From Sign of Thyme: Yacoub Abu Ghosh playing Bass Guitar, Ahmad Barakat playing Oud, and Nasser Salameh on percussions will be performing Live at Jafra (downtown, across from the Jordan Post building), this coming Tuesday March 13th, at 7:00 pm.
The guys will also be participating in a Jazz event at Madaba, with American Jazz ensemble Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants, as well as pianist Omar Faqir and his Jazz band. It will start at 3:30 pm, at the Madaba visitor center.
Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants will also be playing at Zara Expo on Thursday night, at 8:00 pm, free entrance.
While we're at it, the Amman Symphony Orchestra are having their first concert tomorrow after their launch at the end of January. It will be at the Hussein Cultural Center, at 7:30 pm, tickets are for 5 JDs. They play some of the favorite and most renowned Arabic classics.
Speaking of concerts in Amman, I attempted to go to the Flamenco dance show at the Royal Cultural Center last Thursday, and you just wouldn't believe the number of people there. We arrived on time, to find over 100 people standing at the door unable to get in. The Spanish Cultural attache apologized saying that the auditorium, which normally seats 300 people, had 500 people inside. I guess the RCC wasn't the best venue for the show. It was quite interesting to see so many people opting to go to such an event on a Thursday night; less than five years ago, you'd barely see a few rows filled. Now I'm looking forward to that Opera House they're planning to set up in the place of the old tobacco factory, as I recently heard :)
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