twentieth-century Arabic songs associated with Farid al-Atrash, Abdel Halim Hafez and Mohammed Abdel Wahab. The rooftop ensemble includes Yehezkel’s student Yehiel Amzaleg among its singers.
- 9:30 p.m. – TEMINNE: A new solo set at Tarab ahead of “ROOM FULL OF MEN,” drawing on neo-soul and jazz fusion. She previously sang with Turkish psychedelic band Şatellites.
Thursday, November 12
- 6 p.m. – Dorian Bramly: The singer-songwriter, whose debut album came out in 2025, plays Tarab’s Makor HaTzipor stage. She is a graduate of Shye Ben Tzur’s creative-development program at Alsheikh.
- 8 p.m. – Ruah al-Khalij: A Red Sea Orchestra project with 12 musicians and singers performing music from Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula, on the rooftop.
- 9:30 p.m. – Amir: The poet and musician performs at Tarab with guitar and oud, drawing on influences from West Africa, the Sahara, Sudan and the Gulf. Ben Aylon, Sahar David and Elad Ezra join him.
Saturday, November 14
- 8 p.m. – Itamar Borochov: The trumpeter and composer launches “IMANU” on the rooftop, connecting maqam traditions with jazz.
- 9:30 p.m. – Yehiel Amzaleg: A Tarab set of Mizrahi songs, including repertoire associated with Zohar Argov, Ishay Levi, Margalit Tzanani and Ofer Levi.
See the full program (Hebrew) and municipality event details (Hebrew).
