Mediterranean Festival Ashdod in Ashdod
Ashdod, a Mediterranean port city established in 1956, hosts an annual August festival built around Mediterranean food, music and art rather than Israeli culture alone. Concerts by Israeli and regional Mediterranean artists run alongside culinary events and craft displays over roughly three days in this working coastal city.
Ashdod, a Mediterranean port city established in 1956 as one of Israel's first planned coastal developments, hosts an annual Mediterranean Festival each August built around food, music and art drawn from countries across the Mediterranean basin rather than from Israel alone.