The Tel Aviv Festival returns for its second edition from November 1 to 8, with more than 40 shows by over 80 artists, including Shalom Hanoch, Shimi Tavori, Rivka Michaeli, Nunu, Assaf Amdursky, Echo and Tom Yaar. Performances will take place at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Beit Ariela, Beit Radical and Heichal HaTarbut.
The festival is produced by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality in partnership with Hamon Volume and Forum Productions. Singer-songwriter Shlomi Shaban is artistic director. The lineup includes original productions, one-off tribute shows, premieres and previews, and cross-genre collaborations, with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art turned into a space for performances and installations.
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The shows
The opening show, I’m a Tribe, spotlights music producer Tamir Muskat, with Avihu Pinhasov, Eviatar Banai, Balkan Beat Box, Gilad Kahana (Lo Kochot), Victoria Hanna, Shlomi Shaban, Tair Haim, SHOTNEZ and T&T, accompanied by the Israel Camerata Jerusalem and the Nona choir. The closing show, “Od Siba Tova Lemesiba” (Another Good Reason to Party), features Rivka Michaeli with Alon Eder, Jimbo J, Gitit Fisher, Gali Atari, Yair Nitzani and other guests.
Also on the program:
- Shimi Tavori marks 50 years on stage and hosts Uzi Navon
- Shalom Hanoch in “Pose’a Levadi Ba’ir” (Walking Alone in the City), a “Yetzia” special of his songs written about Tel Aviv
- Assaf Amdursky marks 30 years since his second album
- Nunu in an acoustic set with the Nona choir, produced by Shuzin
- Echo in Playground, performing her own songs and songs she loves in stripped-down arrangements
- Tom Yaar in “Shutafim Lepesha” (Partners in Crime), hosting Adi Sasson and other guests
- Moti Roden premieres a new album, and Rona Kenan plays a solo show as a dress rehearsal
- Miki Shaviv’s tango show, “Miki Shaviv X Tango,” and a solo show by Tomer Yeshayahu
- CIAM in “War and In Between”
- Liron Tany’s “#1 on the Mic,” with Shir Gabay, Avri G and Segol 59
- A master class with Amit Ulman and an after-party with Tamir Muskat and guests
Original productions
“Tithatzef Vetaane” is a show of Matti Caspi songs performed by Yehezkel Raz, Stav Achai, Katia Toboul, Maya Dunietz, Nitai Hershkovits, Omri Mor, Tomer Bar and Roy Ben Sira. To mark 30 years since “Saint Clara,” a special concert by the band Corduroy and Sheri Zak Levi will be screened, preceded by Roni Kuban interviewing Ari Folman.
Other original productions include Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”; “Dream Room” with author Orly Castel-Bloom, Maya Kosover and Sheri Shavit, a special edition of the Kan podcast “Sefer Echad”; and “One on One,” in which a single artist performs for a single audience member. Premieres include BILTEEZ by Ester Rada, Daniel Zamir and Michael Mittal; “Hallel” by Shai Tsabari and Patrick Sebag; and “All the Loose Ends” by Maya Dunietz and the Armon Bazman orchestra. Inbal Pinto’s “The Room” will be staged in a special festival version, performed by Moran Miller, and Assaf Liberman will record the 200th episode of the Kan podcast “1+1” live. Midnight screenings of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “The Hunger” pay tribute to Tel Aviv’s Paris cinema.
Dates, tickets and prices
The festival runs on five days: the opening show on Sunday, November 1; Night Pass evenings at the museum on Wednesday, November 4, and Thursday, November 5; “Noon at the Museum” and the after-party on Friday, November 6; and the closing show on Sunday, November 8.
A Night Pass for Wednesday or Thursday evening costs NIS 159. It lets visitors come and go between the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s galleries, sculpture garden and other spaces, plus Beit Ariela on Wednesday. Each evening has 17 to 19 shows and installations, from 6 p.m. on Wednesday and 7 p.m. on Thursday until after midnight. The midnight screenings, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “The Hunger,” are included. Gallery entry is first-come, first-served, and space is limited.
Shows in the museum’s halls and at Beit Ariela require an add-on to the Night Pass: NIS 60 for Shalom Hanoch; NIS 50 for Shimi Tavori, Assaf Amdursky and Nunu; NIS 40 for Echo, Tom Yaar, CIAM and “30 Years of Saint Clara”; and NIS 30 for Tomer Yeshayahu, Moti Roden, Miki Shaviv, “Shirim Uresha’im,” Liron Tany and Amit Ulman’s master class. CIAM’s 10:15 p.m. show is sold out, and a second show has been added at 12:30 a.m.
On Friday, November 6, the “Noon at the Museum” shows are sold separately: Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” at 11 a.m. (Asia Hall, NIS 149), “Tithatzef Vetaane,” a Matti Caspi tribute, at 12:30 p.m. (Recanati Hall, NIS 209), and a dress rehearsal of Rona Kenan’s solo show at 1 p.m. (Kaufmann Hall, NIS 149). That day, DJ Ruti Twil plays the sculpture garden at 11 a.m., and Boom Pam performs there at 1 p.m. Both are free. The Boom Pam show depends on the weather, and space is limited.
The festival after-party is on November 6 at 10 p.m. at Beit Radical, with tickets at NIS 139. The opening show (November 1, 8 p.m., Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center) and the closing show (November 8, 8 p.m., Heichal HaTarbut) are ticketed separately, starting at NIS 180. Digitel cardholders get 20% off. The festival offers a quiet area and accessible restrooms.
The full day-by-day program and tickets are on the Tel Aviv Festival website (Hebrew).
