What's on in North Cyprus
<< 27 Apr - 03 May 2009 >>
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Tour
of North Nicosia. Monday, Wednesday and Friday weekly.
Conducted walking tour of North Nicosia. Meet 10.00 at the Kyrenia
Gate, or 10.30 at the Lokmaci crossing point.
More information. (Back to top)
Tour
of South Nicosia. Monday, Thursday and Friday weekly.
Conducted tour of South Nicosia. Meet 10am TIC Laiki Yitonia, South
Nicosia.
Monday.
The tour is conducted on an old wooden bus and takes visitors to two
of the most peaceful areas in Nicosia; the historic neighbourhood of
Chrysaliniotissa within the old city walls and Kaimakli area within
the Municipality of Nicosia.
Thursday.
This walking tour aims to give an overall picture of the city within
the walls and how it has evolved through the centuries.
Friday.
This tour, also partially by bus, aims to show the growth of the
city outside the walls from the 19th century to the present. Yet it
also encompasses the prehistoric past of the city that developed
along the Pedieos River and the excavations testifying to Nicosia's
uninterrupted cultural continuity.
Remember, if you are visiting south Nicosia, Turkish Lira is neither accepted or changeable. (Back to top)
Kyrenia
Market. Wednesday weekly.
Kyrenia municipal open air market. Here you will find fantastic
value on a vast range of goods, especially fruit, vegetables,
cheeses, yoghurts, oils and vinegars (often brought in from the
country by farming families), fish, footwear, clothing and all sorts
of odds and ends. (Back to top)
Famagusta Market. Friday weekly.
Here you can buy about everything you might need; clothing,
household items, flowers, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables. You
can also buy freshly pressed olive oil there, mostly made by the
vendor itself (and it does come very often in re-used bottles of
J&B, Bells or Teachers!). (Back to top)
Guzelyurt Market. Saturday weekly.
Everything from clothes, shoes, nuts, sweets, olive oil,
honey, home made cheese as well as fruit and vegetables are sold.
Produce is fresh, and local people are encouraged to sell the excess
from their own gardens. The market opens early, and continues till
about 1pm. It is situated on the main street opposite the museum and
church. (Back to top)
Friends Coffee Morning. Wednesday weekly.
11am. Friends of those in Need coffee morning. The first 3
Wednesdays of the month will be at Ginko Restaurant, Namik Kemal
Square, Famagusta and is a social meeting. On the fourth Wednesday,
it will be a fund-raising meeting at the Terrace Beach bar, Bogaz.
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Carpenters Market. Friday weekly.
Carpenters Craft & Farmers market, Karaoglanoglu. 10am to 1pm.
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Pegasos Market. Friday weekly.
Pegasos Friday market, Karaoglanoglu. The original Friday market.
10am - 2pm. This week Claire Lawley and Roger Woods from the BHC
will be there from 11am to answer questions from British residents
and property owners. (Back to top)
Lambousa Market. Saturday weekly.
Chateau Lambousa Arts and Crafts Fair. 10am to 2.30pm (or later).
Stallholders include homebaked pastries and pies, homemade jams and
marmalades. CDs, DVDs and book stalls. A variety of clothing and
jewellery, antiques, paintings, sculptures and other arts and
crafts. (Back to top)
Moon Market.
Saturday weekly.
10am - 3pm. Saturday craft & general market at the Moon
Over Water, Iskele. (Back to top)
Children's Film Show. Saturday weekly.
2pm. Free film screenings for children (age 9 and up) at
Sidestreets, Nicosia. The films are sometimes in English, sometimes
Turkish. For information phone 0392 22 93070/71. Sidestreets is past
the post office, and opposite the law courts. (Back to top)
Spring and Music at
Bellapais. 10th April to 10th May.
8.30pm, Bellapais Abbey. A series of 8 concerts over 4 weeks.
Tickets cost 15TL. This week's programme is:
Tuesday 28th April
Elvin Hoxa Ganiyev
Violin Recital
Thursday 30th April
NEU Expromte Trio
Sunday 3rd May
Demet Alkan James
Piano Recital
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Kate Fensom
and Max Dane art exhibition at Bellapais Abbey. 19th April - 18th
May
10am - 4pm, Bellapais Abbey crypt. Kate Fensom and Max Dane, joined
by Margaret Bosworth and Mike Westall are holding an art exhibition.
At least one of the artists will be in attendance daily.
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Chorus
Lambousa present " Rhythm of Life" . 30th April
-2nd May
Baron's Theatre, Chateau Lambousa. Set in a night club. It includes
many favourite songs from shows such as Cabaret, Sweet Charity,
Chicago, Cats, Carousel, and Mamma Mia, with some additions from
Queen and the Beatles. Thursday and Saturday will be non-smoking
evenings in the theatre. Reservations will be available at the
Saturday market at Chateau Lambousa, or by contacting Grahame on
0533 843 3554 or Andrew on 0533 866 7563. A small number of tickets
are still available. (Back to top)
Motorbike
Festival. 1st - 3rd May
Camelot beach club, Alsancak. Motorbike festival to promote
responsible motor cycling culture. (Back to top)
2nd Ozankoy
Flower Show and Carob Festival. 2nd and 3rd May.
