Beirut and Beyond

Tickets are available for sale through tzkrti, DICE, and Bal Chavaux's tickets platform. All ticketing links are found on our linktree, in our bio. - Saturday, May 16th Le Bal Chavaux 2 Avenue de la Résistance, Montreuil, Paris 9 PM Bethlehem Lawrence Sammour, Abed Kobeissy, Sary Moussa, and Makram Aboul Hosn For the first time, the Wonder Cabinet production Bethlehem will be in France with a performance in Paris on May 16th and another in Lyon as part of Nuits Sonores Festival on May 17th. The result of a collaboration created by Wonder Cabinet with Bethlehem choirmaster Lawrence Sammour, and Beirut-based musicians Sary Moussa and Abed Kobeissy, this electro-acoustic work weaves a link between sacred liturgical tradition and experimental electronic creation. Commissioned for Christmas 2023, at a moment when Bethlehem had cancelled all celebrations in response to the genocide in Palestine, the piece was broadcast on more than fifty radio stations around the world. Following its live premiere at the Le Guess Who? festival, the project now expands with the participation of Makram Aboul Hosn, in view of an album and a book to be released in 2026. With the support of Lafayette Anticipations - Fondation Galeries Lafayette Charbel Haber First Act 8PM The show will open with a first act by Charbel Haber, a Lebanese musician, composer, and artist whose work explores memory, decay, and the unstable afterlives of sound in a region shaped by rupture and continuity. A central figure in Lebanon’s experimental and alternative music scenes since the late 1990s, he has developed a practice that moves across composition, improvisation, film, and performance, weaving together the intimate and the political, the archival and the speculative. - Designs & Visuals by Hatem Imam

With the ongoing war in Lebanon, many families have been directly affected and are in urgent need of support. We’ve put together a trusted database of local and international organizations working directly with impacted communities, also a list of international fundraisers events so you can contribute where it truly makes a difference. If you know of an initiative or organization doing meaningful work on the ground, reach out to us so we can include it in this growing list. مع استمرار الحرب في لبنان، تأثرت العديد من العائلات بشكل مباشر وأصبحت بحاجة ماسّة إلى الدعم. لقد جمعنا قاعدة بيانات موثوقة تضم منظمات محلية ودولية تعمل مباشرة مع المجتمعات المتضررة، بالإضافة إلى قائمة بفعاليات جمع التبرعات، حتى تتمكنوا من المساهمة حيث يُحدث دعمكم فرقًا حقيقيًا. إذا كنتم تعرفون مبادرة أو منظمة تقوم بعمل مؤثر وهادف على الأرض، تواصلوا معنا حتى نتمكن من إضافتها إلى هذه القائمة المتنامية. Link in bio💕

Before the unforgettable performance of Bethlehem at Beirut and Beyond International Music Festival 2025, Laurence Sammour shared a moving speech carrying the spirit of a city of love, resistance, hope, and peace. Catch the project live in France for the first time this weekend! | 16 May - Bal Chavaux, Montreuil | 17 May - Nuits Sonores Festival, Lyon 🎟 Tickets and more details available on Dice, Tzkrti, and Bal Chavaux. Link in bio Avant la performance inoubliable de Bethlehem au Beirut and Beyond International Music Festival 2025, Laurence Sammour a prononcé un discours poignant, portant l’esprit d’une ville faite d’amour, de résistance, d’espoir et de paix. Retrouvez le projet en concert en France pour la toute première fois ce week-end! | 16 mai — Bal Chavaux, Montreuil | 17 mai — Festival Nuits Sonores, Lyon 🎟 Billets et informations disponibles sur Dice, Tzkrti et Bal Chavaux.

First act on Saturday at @bal_chavaux with our dear friend @barbelbaber at 8pm! Tickets still available through link in bio 💫

BETHLEHEM, live in Paris on May 16th.

Our April playlist is here, featuring tracks that stayed with you this month💕 Now available on YouTube (link in bio) قائمتنا الموسيقية لشهر نيسان تضم الأغاني التي رافقتكم هذا الشهر. متاحة الآن على يوتيوب (الرابط بالبايو)

Paris, 17 April, 20H Musiciens, groupes et amis de la scène parisienne se réunissent pour une soirée de levée de fonds en soutien aux déplacés au Liban. Les fonds récoltés seront reversés à la Fondation Hani Fahs, au Conseil Culturel du Liban-Sud ainsi et à l’association Rifna. 💊 Une collecte de médicaments non périmés sera également organisée sur place. 📍 The Wrong Side — 12 avenue de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Vendredi 17 avril à 20h 🔗 lien en bio — Musicians, bands, and friends from the Paris scene are coming together for a fundraising evening in support of displaced communities in Lebanon. All proceeds will go to the Hani Fahs Foundation, the Cultural Council of South Lebanon, and the Rifna Association. 💊 A collection of non-expired medicines will also be organized on site. 📍 The Wrong Side — 12 avenue de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Friday, April 17 at 8 PM 🔗Link in bio

