Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th of August, here comes the beautiful Klezmer Music Festival in our mystical city of Safed. You will have the opportunity to listen to beautiful melodies of well-known Klezmer artists in the narrow and antique streets of Safed . You will also have the possibility to visit our Museum and Gallery, which will be open between 10:00 to 21:00. Come and meet the two daughters of Isaac and Ilana Frenkel who will give you an amazing and unforgettable visit of the Museum with a lot of interesting and personal anecdotes about the artist.

From the Museum, on your way to the concerts, you can visit the Castel’s House gallery, which has many of the most important and famous painters of Safed.

The origin of the Klezmer Music Festival

The story began in the 90s. In 1987, the mayor of Safed, Zeer Pearl with the local authority decided to create a festival during the summer who was called “ poem in the mountains”. In the same period, came to Safed, Zachariah Liraz who went to visit the Frenkel Museum and saw on the wall a tall painting of the Klezmer on the background of Meron mountain in blue, red and green colours and then came the idea to create the Klezmer festival in Safed.

The Klezmers of Isaac Frenkel, was inspired by the weddings in the Safed Jewish Quarter in the 30’s.