The Tel Aviv Night Run takes place on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, and sections of several major streets, including Ibn Gabirol, Dizengoff and King George, will be closed to traffic that evening. According to the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, streets along the race route and the streets crossing it will be closed from 6 p.m. to midnight. The race organizers say roads will reopen to vehicles at 12:30 a.m.
These are the sections that will be closed:
- Rokach Boulevard, from Shitrit Street to Ibn Gabirol Street
- Ibn Gabirol Street, from Rokach Boulevard to Shaul Hamelech Boulevard
- Dizengoff Street, from Jabotinsky Street to Ibn Gabirol Street
- King George Street, from Hanevi’im Street to Borochov Street
- Ben Zion Boulevard, from King George Street to Rothschild Boulevard
- Tarsat Boulevard, from Ben Zion Boulevard to Dizengoff Street
Namir Road will be closed in both directions, from the Glilot Junction to Harav Shlomo Goren Street, between 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Race schedule
Gates open at 6 p.m. The 10-kilometer heats start at 8 p.m., 8:15 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., the 5-kilometer race at 8:50 p.m. and the 15-kilometer race at 9:15 p.m. All heats start and finish on Rokach Boulevard, between Ganei Yehoshua (Yarkon Park) and the Expo Tel Aviv fairgrounds, across from the Tel Aviv University train station, and the organizers recommend arriving by train. The schedule is subject to change and to police approval.
The Night Run (Hebrew) is a municipal initiative, and the city says more than 20,000 runners will take part in three distances: 5, 10 and 15 kilometers. Online registration has already closed.
Waze is expected to update its routes to reflect the closures. Information on public transportation changes is available in the public transit apps and from the Kol-Kav hotline at *8787.
The full heat schedule and directions are on the race website (Hebrew). More details on the municipality website (Hebrew).