The music community in Lebanon got together through 2 compilations of unreleased tracks, LAND 02 and LAND 03, to help raise funds to the hundred thousands displaced in Beirut and the South of Lebanon, following the continuous Israeli war and agressions. This initiative is led by @tuneforkstudios and @beirutsynthcenter who have always been first responders to urgent needs on the ground. Links in @tuneforkstudios bio or on the QR code when you swipe.

PARIS, 28 MARS, 19H Musicians, bands, and friends from the Paris scene are getting together this Saturday for an open arab music jam in support of @ahlouna , a NGO working on the ground in Saida, Lebanon. Bring your voices, instruments & hearts. 📍 The Wrong Side - 12 Av. de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Saturday 28 march - 19h 🔗 Donations & tickets in bio — Musiciens, groupes et amis de la scène parisienne se rassemblent pour une jam ouverte au profit d’Ahlouna, une ONG opérant sur le terrain à Saïda, au Liban. 📍 The Wrong Side, 12 Av. de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Samedi 28 mars, 19h 🔗 Donations & tickets in bio

PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 19:30 Following our first get-together this past Sunday, we’re doing it again this Thursday to continue raising emergency funds for the hundreds of thousands displaced in Lebanon. All artists and participants are volunteering their time. This time, to help reach NGOs beyond Beirut, all proceeds will go to Secours Populaire Libanais, who are working on the ground to provide rescue support, food, shelter, and other basic necessities. 📍 The Wrong Side, 12 Av. de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm 🔗 Fundraiser tickets + donation link in bio Joint initiative by The Wrong Side, Beirut and Beyond, Radio alHara, Bachar Mar-Khalifé and TURRAB. —— FR —— Suite à notre premier rassemblement dimanche dernier, nous nous retrouvons à nouveau ce jeudi pour continuer à lever des fonds d’urgence pour les centaines de milliers de personnes déplacées au Liban. Tous les artistes et participants offrent leur temps bénévolement. Cette fois-ci, afin de soutenir des ONG au-delà de Beyrouth, l’intégralité des recettes sera reversée au Secours Populaire Libanais, qui intervient sur le terrain pour fournir aide d’urgence, nourriture, abris et autres besoins essentiels. 📍 The Wrong Side, 12 Av. de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Jeudi, 12 mars, 19h30 🔗 Billetterie solidaire + lien pour dons en bio Une initiative de The Wrong Side, Beirut and Beyond, Radio alHara, Bachar Mar-Khalifé et TURRAB.

PARIS, 8 MARS, 18H, @ THE WRONG SIDE A get together to raise funds in support of the thousands displaced in Lebanon, forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing Israeli aggression. All artists and participants are volunteering their time, and all proceeds will go to @beit.aam and @nationstation__ , who are working on the ground to provide food, shelter, and basic necessities. 📍 The Wrong Side - 12 Av. de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Sunday, March 8 - 6pm 🔗 Fundraiser tickets + donation link in bio A joint initiative by The Wrong Side, Beirut and Beyond, Radio alHara and TURRAB. —— FR —— Un get together solidaire pour se rassembler et lever des fonds en soutien aux milliers de personnes déplacées au Liban, contraintes de fuir leurs foyers en raison de l’agression israélienne continue. Tous les artistes et intervenants participent bénévolement et les fonds seront reversés à @beit.aam et @nationstation__ qui agissent sur le terrain pour fournir nourriture, abri et produits de première nécessité. 📍 The Wrong Side - 12 Av. de la Porte de Montmartre, 75018 Paris 📆 Dimanche 8 mars - 18h 🔗 Billets solidaires + lien de donation en bio Une initiative conjointe de The Wrong Side, Beirut and Beyond, Radio alHara et TURRAB.

Throwback to “The Craft of Writing About Music & Sound” Workshop that took place last December at @arabimagefoundation 📝 The Workshop brought together 5 Lebanon-based writers and researchers for three days of listening closely, thinking critically, and writing boldly about music and sound. Huge thanks to our brilliant workshop leaders Christina Hazboun @chrishazboun and Pierre France @regisverieux for sharing their expertise passionately with us! Keep an eye out, as we will be publishing the written pieces of the participants on our website, with excerpts on our page. This workshop is part of the MASAR program and is funded by @if_liban 📸 by @firasjhaidar and @tariq.keblaoui #BBIMF2025 #writingworkshop