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Check-in I Local Events I October 2025 I Nava Marton

What’s On Our Radar This Month

Eviatar Banai I Photo: Noga Sharabani

Israeli Music The Tamar Festival | The Dead Sea This year, the Tamar Festival

celebrates 25 years of live music in the heart of the desert, with four days of live shows by leading Israeli artists in the spirit of celebrating the here and now, and the joy of music. The impressive lineup includes such names as Ehud Banai, Omer Adam, Idan Amedi, Zehava Ben, Ninet Tayeb, Mercedes Band, and more. Festivalgoers are in for a musical experience like no other, with intimate sunset shows and performances that will electrify the desert skies. October 8-12, tamarfestival.com

Photo: Tony Mercer

Performing Arts Swan Lake on Ice | The Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv

Fourteen tons of real ice will cover the stage of the Israeli Opera on the occasion of the series of performances by the Imperial Theatre Ice Skating Stars UK, who are coming to Israel with their show, Swan Lake on Ice. Twenty four ice-skating dancers will perform Tony Mercer’s immersive choreography created for Tchaikovsky’s wonderful music. This production of the famous ballet offers a new prologue introducing a human dimension to the story of the princess who was transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer. A dazzling

artistic experience for the whole family. October 24-29, kupat.co.il, israel-opera.co.il

Exhibition Worth the Wait | The Eretz Israel Museum MUZA, Tel Aviv

This exhibition places the experience of waiting at its center. Through contemporary artworks, fascinating exhibits from the museum’s collections, and activity stations, it invites the audience - children (from the age of five) and adults - to reflect anew on an intermediate state - between present and future, between what already exists and what has not yet come to be. According to curators Mor Haimovitz and Noga Shai-Shreberk, the idea for the exhibition was born from the experience of waiting that we have all had over the past two years - for the release of the hostages, as well as for the return of better days. The exhibition features ancient fertility figurines, grain amulets, old letters and antique vessel jars from the museum’s collection, alongside contemporary works including Vered Nissim’s “LOVE Selfie”, a video work by Mark Formanek, and original artworks. Until September 1 st 2026, eretzmuseum.org.il

"The daily postcard" by Zeev (Shoshke) Engelmayer

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