InDnegev () is a music and art festival in the
Negev
The Negev ( ; ) or Naqab (), is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ...
.
History
The festival was first held in 2007 and has become an annual fall event at Mitzpe Gvulot, near
Kibbutz
A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...
Gvulot
Gvulot () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of . Gvulot is located about 120 m above sea level.
History
The village was ...
in the western Negev. The three-day festival is held during October (coinciding with the end of the
Sukkot
Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, is a Torah-commanded Jewish holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. It is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals on which Israelite ...
holiday)
and over the years has become the main festival for independent music in Israel.
Artists and ensembles that performed at the festival include
Assaf Avidan,
Lola Marsh,
A-WA,
Esther Rada,
Geva Alon
Geva Alon (; born 30 May 1979) is an Israeli blues/folk music, folk/rock musician and singer-songwriter.
Biography
Geva Alon was born and raised in Kibbutz Ma'abarot, Israel, Ma'abarot. He began playing guitar at the age of 12, and in the year ...
and
Noga Erez
Noga Erez (; born 26 December 1989) is an Israeli musician.
Early life
Noga Erez was born on December 26, 1989, in Tel Aviv, Israel, and grew up in the coastal town of Caesarea from the age of six.
Erez began studying music as a child, learn ...
.
See also
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Music of Israel
The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For almost 150 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements ...
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Culture of Israel
The culture of Israel is closely associated with Jewish culture and rooted in the Jewish history of the diaspora and Zionist movement. It has also been influenced by Arab culture and the history and traditions of the Arab Israeli population and ...
References
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2007 establishments in Israel
Music festivals established in 2007
Music festivals in Israel
Negev