Tel Aviv
The flagship in a chain of Israeli cinemas, this branch draws a cultured local crowd for its screenings of classic, retro, foreign, avant-garde and…
Must-see entertainment in Israel
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Tel Aviv
Home to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Charles Bronfman Auditorium hosts world-class classical music performances several times a week. Look out…
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Tel Aviv
This Tel Aviv institution at the southernmost point of the city is a favourite venue for reggae, electronica, funk and alternative bands. Occasionally…
Tel Aviv
Jaffa’s East West House offers curated live music experiences that are set inside the former Ottoman-era villa of Jaffa’s primary doctor. A more low-key…
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv's intimate live jazz venue welcomes a disparate crowd to its almost nightly gigs, which kick off at 9.30pm. Entry fee for gigs is 5NIS per…
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Nazareth
Founded to help bring cultural life back to the Old City, this cafe hosts exhibitions by Palestinian artists, most of them from the Galilee, and several…
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Tel Aviv
Founded in 1998 in a multiarched Old Jaffa building to bring two cultures together, this stage showcases Hebrew- and Arabic-language plays, sometimes with…
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Haifa
A community centre with frequent amateur concerts, performances and classes (including yoga, Pilates and tango). Art exhibitions change on a monthly basis…
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Haifa
Israeli and international bands rock out at this top performance venue, which is affiliated with the local music school and occasionally moonlights as a…
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Tel Aviv
Home to Israel’s national theatre company, Habima stages weekly performances in its restored, modern dome-shaped building. Most have simultaneous…
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Tel Aviv
The city's major opera house is also home to the Israel Ballet. It's located in the complex next to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Cameri Theatre.
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Haifa
Screens avant-garde, off-beat and art films in two halls. It's key venue for Haifa's film festival.
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Tel Aviv
One of the handful of places in Israel to catch international music luminaries (plus great local acts), this intimate, all-seated club is named after the…
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Tel Aviv
A must-visit for lovers of classic dance, the leading dance school in the country is also a theatre set in a historic Neve Tzedek building dating from…
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Tel Aviv
Pick from a choice of different-sized private rooms at this fun karaoke bar. It has a full list of songs in English, Spanish and Hebrew. Costs range from…
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Tel Aviv
This 'progressive' club-theatre, founded by the far-left HaShomer HaTzair youth movement, has pop and folk Israeli music, as well as Hebrew-language…
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Tel Aviv
Live jazz, blues, salsa and world music takes centre stage at this intimate venue on the Old Port almost nightly. Check the website and Facebook page (www…
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Tel Aviv
For a boost of local performing arts culture, catch a show at this theatre that hosts first-rate performances in Hebrew, on some nights with simultaneous…
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Haifa
One of Haifa's principal venues for ballet, modern dance and music, the 1100-seat Haifa Auditorium hosts performances by the Haifa Symphony Orchestra…
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Felicja Blumental Music Centre
Tel Aviv
Named in honour of Polish-born Brazilian pianist Felicja Blumental, this regal but intimate 115-seat auditorium hosts classical, jazz and chamber music…
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Tel Aviv
A unique nonprofit organisation set in a renovated shipping hangar, Nalaga’at (meaning ‘Do Touch’) is the only deaf-blind theatre company in the world…
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Tel Aviv
Home to Israel’s national soccer team and the UEFA Champions League games of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Haifa (which are few and far between), this is the…
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Tel Aviv
Known for its Third Ear music store downstairs (reminiscent of the vinyl shop in the film High Fidelity), at night Ozen, which means 'ear' in Hebrew,…
