Festival

Baha’i World Center celebrates the festival of Ayyam-i-Ha

The Ayyam-i-Ha festival is celebrated in the days before the Baha’i Fast and is dedicated to community service, hospitality, and generosity.

Guests enter the Baha’i Shrine and Gardens in Bahji, in the northern Israeli port city of Acre, February 26, 2026
From Greenhouse to Plate Festival.

Chefs in the greenhouse: The Arava becomes Israel’s culinary capital for the weekend

David (L) and Ariel Cunio.

‘When I didn’t have a voice, the film gave me one’: David, Ariel Cunio attend screening in Berlin

Family Tarasov.

The culinary festival that will stitch together your Passover vacation with the kids


ALEPH festival to celebrate Hebrew, from ancient roots to modern expressions

Taking place simultaneously in Berlin, London, Stockholm, New York, Boston, and Hollywood, Florida, the festival spotlights Hebrew not only as an ancient language, but as a living, evolving tongue.

HEBREW POET Leah Goldberg.

Boundless Bach at the 12th rollout of the Jerusalem Piano Festival

The 'Bach for Two and Three Pianos' concert makes for one helluva evening’s entertainment, but Shapira takes the presentation offering and listening experience a step or two further.

Ronen Shapira adapts his Cultural Piano to numerous genres and styles.

Hanukkah lights up Israel with festivals, tours, shows and family fun

Israel is glowing this Hanukkah with shows, tours, theater, films, and family-friendly events across the country.

‘King Solomon's Legend’ at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People.

Freed hostages Gali, Ziv Berman return to Festigal stage after 738 days in captivity - N12

Freed hostages Gali and Ziv Berman return to the Festigal stage after 738 days in captivity, honoring fellow hostages and expressing hope for Ran Gvili's return.

Freed hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman attend an Israeli soccer match, Tel Aviv, November 9, 2025; illustrative.

Haifa holds Holiday of Holidays Festival

The festival is an initiative of Beit Hagefen – The Arab-Jewish Cultural Center – and the Haifa Municipality.

RANA CHOIR – a women’s Jewish-Arab choir from Jaffa.

Open for business in Ra’anana: A new jazz festival spreads its musical options

The three-dayer (December 18-20) comes clean from the off and calls itself World. Jazz. Music. Festival. 

MOROCCAN ARTIST Hind Ennaira will perform at the World. Jazz. Music. Festival.

The Israel Music Showcase Festival brings industry professionals to scout new talent

During a time of freshly inflicted wounds, many felt this festival marked the start of a chapter of renewal and restoration for Israel.

A STREET IN Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood is taken over by music fans for the Israel Music Showcase Festival, last month.

Dimona presents: The festival that lets you enjoy time with your kids for only NIS 10

The puppet festival for children will take place during Hanukkah in the southern city, offering the audience puppet theater workshops and performances.

The puppet festival in Dimona

Dropping a line or two: A look at the 2025 Jerusalem Outline Festival

The annual Outline Festival spreads moving and intriguing aesthetics around town.

Osi Wald’s ‘Lights All Askew in the Heavens’ animation showing tries to make sense of contemporary woes by dipping into the past.

Saudi Arabia opens Ancient Kingdoms Festival 2025 in AlUla

The event is part of the AlUla Moments schedule, a government-supported initiative aimed at expanding cultural tourism and encouraging deeper engagement with the area’s archaeological heritage. 

 3D reconstruction of the Late Iron Age western enclosure in Dumat al-Jandal walled oasis