Our story
We left Cairo in 2015 and never looked back.
Dayra means circle. It began on a beach in Nuweiba with three friends, an acacia that was bare when we arrived and turned green again as the people came, and a dog called Zeus who decided he was in charge.
Dayra grew into a circle of musicians, artists, backpackers and wanderers who call it home, however short they stay. In 2022 the circle moved north to Ain Sokhna, an easier drive from Cairo, and kept the music going.
- 2015
Dayra opens in Nuweiba, South Sinai. Its first big weekend is the Cloud 9 Music Festival in September.
- 2016–2019
Musical jams, Eco Leko Music & Art, Music 365 in the dome and Art OverDose. TeN TV films its music show El Hafla at the camp.
- 2020–2023
Dance in Art, Connect, Indigo Nights, In the Groove and Planet D. A New Year's Eve every year on the beach.
- 2022
Dayra opens in Ain Sokhna at Mountain View 1 with a sold-out Eid Carnival.
- Next
More nights, more artists, and the soul of the events brought back by the sea.
Where it began
The Nuweiba camp is closed now, but its nights are part of who we are.
For Zeus, 2014–2021.
Zeus was the camp's guardian, and his memory is still part of every Dayra night. Today the camp managers are his successors; pets are welcome.