While Shavuot is a short-lived holiday, it brings along a wide variety of fun events and opportunities for family trips and excursions throughout Israel. Here is the complete and updated activity guide, with activities accommodating all ages.
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Shavuot celebrations at Hof HaCarmel
The Hof HaCarmel Regional Council, in collaboration with the Carmelim Tourism Association, is launching a Banana Race - a running event, offering three distance options (the shortest of which is 2 kilometers long), through the banana farms of Hof HaCarmel. At the end of the race, you'll be greeted by a variety of food stalls and activities.
Also, an agricultural and art fair will take place at the Merkaz Meirav, including street performances, an exhibition of collectors vehicles, stands selling local produce, forest activities in collaboration with KKL-JNF, lantern tours in Ein Hod, Caesarea, Nahsholim, and Hof Dor, music performances, a wine festival in Caesarea, an open dance session in Neve Yam, and more.
- Where: Hof HaCarmel
- When: May 18-27
- How much: admission is free
Shavuot for the whole family at the "Zifzif" Inn
"Zumu", the community-based mobile museum, will arrive in Acre and establish a creative and artistic road inn. The mobile museum's big exhibition, which includes approximately 70 artists, will be displayed in the old Egged complex in Acre, and will transform into a lively and inviting inn. Throughout Shavuot, it will host a celebration for families and will hold a cheesecake competition, musical performances, workshops, plays, and guided tours.
Where: "Zifzif" Inn, 34 Derech Ha'Arba'ah, Acre
- When: May 25-27, 08:00-16:00
- How much: admission is free
Celebrating Shavuot at Madatech
This festival is full of scientific wonders, featuring a smokin' show in which fire will travel inside a glass tube, make a paper disappear in rapid fire, cause another paper to set fire - without actually burning it, create a tornado, and more. Additionally, there will be a wet show where rockets will be launched, water will change colors, and clouds and a fountain will be created. Lastly, a celebration of soap bubbles in the science park and a scientific creativity workshop will be available, where visitors can paint and create special water flowers.
- Where: 25 Shmaryahu Levin St., Haifa
- When: During Shavuot
- How much: 80 NIS on the website, 89 NIS at the cashier on site, up to the age of five - free
Nature celebration at Khan Rosh Pina Shopping Center
A variety of activities in the spirit of the holiday for the whole family will be offered in this northern spot, including creative workshops for children with an affinity for nature and flora, a petting zoo where children can pet and play with the animals, and pony rides. All activities are free and entry is free.
- Where: Khan Rosh Pina Mall area
- When: Wednesday, May 24 at 16:00-19:00
- How much: admission is free
Shavuot celebration at Zikhron Ya'akov
This fair will have food stands and a display of agricultural tools, activities, and workshops in the spirit of the holiday, as well as live music along the pedestrian street, and a special guided tour for Shavuot.
- Where: along the streets of Zikhron Ya'akov
- When: May 23 - Shavuot Fair; May 24, 17:00-20:00 the pedestrian street transitions to holiday attire, at 17:00 - a tour of the city's alleys
- How much: the activities are free except for the guided tour - 100 NIS per person, 180 NIS per couple
Shavuot at the Janco-Dada Museum in Ein Hod
A unique space located on the lower level of the museum where all family members - children, parents, and grandparents - are invited to assume the role of a Dada artist. The Dadalab allows an interactive experience through about 15 different stations inspired by the work of Dada artists and their way of thinking. The visitors are allowed to tear a painting into pieces and create a new creation from the pieces, or connect unexpected objects and turn them into a character. Visitors can also "cook" inside the pot cartoons and thus learn how artists created animated films before the computer era, as well as go on stage with costumes to sing, dance, make a show, take pictures
- Where: Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod Artists' Village
- When: May 20, May 27, 11:00-14:00
- How much: 30 NIS per participant, 110 NIS per family (four participants)
Shavuot in Kiryat Ata
In a wreath-making workshop, visitors will be able to craft and decorate a floral and colorful wreath. As a holiday souvenir for their grandparents, visitors can take home a magnet-printed photo taken by a professional photographer at an Instagram photo booth with holiday accessories and flower head wreaths
- Where: Sha'ar HaZafon Mall, 30 Haifa Road, Kiryat Ata
- When: wreath activity - May 22, photography activity - May 22 and 25
- How much: admission is free
Shavuot workshop at the Nahum Gutman Art Museum
Come do a Shavuot workshop with Jenny - make a portrait collage with flowers.
- Where: 21 Shimon Rokah St., Tel Aviv (Neve Tzedek)
- When: Friday, May 26, 2023, 14:00
- How much: NIS 15-45
Shavuot happening in Ness Ziona
Actors, gaming booths, workshops in the spirit of Shavuot, music, and folk performances by dance groups. In honor of the event, Ness Ziona's Municipality Square will be decorated and a photo booth will be open to all residents of the city.
