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Upper Galilee music festival returns with concerts honoring those killed
The Voice of Music Festival will take place at Kibbutz Kfar Blum in Israel’s Upper Galilee from October 29 to November 1.
It is returning to its full schedule for the first time since early 2023, after moving to Tel Aviv in 2024 while the north was under fire from Hezbollah.
One concert will remember festival photographer Ofer Moskovitz, who was killed by friendly fire at his home in Kibbutz Misgav Am.
Another performance will honor 12 children killed in a rocket strike on a soccer pitch in Majdal Shams in July 2024.
The program also includes performances by pianist Shlomi Shaban and singer Nurit Galron, as well as new compositions.
A separate concert series, the Hatikvah Project, will bring 13 Israeli orchestras to nine locations from October 21 to 28 to mark the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack.
Both events are intended to bring music to communities across Israel.
The Voice of Music Festival will return to its full schedule in the Upper Galilee from October 29 to November 1, 2026.
The festival will be held at the renovated Pastoral Hotel in Kibbutz Kfar Blum and will feature four days of live music.
Two concerts will honor people killed in the region, including festival photographer Ofer Moskovitz and 12 children killed in a 2024 rocket strike.
The program also includes an opening solo concert by pianist Shlomi Shaban, performances by Nurit Galron and new works by Israeli composers.
The festival was moved to Tel Aviv in 2024 during Hezbollah fire and returned to Kibbutz Kfar Blum in 2025.
- Who
- The Voice of Music Festival, featuring Israeli orchestras, musicians and singers.
- What
- The festival is returning to its full schedule with four days of live music, including concerts honoring people killed.
- When
- October 29 to November 1, 2026.
- Where
- The Upper Galilee, with the festival based at the Pastoral Hotel in Kibbutz Kfar Blum.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The festival was relocated to Tel Aviv while Israel’s northern region was under fire from Hezbollah.
The festival returned to its home base in Kibbutz Kfar Blum.
The festival will hold four days of live music in the Upper Galilee and return to its full schedule.
- Festival dates
- October 29-November 1, 2026
- Festival location
- Pastoral Hotel, Kibbutz Kfar Blum
- Festival season
- 41st
- Memorial concert
- My River” will honor festival photographer Ofer Moskovitz.
- Memorial work
- Silent Playground” will be performed in memory of 12 children killed by a July 2024 rocket strike on Majdal Shams’s soccer pitch.
What people are saying
When I build the festival program, I feel a threefold responsibility: to the audience, to the musicians, and to that abstract entity we call music.
As from its very beginning, the Hatikvah Project is being carried out in response to an enduring, deep need for comfort and mental healing among the people of Israel and throughout the Jewish Diaspora.
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