The Israel Music Showcase Festival in partnership with The Israel Festival and Eden – The Jerusalem Economic Development Company

The Israel Music Showcase Festival 2025 Opening Event

In the Talpiot industrial area – Yad Harutzim st. / Mavo Sam Spiegel

Tuesday, November 18th

“One Day This Will Be Paradise”

Dreams of a Shared Utopia

The Israel Music Showcase Festival, created by The Yellow Submarine in association with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is joining forces with the Israel Festival this year.

In the Talpiot industrial area, among the bakeries and auto garages, lie a number of hidden gems deserving of attention. One of them is the Mavo Sam Spiegel alley – a multi-story, broad industrial structure filled with intriguing and surprising spaces, lined with shops selling furniture, auto parts, signs and even ice cream. Historically this building was home to three of the city’s major art schools: Nissan Nativ acting studio, the School of Visual Theater, and the Sam Spiegel film school. Today, many artist studios occupy the building, alongside art institutions such as the KumKum theater, the Catamon dance group, Tarbut gallery, and more. 

This year’s Showcase Festival will be exploring the building’s many spaces, presenting among its halls a selection of works featured in the Israel Festival (including some with English translation), that together compose an exciting adventure packed with emotion – big music shows, intimate performances, theater and gallery spaces, combining artistic disciplines throughout the venue. This event offers a musical and artistic experience crafted for your heart, ears, and feet – and is all yours to explore, inside and out.

The Israel Festival, now in its 64th consecutive year, has pioneered artistic excellence in Israel for decades. It is the place to observe new trends, creative worldviews, and unique artistic expression.

The festival operates from within a profound belief in meaningful artistic creation as a path to processing and healing, in hope that the works find their way into audiences’ hearts, and provide a unique space where we may observe everything happening in our world from a renewed perspective.

This year’s festival stems from the events taking place both around us and within. This August, alongside the central events in Jerusalem, special editions of the festival were held in the Upper Galilee – in Kiryat Shmona, at the Tel Hai Academic College, and in Majdel Shams; as well as in the Western Negev desert – in Ofakim, Urim and Kibbutz Tze’elim.

:Mainstage

** Nerativim beats and Hip Hop from the Middle Eastern streets

** Tamir Muskat & Tom Meira Armony accompanied by the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Vocal Ensemble

** Ehud Banai, Beno Hendler, and the Dub Refugees

** Orphaned Land the internationally-acclaimed Oriental Metal band

** Marina Maximilian & Darwish the world-famous Trance musician

:Indoors

KoomKoom Theatre Stage | K.A.T.A.M.O.N Stage | Tarbut Gallery Stage | 3nd Floor Artists Studios

** “Coming Home” – Israel Festival’s 2025 sensational production, led by Chaya Gilboa – a cultural personage deeply engaged in the Talmud, who created a performative Talmud class that dives into the concept of home, exploring its disintegration and resurrection – via dramatic texts performed by actors, a returned hostage, a wartime widow, spoken word artists and musicians.

(2 separate performances will be held, in English and Hebrew)

**Tzaneret – Two huge baritone saxophones blow deep beatbox sounds set to driving drum rhythms. From gritty rock to groovy funk and African roots, they leap off the stage straight into the crowd’s hearts. lifting, dancing, and spreading good energy everywhere.

** Yaniv Shentser: Windless – from weapon to instrument: A hypnotic, captivating musical installation created for a series of wind chimes created by the artist from ballistic missile shrapnel.

** Noam Enbar Supergroup and the supergroup bring us songs of pain, wonder and intimate prayer.

** Di Gasn Trio – potent, boundary-pushing Klezmer.

** Sonolodge: Eyal Talmudi & Ariel Qasis – a sonic experience for horizontal listeners.

** The Dodies – Rock duo.

 Sari Shemesh & Michael Levi – Sweets **

  Mali Moshe – Popping the Dream **

Liron Ben Yaakov – Breathing **

This event will also host the artist groups residing in the building, including KoomKoom theatre, K.A.T.A.M.O.N dance group, Tarbut Gallery and others.

The opening event will take place on Tuesday, November 18th between 6 pm – 1:30 am

Admission is free (with the exception of “Coming Home”)

Indoor performances 5:30 pm – 8 pm | 11 pm – 1:30 am

Mainstage 7:30 pm – 11 pm

Israel Music Showcase Festival 2025

Afternoon #2: Tower of David Museum Jerusalem

Wednesday, November 11th

The Tower of David museum resides in one of Israel’s most important historical sites – the Tower of David Citadel. The museum recounts the tale of Jerusalem’s past in a unique, captivating and immersive manner.

Undoubtedly among the country’s most stunning sites, the Tower of David is located on the cusp separating between the old and new cities. Adjacent to Jaffa Gate, the citadel invites visitors to a breathtaking experience, through the spaces scattered around the grounds, the rooftop view of the old city and off toward the Dead Sea, as well as the various paths and hidden caves strewn throughout. 

The Tower of David Museum also takes an active role in the city’s cultural and artistic landscape, hosting and creating events, exhibitions and festivals on its premises. 

Showcase continues its long-standing collaboration with the Tower of David, for an afternoon on the citadel grounds. Ancient traditions come together, combining to create a unique bond.

At the heart of the citadel, we host three exhilarating performances that form a special cross-cultural blend, uniting the Middle East with the Balkans, Spain, Yemen, all glazed with an Israeli finish.

DAFFE PROJECT

An ensemble of 10 musicians, exploring and reinvigorating the genres of the Middle East, create tribal, ethnic folk music exploding with rhythm.

