Summer Festivals 2008

[aoun_damir.l.watan]

Baalbeck festival organisers should have DEEP PURPLE this year.
They were going to perform in 2006 but the israeli war ruined it all and the festival was unfortunately cancelled !!

[PhoenixResurrection]

Originally Posted by King Rami

allow me to correct, in 2005, a Lebanese band played 1 night before the Placebo concert in Byblos Festival

Byblos Festival does something called: Byblos Off Festival promoting everything local, free entrance, but the bands are well paid with posters everywhere

it's not that they don't promote local artists, it's that sometimes local artists suck big time simply...

Good to know conc. byblos off festival. hope they go for a more agressive promotion for this festival.

I don't agree thu that local artists are not gifted ; the problem is rather with the selection criteria and let's face it the string-pulling that doesn't benefit the most talented lebanese artists.

[Lebanese_dream]

Sunday July 27th 2008
Mika

Pop Concert In Co-Production with Beiteddine Festival & 2U2C
Martyr's Square

Mika is the new genius of pop music. Born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and living in London, he writes his own lyrics and music. He is often compared to Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters and Freddy Mercury. His first album «Life in Cartoon Motion» introduces such songs as « Grace Kelly», « Relax, Take it Easy» and « Love Today» and has beaten all records in Europe and the United States. His music is fabulous. His four-octaves voice drives the crowd wild.

BAALBECK International Festival

[Lebanese_dream]

BEITEDDINE FESTIVAL :

Beiteddine

July 11 , 20:30 : Karima SKALLI
July 15, 20:00 : Branford Marsalis Jazz Quartet
July 19, 20:00 : Gilberto Gil and his banda larga
July 23,24,25 , 20:00 : The Carlos Gardel Esquina Tango Tour
August 1st, 20:30 : Kazem el Saher
August 7, 20:30: Magida el Roumi
August 12, 20:30 : Matteo and Nassib Ahmadiyyeh

[Boliath]

Originally Posted by aoun_damir.l.watan

Baalbeck festival organisers should have DEEP PURPLE this year.
They were going to perform in 2006 but the israeli war ruined it all and the festival was unfortunately cancelled !!

Indeed, we MUST have Deep Purple back. I heard a rumor Scorpions might also jump into town this year, but not sure, let's cross fingers

[The Jade]

Originally Posted by Lebanese_dream

BEITEDDINE FESTIVAL :

Beiteddine

July 11 , 20:30 : Karima SKALLI
July 15, 20:00 : Branford Marsalis Jazz Quartet
July 19, 20:00 : Gilberto Gil and his banda larga
July 23,24,25 , 20:00 : The Carlos Gardel Esquina Tango Tour
August 1st, 20:30 : Kazem el Saher
August 7, 20:30: Magida el Roumi
August 12, 20:30 : Matteo and Nassib Ahmadiyyeh

I love Baalback and Beiteddine festival, but come on guys...get new faces!!!!

Magida Roumi is an icon and I would be thrilled to watch her (since I've never seen her in concert), but she comes almost every year

Kazem el Saher too

Same for Gilberto Gil

[spacecreature]

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Magida Roumi is an icon and I would be thrilled to watch her (since I've never seen her in concert), but she comes almost every year


Same for Gilberto Gil[/QUOTE]

That's an understatement, they have been shoving her down our throats for years now, plus she was in downtown only recently!

[Lebanese_dream]

BAALBACK'S FESTIVAL

Bizarre, The Show by Astrid Hadad :Saturday, August 2 2008
THE MEXICAN POST MODERN DIVA – WORLD MUSIC
Bacchus Temple

HASMIK PAPIAN :Saturday, August 9 2008
THE HEAVENLY VOICE – SOLO RECITAL
Bacchus Temple

TANIA MARIA QUARTET : Saturday, August 16 2008
SINGER – PIANIST – COMPOSER
LEGENDaRY BRAZILIAN JAZZ ARTIST - BRAZILIAN JAZZ CONCERT
Bacchus Temple


WARDA AL JAZAYRIA : Thursday, August 21 2008
A DIVA FROM THE ARAB WORLD - Oriental Night
Steps of the Bacchus Temple

ABDEL RAHMAN EL BACHA : Saturday, August 23 2008
A GIANT OF MUSICAL INTERPRETATION - CLASSICAL MUSIC
Bacchus Temple