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Addis Ababa What's on
4-20 May 2006. Gotas traditional silos found in homes in northern Ethiopia for storing grain made by arte povera artist Elias Sime go on show at the Alliance thio-franaise. The exhibits are large in...
Addis Ababa What's on
International automotive fair 2006.
18-22 May 2006. The third edition of the international automotive fair has the theme Safety first, fasten your seat belt. This year around 130 Ethiopian and foreign companies working in the vehicle an...
Addis Ababa What's on
African Caribbean Art and Craft.
14-15 April 2006. African Caribbean arts and crafts are on sale in the Floral Gardens off Bole Road. 10.00-17.00. Entrance Birr 10, children Birr 5.
Addis Ababa What's on
17-22 April 2006. This annual Easter flea market includes stalls, live music and food.
Addis Ababa What's on
27 April 2006. Brothers Stephane (trumpet) and Lionel (saxophone), Laurent Fickelson (piano), Paul Imm (bass) and Laurent Robin (drums) from France give a jazz concert at the Hilton Hotel. 18.30. Entr...
Addis Ababa What's on
24-28 April 2006. Pianist Giovanni Velluti plays music by Chopin, Scarlatti, Schubert, Tausig, Grieg and Liszt-Gounod on 24 April (repeated at the Yared School of Music in Addis Ababa on 25 April). Ro...
Addis Ababa What's on
15 April 2006. Young French musician Mathieu Boogaerts performs in concert at the Lycee Gebre Mariam in Addis Ababa as part of an international tour. Born in Fontenay sous Bois near Paris in 1970, Boo...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 March-30 April 2006. Forty photographs by amateur photographers portraying rural life across the country. The exhibition is the result of a national competition Empowering Rural Livelihoods in Ethi...
Addis Ababa What's on
Korean beats at the National Theatre.
31 March 2006. The six-member Dulsori percussion group from South Korea is at the National Theatre for an evening of traditional Korean music organised by the Ethiopian ministry of culture and tourism...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 March 2006. Girum Mezmour (guitar), Beale Merawi (bass) and Olaf Boelsen (saxophone) perform in a jazz cabaret evening at the Alliance thio-franaise. Mezmour is considered one of the best guitarist...
Addis Ababa What's on
5-8 April 2006. Exhibition of work by Joseph Habte Mariam at the Hilton Hotel. Opening 5 April 18.30.
Addis Ababa What's on
7-8 April 2006. Art and handiworks go on sale in the Floral Gardens off Bole Road. 10.00-17.00.
Addis Ababa What's on
17 March 2006. Ghanaian Afro-pop and jazz musician Rex Omar is in the Ethiopian capital as part of an international tour. Born in Kumasi in the central Ashanti region and winner of the Ghana Music Awa...
Addis Ababa What's on
St Patrick's Day charity ball.
18 March 2006. The Irish society of Ethiopia is holding its annual charity ball to mark St Patricks Day on 17 March. The event at the Sheraton Addis features Irish rock fiddler Steve Wickham of Waterb...
Addis Ababa What's on
5 March 2006. The third edition of the women-only five-kilometre run, organised by the Great Ethiopian Run to draw attention to the achievements of and problems facing Ethiopian women. Up to 8,000 peo...
Addis Ababa What's on
13-17 March 2006. Five recent films by Italian directors. 13 March Il cuore altrove by Pupi Avati (2003); 14 March Amnesia by Gabriele Salvatores (2002); 15 March Bellissime by G. Gagliardi (2004); 16...
Addis Ababa What's on
21-24 Feb 2006. Three documentaries by French anthropologist Thomas Osmond and film maker Jean-Marc Lamoure shed light on the Oromo people originating from present-day southern Ethiopia and northern K...
Addis Ababa What's on
Exhibition and conference for women's day.
9-23 March 2006. Group exhibition of work titled SHE I by women artists. On 9 March there will also be a conference on the condition of women in Ethiopia. Both events mark international women's day, w...
Addis Ababa What's on
Traditional and religious art.
8-25 February 2006. The Alliance thio-franaise hosts an exhibition of traditional and religious art by Tekeste Yibeyin. Born in the northern Ethiopian city of Axum in 1960, Yibeyin studied under the g...
Addis Ababa What's on
7 March 2006. Garments by young Ethiopian fashion designer Hanna Tsegaye go on show at the Alliance thio-franaise. Born in Addis Ababa 1981, Tsegaye presented her first show at the Sheraton Addis in M...
