Rishon LeZion's music festival will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year with five days, during which over 100 artists from the Israeli music spectrum will be hosted. The five days will be spread over outdoor events in Gan HaMoshava, the plaza of the municipal building, the plaza of Beit Ha'am and performances at the Meir Nitzan Cultural Hall, the Live Park amphitheater in the west of the city, and all during Sukkot, October 1-7.
Margalit Sanaani and other artists at the annual ceremony of MI (Archive)
This year, the festival will mark 50 years of work for Margalit Tzanani, with Itai Levy, Haim Moshe and Tamir Greenberg performing alongside Margol her greatest hits of all time. In addition, the festival will dedicate a special sunset show to the rock bands Monica Sax, Where's the Child, Mercedes Band, Caspers and the Giraffes.
Eden Hasson performing at the Menora Hall, photo: Omri Silver
The festival will also conclude Eden Hasson's summer concert tour, and will celebrate 20 years of creating songs of Maimon in an evening full of special guests: Barry Sakharov, Marina Maximilian, Riki Gal and Shimon Bouskyla.
And it doesn't end here. The festival will mark Arkady Duchin's 60th birthday with an evening full of new arrangements of his greatest hits from the beginning of his career with Natasha's friends, through all his solo albums. This evening will host Ariel Zilber for the first time, especially on the occasion of the festival. In addition: Shlomi Shaban in a show where he will host Miri Mesika.
Shiri Maimon, Photo: Coco
Other artists who will perform: Assaf Amdursky, Oshik Levy, Jane Bordeaux, Keren Peles, Avi Aburumi and Raviv Kanner together and separately, Agam Bohbut and Statik together and separately, Lior Narkis and Hatikva 6 together and separately.
In addition, there will be one-time sunset performances for the whole family in the Beit Ha'am plaza, where familiar songs will receive special arrangements with orchestral accompaniment.
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