Concert for Palestine

As part of the 16th edition of the Beirut Spring Festival, Ziyad Sahhab and Rafic Abboud pay a musical tribute to Palestine and to the Palestinian people.

Ziyad Sahhab is a music composer, singer, and writer, often combining Bossa Nova and Salsa rhythms with Arabic music and texts.

Born in Beirut 1982, he was, at 13 years old, selected as soloist at the Cairo Opera house for a tribute concert to Abdel Halim Hafiz.

His album "Ouyoun El Ba’ar" (2004) featured texts from Salah Jahine, and “Keep on Singing” (2007) featured poems of Ahmad Fouad Nijm. His 2015 project "Araftou El Hawa” combined ancient Sufi texts with electronic music. Ziyad released “Ya layali” in 2016, and recorded it with Rola Azar, featuring rearranged old songs, alongside new compositions.

He performed in the 2021 Baalbek International Festival, and was a guest artist with Mozaik Band during Dubai Expo 2020.

Rules & Regulations

Timing

• Doors close at 8:50 pm.
• The performance starts at 9:00 pm sharp.
• Latecomers will lose their seats to non-ticket holders, and will not be allowed in the performance hall.

Access & Ticketing

• The Beirut Sprint Festival has been using a general admission scheme (also called open seating or free seating) on the basis of first-come, first-served. This means, the first certain number of people in line is admitted in the performance hall, depending on the capacity of each performance venue. As the Festival’s audience grew, the line-ups became uncomfortable.
• To better serve our festival goers, streamline the festival's attendance, and reduce line-ups, we introduce free ticketing via EventBrite exclusively. EventBrite is a website/application that allows you to book tickets for events.
• Each performance will have a dedicated EventBrite page with a limited number of tickets depending on the seating capacity of the performance venue. The EventBrite page will close the moment capacity is reached.
• Upon your reservation, the free tickets will be directly emailed to you. You won't need to print them, as the hostesses can check them directly on your phone. Your data will be processed according to our privacy policy.
• This general admission is ticketed with no assigned seat number. This means seats are not-preassigned on the tickets. Ticket holders are free to chose their seats at their pleasure. To this end, we invite festival goers to be there around 8 pm to secure their preferred seats. All ticket holders are requested to be seated by 8:45 pm. After this time, latecomers will lose their tickets to non-ticket holders.
• Access to the performance hall will be reserved to ticket holders. Non-ticket holders will be asked to wait until 8:45 pm, and will be then let in within the limits of available seats. All ticket holders are requested to be seated by 8:45 pm. After this time, latecomers will lose their tickets to non-ticket holders.
• The performance venue does not accept reservations. It is not possible to reserve a seat or to get a ticket from the performance venue. Please book your free ticket(s) via EventBrite exclusively.
• Please account for transportation delays, whether potential traffic (in the city and around the venue), or parking traffic.