Blue House Music Festival In Caesarea Amphitheater « Travel Israel

Blue House Music Festival In Caesarea Amphitheater

Posted on July 20, 2008 by isragirl

Live music festival in the open air for Israeli music fans

isragirl presents : Meir Ariel’s Terminal Bela Mia, Video by pololines ©

Listen up, you really don’t have to understand Hebrew to enjoy this one, if you are in Israel whether on a beach vacation, business trip, family visit or on some kind of religious/historical trip, make time and try and get tickets to at least one of the excellent concerts that will be held in the open Roman amphitheater of Caesarea. The Festival is called The Blue House merely because it is sponsored by a local cell phone company that has a blue brick logo, but if you know some one who’s a customer, they can help you get discounted tickets or maybe if you purchased their sim card for your local use – that may help too.

All musicians participating in the festival are leading Israeli artists and this will be a fantastic opportunity to get a taste of Israeli music new and older… If you’ve never been to Caesarea arrive early and take a look around the archeological park, or play golf in the near Caesarea Golf Club.

The annual concert in Memory of Meir Ariel (July 24) – Meir Ariel died nine years ago in tragic circumstances, he was one of Israel’s best lyric writers and song writers and wrote so many beloved songs for himself and others. Since his death a concert is being held each year with Israel’s finest musicians who sing his songs for a crowed of devoted fans that still find it hard to believe that this special man is gone. Isragirl Tip: If you can – go to this concert, you will see young and veteran Israeli performers and musicians – it will be awesome. The video above is very strange indeed, don’t know who it was made by but its not THE video clip of the song… Still its a cool video and it does capture the essence of the song which is about a man who had a psychotic episode or brake down and when he was released from the mental institution his doctor advised him to visit the airport for relaxation. Note: you may need to buffer before watching.
Other concerts on the festival program:
HaKhverim Shel Natasha (Natasha’s Friends) - Celebrating twenty years. The fantastic band unites for a special concert celebrating 20 years to their first album. This would be my second choice, this band was blessed with two very talented song writers and vocals, Arkadi Dukhin and Mikha Shitrit and all their albums are favorites of mine. (July 31)
Glikeriya and Boaz Sharaabi - Two great vocals meet for a night of great music. (Aug 8)
Yehudit Ravitz and friends – Also celebrating 20 years to one of her albums – Coming from Love. She is a wonderful performer and singer and it will probably be one of the most energetic concerts. (Aug 14)
Bery Sakharof hosting Yehuda Poliker – This should be a very interesting combination of two very unique musicians. Old Israeli rock meats new and alternative rock, Greek music meets electronic vibes. Recommended!!! (Aug 28)
Rita hosting Kobi Aflalo – Israel’s most popular female vocalist hosting a young and recently very popular musician. (Sep 6)