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Many of the 300 Israeli musicians taking part in the upcoming, 21st Piano Festival in November 2019 (Courtesy Piano Festival)
September 4, 2019, 12:40 am
Upcoming Piano Festival is about more than the piano
November event in Tel Aviv-Jaffa celebrates music in all forms, and creates collaborative efforts and duos among over 300 Israeli musicians
By Jessica Steinberg
The 'face' of Woodstock, Jewish promoter Michael Lang. (Screenshot)
August 17, 2019, 2:41 am
America’s iconic Woodstock festival was more Jewish than you’d think
On the 50th anniversary of the historic concert, a look at the Members of the Tribe who promoted, funded, and performed — and the dairy man who made it all possible
By Jordan Hoffman
Singer-songwriter John Maus, who withdrew from the Pop-Kultur Berlin international music festival on June 5, 2018, following calls to boycott the event because it receives funds from the Israeli Embassy. (YouTube screenshot)
June 10, 2018, 9:32 pm
US singer bows out of German festival amid pressure over funding from Israel
John Maus preferred ‘not to play within a politicized setting’ at Pop-Kultur, in face of heavy pressure from boycott groups
By Sue Surkes
Sara Hershkowitz said the crowd of 15,000 at her Netherlands performance was 'screaming like I was Beyoncé every time I sang above a B natural.' (Thomas Jahn/via JTA)
October 21, 2017, 11:31 pm
Jewish soprano takes on Trump in absurdist opera piece
When Sara Hershkowitz was offered the lead in a surreal composition that pokes fun at despots and their excesses, she knew she had to ‘do it as Donald’
By Toby Axelrod
Getting the groove on at the annual Woodstock Revival concert in Jerusalem (Yehuda HaLevy)
October 5, 2017, 7:27 pm
Hippies welcome as Woodstock Festival returns to Jerusalem
Eighth local event honoring iconic 1969 ‘Summer of Love’ music gathering moves to new home at the capital’s Yellow Submarine
By Grace Austin
Illustrative image of participants in the Unity Rising Spirit Festival, 2014. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 15, 2017, 2:33 pm
Man dies in fall from military building after music festival
Police and army investigating how Israeli in his 20s entered army facility while attending Hamat Gader Unity Festival of house, techno music
By TOI staff
Musicians Kayus Bankole (L) and Alloysious Massaquoi of Young Fathers perform onstage during day 3 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2016 in Indio, California. (Mike Windle/Getty Images for Coachella via JTA)
August 25, 2017, 2:53 am
Artists drop Berlin festival over Israeli Embassy funding
Four bands from Arab countries, as well as musicians from Finland, UK, pull out because of $600 sponsorship by Jewish state
By JTA and TOI staff
Attendees at the neo-Nazi 'Rock against Foreign Domination' festival in Thuringia, Germany on July 15, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
August 8, 2017, 9:55 am
German police said to open probe into neo-Nazi music festival
Investigation launched after over 6,000 attendees at ‘Rock against Foreign Domination’ festival are seen striking mass Nazi salute
By TOI staff
Havdallah celebration underneath the Shabbos tent at The Camping Trip. (Jake Sojcher)
August 31, 2016, 10:25 pm
‘Jewish Woodstock’ stokes spiritual sparks at NY-area music festival
Without electricity or the perpetual city buzz, young Jews experience a rustic Shabbat at the Camping Trip and other summer retreats
By Madison Margolin
Buddy Guy opened the third Tel Aviv Blues Festival on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at the Caesarea Amphitheater. (Miriam Nahum/Times of Israel)
July 14, 2016, 11:15 am
Feeling the love, Buddy Guy gets down and dirty in Caesarea
Ace blues guitarist hams it up in the Holy Land, regaling the crowd with both wild antics and soulful melodies
By Yaakov Schwartz
One of the artists performing in Frontline, during the Jerusalem Season of Culture (Courtesy Jerusalem Season of Culture)
July 24, 2015, 12:45 pm
Unhindered by war, Jerusalem looks to inject culture into city
From Aramaic heavy metal and Talmud punk to the abandoned Palestinian village of Lifta, city festival celebrates diversity
By Luke Tress
Noam Cohen, one of the founders of the hilltop community of Neve Erez. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2015, 1:25 pm
Rasta and reggae over the Green Line
An international festival at a desolate, stunning hilltop settlement embraces the music, avoids the politics
By Luke Tress
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