63rd Israel Festival 2025

Held in Jerusalem for the 63rd consecutive year, the Israel Festival is Israel’s leading international interdisciplinary cultural event. Characterized by a perennial spirit of regeneration and curiosity, precision and exploration, the festival is a staple of artistic excellence in Israel and around the world.

The artistic program presents original works in an extraordinarily broad range of artistic and stage disciplines, showcasing new artistic trends and stage languages as well as outstanding classical pieces. The festival serves as a unique platform for encounter and dialogue, championing freedom of artistic expression, tolerance and social, cultural and political diversity.

Over 35,000 cultural consumers, professionals, public opinion leaders, families and a loyal audiences visit the festival each year, and tens of thousands are exposed to the ripples of its activity throughout Israel.The festival maintains close professional ties with other cultural organizations, art academies, social organizations, and various communities throughout Israel, advancing social awareness and educational, community, and environmental values.

Special attention is given to making the festival accessible to a wide range of audiences by subsidizing tickets for disadvantaged populations, people with special needs, the elderly, soldiers, students and more.The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Jerusalem Municipality, the Jerusalem Foundation, embassies and businesses, and is a member of the European Festivals Association (EFA) and the Silk Road Festivals Association.

Past festival participants include Bill Forsythe, the Kirov Ballet, Peter Brook, Complicité, Zakir Hussein, Daniel Barenboim, Laurie Anderson, Boris Charmatz, The Trisha Brown Dance Company, Robert Wilson, Lucinda Childs, Romeo Castelluchi, Jan Fabre, Philippe Quesne, Angelica Liddel, Ensemble Modern, Julien Gosselin, Xavier Le Roy, Doris Uhlich, Wang Chong, Marlene Monteiro Freitas, Lina Lapelytė, Vaiva Grainytė, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitėand, Theo Mercier, Àlex Rigola and many more.