YEAROT ENSEMBLE

Tread the line between traditional Balkan and Middle Eastern song, and melodies from the heart of the nation of Israel.

OSHRAT HAIM

A blend of contemporary music and traditional Yemeni music, seasoned with influences from Andalusian music and Flamenco.

The Tower of David Museum Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate

Wed. Nov. 19th, 1 pm – 4 pm

 Free admission with pre registration

Israel Music Showcase Festival 2025 

Evening #3: The Jerusalem Arts Campus – City Center

In association with Jerusalem’s Young Adult Center

The festival’s opening event will be held in Talpiot – the historical home of three major art schools in Jerusalem – the Sam Spiegel film school, Nissan Nativ acting studio, and the School of Visual Theater (SVT).

Our 3 days in Jerusalem get wrapped up with a celebration of music and multi-disciplinary art at the Jerusalem Arts Campus (Beit Ha’am).

The closing event for the Jerusalem portion of the festival will take place in the schools’ lucrative new home downtown – the Jerusalem Arts Campus, located by Beit Ha’am, on Bezalel street.

Join us for a rich, magnificent evening, with nearly twenty musical performances, theater and performance art displays, and DJ sets – all spread across 7 different stages – as we perform a takeover of Jerusalem’s new center for the arts.

Alongside a choice selection of music shows, we will be hosting an assortment of performances from other artistic disciplines – 

Ari Teperberg performs an English-language version of his masterpiece “Untitled Document”; The Revolution Orchestra presents a musical-visual performance piece accompanied by live video art; And neighboring Vertigo dance group’s Fluorescent Festival joins this year’s Showcase, adding color to the event with choreographed and improvisational dance pieces.

Take a stroll between Jazz concerts and intimate black box theater spaces, a vibrant dancefloor, breathtaking rooftop views, Hip Hop shows, live electronica, a slew of Rock’n’Roll and a myriad of beauty.

Furthermore, the resident art schools will also partake in the event, featuring various performances by Nissan Nativ graduates, Sam Spiegel student film screenings, and more.

Among others, this evening features:

Valerie Hamaty * Nadav Dagon * Gil Ron Shama Ensemble * Dazy’s Fasulia * DimaXR * Shaked Miller * Irit Rose Sharon * MAIKY * The Revolution Orchestra * Ari Teperberg * Mao * Bish Bash * and many, many more…

From 11 pm onward, the festival branches out on a late night escapade, in various spots across the city center:

 Nocturno hosts local Funk group “Slices”; the legendary Karaoke Rave parties hard at Besarabia; and Mazkeka showcases a Post-Punk afterparty with “Bein Haharisot” and “Lo Beheraion”.

Entrance to all performances is free

Jerusalem Arts Campus hours: 7 pm – 11 pm

זLate night Showcase begins at 11 pm and goes on and on… 

Israel Music Showcase Festival 2025

Afternoon #5 “4TRESS”

An intimate art experience

Saturday, Nov. 22nd

Earlier this year, in a 4-story Southern Tel Aviv building, appeared a phenomenon known as 4TRESS – an apex collaboration between two groups of artists, one hailing from a visual and fine art background, the other from the realm of music and nightlife. The two joined forces to create a palace of culture, a home for artistic initiatives that regularly serves up a menu of art, concerts, conceptual events, dance parties, festivals, exhibitions, pop-up shops, as well as a bar and café. 4TRESS is a unique new spot where artists and creators, cultural connoisseurs and partygoers all come together to forge an exciting new alternative cultural venue.

The Israel Music Showcase Festival, following the rightfully-earned buzz, is arriving on the scene to inaugurate the space, opening the 4TRESS doors to the public for an intimate afternoon packed with tours of the crossroads where reality meets art.

SOL MONK | Ainsley Silver & Presher | Ron Magril Trio

Three groups will set the musical tone, while a number of artists showcase their works from the past two years throughout the building. This time, we encounter harsh reality through the prism of artistic vision – in installation, movement, thought, words, sound, and laughter.

Artist Installation: Bar From

In this immersive performance, the artist exposes the innate fragility of the human body, along with its vitality and wonder.

Automatic Typing: Ilai Ashdot and Friends

Intuitive, automatic typing; a personal journal torn wide open for all to see. Four artists will deconstruct emotion and thought from their surroundings and from within, in the form of ceaseless typing. 

Laughing in the Face of Reality: Noam Shuster Eliassi

Shuster-Eliassi is an Israeli comedian and activist, who performs in Hebrew, English and Arabic. She bravely raises questions surrounding identity, belonging, and peace, while reminding us that difficult subjects can be tackled with humor, compassion, and truth.

Machine Plays on Human: Guy Moses

A piece written for drums and keyboards, video art, a human body, a computer, an audience and a textual prompt.

Following an ongoing dialogue between artist Guy Moses and Claude, an AI assistant engine, a collection of improvisational pieces was created, each conducted and led by Claude’s instructions – creating a space for collaborative, spontaneous expression by the participating artists.

Musical Encounter and Discussion: Noam Tsuriely

Noam Tsuriely is the type of musician that brings an experiential sense back to music. In the space between piano music and Hip Hop, between emotion and electric energy, he masterfully scrawls the things we all feel but can’t put to words. With irresistible stage presence and lyrics that cut deep – Noam Tsuriely is not merely a promising artist, but already a phenomenon.

DJ set by Kim Slavinsky

4TRESS

3 Moshe Maor st. Tel Aviv

Sat. Nov. 22nd, 3:30 pm

Paid admission