music
Improvised, divine music gathering in buffer zone
An alternative music event is arriving in the capital this week as the Home for Cooperation hosts a special listening experience. Divine Meetings is a rare music encounter born entirely ...
Book review: Comic bardolatry seems to be on the up
It strikes me that colder, darker days require more laughter than the brightness and warmth of most of the Cypriot year. Fortunately, as a side-effect of my decision that the ...
Three days of sugary adventures at Sweetopia
Chocolate and candy lovers rejoice! A three-day festival and weekend extravaganza for the whole family is coming up later this month, bringing an irresistibly delicious sugary experience. The Sweetopia Chocolate &...
music
Live jazz in Paphos
An evening of contemporary jazz is coming up this Thursday in Paphos as Technopolis 20 invites the Markos Mavromichalis Quartet for a live performance. Starting at 8pm, four musicians will take ...
Movie trivia to blow your mind
It has been scientifically proven that it is impossible for Lord of the Rings fans to watch the scene where Aragorn kicks the orc helmet without declaring to anyone within ...
music
Legends, folk tales and nature-inspired sounds
Music compositions from Cyprus, its legends, Norwegian folk tales and beyond are coming soon as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra continues its winter programme. A new series of concerts has been ...
Handmade paper exhibition coming up in Nicosia
Two independent events are taking place at the Home for Cooperation, enriching January’s agenda. Arriving first is Process, an exhibition by Feza Aygın Sanıvar with handmade paper ...
theatre
New performances on The Other Era
Following the warm response from the audience, Fantastical Theatre presents a new cycle of performances of the theatrical reading The Other Era at the Hampis Municipal Museum of Printmaking in ...
Photo exhibition looks at everyday lives of Cypriots
The photos taken by more than 100 Greek and Turkish Cypriots are part of a Nicosia exhibition currently being held in the Buffer Zone. Through Ordinary Eyes is currently on view ...
Della becomes first Cypriot to win MME Award
Della becomes the first ever Cypriot to be nominated for and win a Music Moves Europe Award, announced on Thursday night at the Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) awards ceremony in Groningen, ...
film
Upcoming films to watch in Larnaca
Weekly film nights are taking place in Larnaca thanks to the Larnaca Cinema Society, which continues to bring independent world films to the coastal city. Every Monday night, the Municipal ...
Mandarin Festival returns to Arakapas
The start of the year is a place of in-betweens. The festive days are behind us, and the spring celebrations and carnival fiestas are yet to come. Thankfully, there is ...
TV shows we love: Death Note
Few non-Western shows have become as iconic as Death Note. Some 20 years after its release, it has numerous adaptations, from live-action films to spinoffs and video games. It is certainly ...
Ayia Napa’s Thursday nights fill with dance and music
This January, Ayia Napa’s Winter Cultural Events Programme Cultural Winter 2025–2026 returns to fill Thursday nights with live entertainment. Dance performances and live music nights bring evenings of jazz, tradition ...
What’s on this weekend
What does this weekend behold? Winter swimming, cabaret shows, carboot sales, live music, children’s theatre, cinema nights that place the spotlight on Cypriot films, exhibitions and events that ditch ...
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Saturday events to celebrate Cyprus Museum cancelled
Nicosia’s beloved and acclaimed Cyprus Museum has cancelled a planned day of celebrations for its antiquity collections and on the occasion of Cyprus assuming the Presidency of the Council ...
Restaurant review: Great spot for artisanal breakfast
We were staying in Lefkara village and had deliberately decided not to set alarms or rush ourselves in the morning. No early breakfast, no hotel buffet, just a proper lie-in ...
music
New venue welcomes live music
Aradippou has a new venue for art and music: Gallery Sessions. In a space surrounded by paintings and art, a new series of live music nights has been bringing together ...
music
The Gipsy Kings in Cyprus this summer
It may be months ahead, yet an exciting summer concert is coming to Cyprus in 2026. The world-renowned band The Gipsy Kings will perform live in Limassol this July, as part ...
art
What If exhibition opens in Larnaca
Larnaca cultural centre Obiimy is getting ready to host the opening of the solo exhibition What If, by artist Ilan Vigo. The organisers first became acquainted with Vigo’s work ...
music
Renowned pianist Vitaly Pisarenko returns to Cyprus
World-acclaimed pianist Vitaly Pisarenko returns to Cyprus to mark the opening of the Pharos Arts Foundation 2026 season with a special recital for Nicosia’s music scene. Masterpieces from composers Schubert, ...
Book review: Where is AI leading us?
By Philippa Tracy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) entered the zeitgeist a while ago. And while Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability plays out as a family drama, it is essentially about the ethics ...
art
New Nicosia exhibition explores memory
What’s in a memory? Two artists seek to find out as they present a new Nicosia exhibition exploring memory as a living, fragile, and constantly shifting experience. Stephanos Philippou ...
music
Two acclaimed artists join CySO for next concerts
Mid-January, and yes, that’s next week already, brings two classical music evenings to Limassol and Nicosia. Behind them is, of course, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, which welcomes two internationally-acclaimed ...
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