Arab Music Festival opens tonight with Hany Shaker Night at the Opera
The 34th Arab Music Festival and Conference opens at 8pm tonight, Tuesday 20 October, in the Cairo Opera House's Main Hall with a night named after Hany Shaker, to whom this year's edition is dedicated.
The Arab Music Festival and Conference starts its 34th edition tonight. The opening ceremony, billed by the Cairo Opera House as Hany Shaker Night, begins at 8pm on Tuesday 20 October in the Opera's Main Hall. This year's edition is dedicated to the singer.
The festival runs until 30 October, with concerts in the Main Hall, at the Arab Music Institute and at the Sayed Darwish Theatre in Alexandria. Main Hall nights still to come include Amal Maher on 22 October, Omar Khairat on 28 October and Medhat Saleh, who closes the festival on 30 October.
Tickets for tonight are sold on Tazkarti, which the Opera's page links to. The Opera has not published prices on its own page, so check the seat categories on Tazkarti before you go, and arrive early: the night starts at 8pm.