Not only is Eilat the ideal winter vacation destination, around this time of the year you can also get to hear some quality live music down there, betwixt taking dips in the hotel pool or the ever-enticing gently lapping waters of the Red Sea. The latter inviting body of water also gave its name to the country’s leading jazz event, which has been taking place annually in Eilat in August for the last three decades.
The newer and smaller kid on the Eilat jazz block, the three-day winter edition will take place February 9-11, for the seventh time, with an international roll call of artists lined up by perennial artistic director Dubi Lenz. The festival also offers an opportunity for homegrown musicians to strut their stuff, including some who have flown the coop and are now part of the New York jazz scene.
