Let the music lift you at the SHVR Ground Festival (Saturday)
One last EDM dance fest before the start of Ramadan later this month, the SHVR Ground Festival at JIExpo will feature such house heavyweights as Afrojack and Above & Beyond, as well as Emma Hewitt, Sam Feldt and plenty of local heroes as well. For more info and tickets.
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Watch the Broadway classic “West Side Story” live on stage
The Jakarta Performing Arts Community is putting on their biggest performance yet: West Side Story! A legendary musical which tells the tragic story of two lovers from different backgrounds and feuding gangs, its message of love overcoming prejudices and hate feels particularly timely for Jakarta right now. At Graha Bhakti Budaya, Taman Ismail Marzuki, for more info and tickets.
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Turning Japanese at Blok M’s Ennichisai festival (Saturday and Sunday)
One of Jakarta’s biggest Japanese cultural fests, Ennichisai is coming back to Blok M this year with plenty of fun activities, cosplay displays, cultural shows, and over 200 culinary booths to tempt your tastebuds.
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Take a musical journey through the Silk Road with the Acacia Youth String Orchestra (Sunday)
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This concert will take you on a sonic tour with Greek, Romanian, Arab, Persian, Indian, Chinese, and Indonesian folk music. The Acacia Youth String Orchestra is a Bandung-based string ensemble that aims to introduce classical and string orchestral music to the public. For more info.
Don’t miss out on the last weekend of Europe on Screen 2017
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A highly-anticipated annual event for cinephiles around Indonesia, the Europe on Screen Festival is put on by several of city’s finest cultural centers and features a huge array of recent and award-winning cinema from all across Europe. Highlights of this year’s festival are “Fuocoammare”, “Son of Saul” and the critically-acclaimed “Elle” by controversy-courting Dutch director Paul Verhoeven. For a complete schedule and venues be sure to check out the Europe on Screen website. Oh, and all screenings are free!
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