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What's on in North Cyprus

<< 03 August - 09 August 2009 >>

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Turtle Nesting and Hatching
49th Mehmetcik Grape Festival
Tour of North Nicosia Jonnie Hawkins Show Tour of North Nicosia Tour of South Nicosia Tour of North Nicosia Guzelyurt Market Church Services
Tour of South Nicosia Abba Divas Kyrenia Market Free Concert, Nicosia Tour of South Nicosia Lambousa Market  
Funky Monkey Tour   Friends Coffee Morning Jonnie Hawkins Show Famagusta Market Moon Market  
Friends swimalong   NCCCT Bingo The Master of Istanbul Carpenters Market Children's Film show  
    Free Concert, Nicosia   Pegasos Market Free Concert, Nicosia  
    BARK Coffee Morning   3rd Jasmine Court Car Rally  
    Abba Divas   Jonnie Hawkins Show Abba Divas  

If you know of an event that should be included, or if you spot an error in our listings, please let us know.

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)

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. 1st, 2nd 3rd and Last Wednesdays.
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 Last Wednesday, it will be a fund-raising meeting at the Terrace Beach bar, Bogaz. (Back to top)

Carpenters Market. Friday weekly.
Carpenters Craft & Farmers market, Karaoglanoglu. 10am to 1pm. (Back to top)

Pegasos Market. Friday weekly.
Pegasos Friday market, Karaoglanoglu. The original Friday market. 10am - 2pm (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)

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)

Church Services, Every Sunday.
Both the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches are represented in North Cyprus. Sunday services are as follows.
St Andrew’s Church, Kyrenia (Anglican)
8am. Communion.
10am. Family Eucharist and Sunday School.
2pm. Turkish language service. (Held in the church hall)
5.30pm. Cyprus International Fellowship
5.30pm. 2nd Sunday, Communion at the Hermitage chapel
5.30pm, 4th Sunday, Evening prayer at the Hermitage chapel
St Mark’s Anglican Chaplaincy, Famagusta.
9.30am. Held at the Bogaz Hotel
11am. Communion (Except 1st Sunday, Morning Praise) Held at the Old Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
5.30pm.Praise & Worship (Except 1st Sunday, Communion) Held at the Old Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
St Elizabeth of Hungary R.C. Church, Kyrenia
12 Noon. Mass (Back to Top)

Turtle Nesting, June to August and Hatching end July to end September (Approximate Dates)
North Cyprus is one of the few turtle nesting areas in the Mediterranean. Every year student volunteers study these animals, and you can join them on one of their overnight expeditions. Numbers are limited, so it is essential that you pre-book at their headquarters, “The Goatshed” at Alagadi.  Around 60 days later, the eggs begin to hatch. The volunteers give any stragglers a hand once the sun starts going down, and you can watch this. Booking is not necessary, but there is not an excavation every day, and normally not an excavation on a Sunday. Public excavations will be announced on this web site and the turtle blog. For more information on turtles and their nesting, follow the links. Follow their exploits by reading their 2008 diary, or their 2009 blog. (Back to Top)

49th Mehmetcik Grape Festival , 1st to 9th August.
Programme TBA. (Back to Top)

BARK coffee morning. 1st Thursday monthly.
11am. Moon over Water, Iskele. (Back to top)

3rd Jasmine Court Car Rally, 7th and 8th August. ***CANCELLED***.
Held in association with the Turkish Cyprus Classic Cars Association (KTKOD). (Back to Top)

Abba Divas on Tour, Various Dates.
For a list of concert dates, follow the link. (Back to Top)

Funky Monkey Final Tour, 1st to 3rd August.
For a list of venues, follow the link. (Back to Top)

Jonnie Hawkins Show, Various Dates.
For a list of dates and venues, follow the link. (Back to Top)

The Master of Istanbul, 6th August.
Girne Amphitheatre. The Istanbul Municipality Theatre will present The Master of Istanbul. The play tells the story of a Ottoman noble who wishes to marry off his daughter. After consulting magicians and astrologers, he decides to leave the decision to chance, with unexpected consequences. Tickets cost 15TL, and are available from the Girne Municipality. (Back to Top)

Friends of those in need swimalong. 3rd August.
6pm, Dee Hotel European swimming pool, near the Ataturk roundabout, Famagusta. Any swimmer is welcome to take part. There’s no time limit or minimum length. Information and sponsorship forms from Marie on 0533 865 3007. (Back to Top)