Live Performance entertainment in Damascus
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Centre Culturel Français de Damas
All of the foreign cultural centres host performances of classical music, opera and ballet. Most notable is the Centre Culturel Français de Damas, which offers a vibrant programme of concerts and cultural events, from piano recitals to jazz (local and foreign) and mixed-media happenings with video installations. Its summer music festivals, held in atmospheric Old City locations, feature everything from Oriental jazz to the well-regarded Women's Orchestra of Oriental Music.
Check café noticeboards and the centre's website, or phone for information.
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Al-Nawfara
Nestled in the shadow of the Umayyad Mosque's eastern wall, 'The Fountain' is the most atmospheric of Damascus' traditional coffeehouses. This is where you can watch Abu Shady, the last of the hakawati (professional storytellers). Every evening around 19:00 (give or take an hour or two), Abu Shady takes the chair to tell his version of fables and folk tales, and while his performance is in Arabic, it's enthralling.
If you can't find a table here, head across the lane to Ash-Shams, which occupies a former hammam.
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Umayyad Palace Restaurant
This restaurant offers a meal and floorshow package that includes a band and dervishes, but if you go on a night when there isn't a tour group, the performance is half-hearted and disinterested at best. You're better off heading to one of the many Old City restaurants and cafés that feature an oud (Arabian lute) player in the evenings.
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