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A feature on Alrowadd – Dabka

The Bethlehem Carol Service held at Glasgow Cathedral on Saturday 6th December 2025.

On 7 May 2024, Bethlehem Cultural Festival presented an evening of Palestinian music as an alternative to Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Renowned Palestinian musicians travelled from all corners of the world to join in celebrating…

Across May and June of 2024, the Bethlehem based street artist, Taqi Spateen, undertook at residency with Bethlehem Cultural Festival. Travelling across the UK, he collaborated with other artists and unveiled new pieces of art.…

Watermelon Womxn was a musical journey through Palestine presented by Bethlehem Cultural Festival x Habibti Nation in March 2024. Bethlehem Cultural Festival (BCF) was set up in 2020 to put the artists, arts and culture…

This is Gaza – a place of humanity and creativity, rich in culture and industry. A place now utterly devastated, its entire population displaced by Israel’s seemingly endless onslaught. Today, as Palestinian heritage is being…

This major concert will feature international masters Saied Silbak (oud) and Faris Ishaq (nay/composer), together with PalMusic UK Scholar Marc Kawwas (piano), in collaboration with the St Paul’s Sinfonia under the baton of Wissam Boustany…

Watch the full playback of our recent Word From Bethlehem event.

Please watch the webinar “Voices in the Vacuum” organised by Friends of Alrowwad UK and Bethlehem Cultural Festival, Monday 6th November 2023. https://vimeo.com/881842550 Please find below a poem written by Dr Abdelfattah Abusrour, director of…

The date 7th October 2023 is emblazoned on all our minds as the beginning of a devastating situation. A webinar “Voices in the vacuum” is being organised jointly by Bethlehem Cultural Festival and Friends of…