Five Fingers Restaurant, Ozankoy. The Show will be opened at 12 noon
on Saturday 2nd May by President Memhet Ali Talat. The winners of
categories judged on Saturday will be displayed on Sunday. Full
information on the flower
show web site. (Back to top)
112 Quiz night.
27th April
7.30pm. Quiz night in aid of the ERB fund. A 15YTL entry fee
provides a chance to have fun, win prizes and enjoy supper.
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Friends of
Those in Need quiz night. Alternative Tuesdays.
7.30pm, Empress Restaurant, near Salamis ruins. Quiz night in aid of
the Friends in Need Charity. (Back to top)
Sidestreets
Arts Film Series. 24th April - 12th May
7pm, Sidestreets, Nicosia. A series of films by Turkish Cypriot
novelist and film maker, Dervish Zaim. Films will be in Turkish with
English sub titles..
Dervish Zaim was born in Famagusta, Cyprus in 1964. He majored in economics and administrative sciences at Bosphorus University, Istanbul (1988), and received his Master’s degree in Cultural Studies from Warwick University in 1994. He also attended a course in independent film production in London organized by the Hollywood Film Institute. He began his work in film in 1991 with the experimental video Hang the Camera, followed by the TV documentary Rock Around the Mosque. Between 1992 and 1995, he worked as a television writer and producer and directed numerous television shows. In 1995, his first novel, Ares Harikalar Dünyasında (Ares in Wonderland) won the prestigious Yunus Nadi Literary Award in Turkey; his feature films and documentaries have been screened to critical acclaim at international and national film festivals, where they have won numerous awards.
This weeks films are:-
Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
Somersault in a Coffin (Tabutta Rövaşata) 1996; 75 minutes.
Thursday, 30 April, 2009
Elephants and Grass (Filler ve Çimen) 2000; 113 minutes.
For the full sidestreets programme, visit their site. (Back to top)
Labour Day,
Friday 1st May.
A public holiday in the TRNC. For all
TRNC holiday dates,
follow the link. (Back to top)
May Day, Friday
1st May.
A public holiday in south Cyprus. For all
RoC holiday dates,
follow the link. (Back to top)
Karaman Concert.
Friday 1st May.
8pm. A free classical concert is being held at Karaman church.
Donations are requested to help cover the costs of the Kyrenia
Chamber Choir's Autumn production. (Back to top)
3rd Buyukkonuk
Eco Festival, Sunday 3rd May
10am - 8pm. Buyukkonuk spring festival. Click for
information about the eco village, or for the
festival programme. (Back to top)
4th Cyprus Silk
Festival, Sunday 3rd May
10.30am - 8.30pm, Bellapais. Silkworms were first discovered in
China, spreading to the Far East, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus. The
breeding of silkworms has been part of the Cypriot culture for
centuries, and until recently was a major source of income.
In the 18th century, silkworm breeders began exporting to the UK, where Cypriot silk was much in demand because it was of a much higher quality, and its thread was much more durable than others.
As recently as the 1960s, silkworms were abundant, with many families living on the trade. Since then, however, there has been a decline in silkworm breeding, and by 2000, the trade had almost disappeared.
The Green Action Group, which was established in 1988, is organising this festival as part of its public awareness campaign about the importance and protection of the endemics and other flora of Cyprus in order to protect mulberry trees and revitalise silkworm growing and artwork. (Back to top)
Free
Concert in Nicosia, every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Lefkosa Municipality Chamber Orchestra have free concerts in Lefkosa
every week
Wednesdays
Buyuk Han ( inside ) 11.30am – 1.30pm .
One week the wind trio, the following week the sting trio.
Buyuk Han square :11.30am – 1.30pm.
jazz orchestra.
Thursdays
Buyuk Han ( inside ) 11.30am – 1.30pm.
Pop orchestra.
Saturdays
Buyuk Han (inside) 11.30am – 1.30pm. Jazz
orchestra
Lokmaci gate :1pm – 3pm. One week the pop orchestra, the following
week the Latin orchestra. (Back to top)
ATA Tour of Dano
Bakery, Thursday 30th April.
10.30am, Dano Bakery. The Anglo Turkish Association have
arranged a conducted tour of the bakery. The Dano Bakery is on
the main Lefkosa to Famagusta road, turning off at the Haspolat
Sanayi Bolgesi. For more directions, phone 0533 866 3625, or
0533 865 7798. (Back to Top)