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Cinema Reframed Through Conversation — Club 5 to 7 x The Table
Ended ·Sat, Aug 29 · 5:00 PM · Sifra Alternative Space
An early-evening film screening and guided discussion at an alternative art space near Arat Kilo, hosted by the Club 5 to 7 cinema collective with The Table.
Free
Musical Karaoke — Sing Broadway Hits at Zemen Cinema
Ended ·Sat, Aug 29 · 4:00 PM · Zemen Cinema (Adwa/Zemen Cinema), Flamingo
An afternoon of sing-along songs from musicals — Hamilton, The Greatest Showman, Epic: The Musical and more — presented by Harmony Hub at Zemen Cinema.
200 ETB (3 USD)
Afropia Dance Battle
Ended ·Sat, Aug 29 · 3:00 PM · Children & Youth Theater, near Flamingo
An all-styles street-dance competition from the Afropia Dance Fest crew, pitting Addis's best crews and solo freestylers against each other live on stage. Previous editions (documented on Afropia's TikTok) drew top-16 knockout brackets mixing afro, hip-hop and Ethiopian traditional moves. Saturday from 3:00 PM at the Children & Youth Theater near Flamingo.
300 birr (tickets via Afromile)
Ashenda, Shadey & Solel Celebration with Ethiocolor
Ended ·Fri, Aug 28 · 9:00 PM · Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa, Meskel Square
A hotel celebration of Ashenda, Shadey and Solel — the late-August festivals from Tigray, Amhara and northern Ethiopia in which girls and young women in braided hair and grass-skirt regalia fill the streets with song and drum-driven dance. The night is headlined by Ethiocolor, Melaku Belay's acclaimed traditional music-and-dance ensemble. Friday night from 9:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency on Meskel Square.
ADB All Style Championship feat. Atse Krump
Ended ·Fri, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM · Children & Youth Theater (Flamingo)
A street-dance battle across styles with krump crew Atse Krump headlining — the night before the Afropia Dance Battle at the same theater.
Deep Listening: Tamikrest – Assikel (album session & Q&A)
Ended ·Thu, Aug 27 · 7:00 PM · Social Addis Rooftop
A phone-free listening session of Assikel, the new album by Malian-Algerian Tuareg desert-rock band Tamikrest, played in full on the Social Addis rooftop and followed by a video Q&A with the band.
100 ETB
Fendika Azmari Night
Ended ·Wed, Aug 26 · 9:00 PM · Fendika @ Hyatt Regency, Meskel Square
Nightly azmari sessions at Fendika, the famed Kazanchis azmari bet saved from demolition by dancer Melaku Belay and now Addis's best-known cultural venue. Azmaris are Ethiopia's traditional wandering minstrels — expect improvised, often playfully insulting sung commentary over masinko fiddle, plus eskista shoulder dancing you may be pulled into; tipping the performers is part of the tradition. On Fridays the house bands Ethiocolor or Negarit take the stage from around 8 PM.
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