- Where: Municipality Square Kiryat HaTarbut, Ness Ziona
- When: May 23, 17:00
- How much: admission is free
Shavuot at Be'er Ya'akov - Instagram and cheese
This picturesque area will bring to you the magic of the Moshav with hay, sheaves, flowers, and more. Accommodating itself to Instagram trends, the event invites visitors to do a photo shoot at the beautiful local scenery in a designated area with an especially impressive backdrop. While the children pose for pictures, the parents will be able to enjoy the boutique cheeses on site. In addition, festive platters with wooden butcher boards, wine, cheeses, and breadsticks will be sold.
- Where: Be'er Ya'akov Mall, 17 Sa Ness st.
- When: May 21-25
- How much: admission is free
A white celebration festival in the Hevel Modi'in region
During the days of the festival, there will be agricultural tours with the farmers of the area, where we will learn about the wonders of growing leafy greens in the hydroponic greenhouse of 'Shoresh Ve Aleh Farm', we will find out what the hummus looks like before it arrives in the box with Avi Mevorach, the largest hummus grower in the country. At the Levin farm we will meet the family that produces award-winning olive oil for a guided professional tasting, we will visit the Feinstein farm, farmers for three generations, who also have a store where they sell their products and the products of the region, and at the "La Calabrese" pizzeria we will hear about the structure of wheat and the types of flour. And also, a sunset tour with the zoologist Boaz Shaham following scorpions, reptiles, insects and spiders
- Where: throughout the Modi'in Regional Council
- When: May 22-27
- How much: NIS 30-75
Shavuot for the whole family in Netanya
During the holiday, children in Netanya will be able to enjoy a variety of activities - a sandbox, an arts and crafts area, and a cow milking station. There will also be a drumming workshop, a juggling show, a make-up stand, and flower weaving. In addition, on May 21-25, visitors will be able to take festive photos in two Instagram-dedicated stations equipped with the holiday trademarks such as hay, carts, flowers, and more. The two most creative photos will win a prize.
- Where: Ir Yamim Mall, 2 Bnei Berman St., Netanya
- When: May 21-25
- How much: admission is free
Artistic Shavuot at the Givat Ram Botanical Garden in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens in Givat Ram invites the public to join an artistic Shavuot celebration. This is what's in store: festive art workshops, tours following Shivat Ha'Minim (the Seven Species), a visit to the tropical greenhouse and the exhibition titled 'The Nature of Things' displayed in the greenhouse gallery, a stroll through the beautiful spots in the garden, and an area for relaxing.
- Where: 1 Zalman Shneor, Jerusalem
- When: May 26-27, 10:00-15:30
- How much: NIS 50 per person entrance + workshop, without workshop - NIS 40. Child or adult Jerusalem card - NIS 28
Celebrating Shavuot in Ben-Gurion's desert home
On Shavuot, the holiday of wheat harvest and of receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, the Ben Gurion Desert Home in Sde Boker will offer some interactive activities. There will be a scavenger hunt, in which children will look for certain objects in the desert home, as well as a riddle to crack.
- Where: Ben Gurion's Desert Home, Sde Boker
- When: May 25-27
- How much: 15 NIS for children 5 and older, 20 NIS for an adult
WOW show at the Isrotel Theater, Eilat
The Isrotel hotel chain is hosting its brand new WOW show as part of the WOW CELEBRATION. The show was produced as a colorful celebration to mark 20 years of WOW on stage. Over the years, the shows evolved, and in each one, a different spectacular story was told. Now, Isrotel Theater is presenting "the greatest show of all" – a extravaganza like nothing you’ve seen before.
- Where: Isrotel Theater, Royal Garden, Eilat
- When: Every evening at 20:30, except Sundays
- How much: non-Isrotel guest- 139 NIS, Isrotel guest- 109 NIS, Eilat resident - 119 NIS
Shavuot festival at the Ashkelon Marina
An intimate meeting with Israeli creators and artists will present their works of art, fashion designs, jewelry, paintings, illustrations, glass and clay art, ceramic works, ornaments, sweet boxes, and special gifts. And also, an Israeli fashion show and a musical show, make-up stations for children, master classes, and craft workshops for children
- Where: 2 HaNamal, Ashkelon
- When: May 26-27, 12:00-19:00
- How much: admission is free
Local agriculture in Yad Mordechai Tourism
When was the last time you made your own butter? Yad Mordechai will hold a special workshop for making butter, where you will understand how oil and water mix inside milk and cream, then you will receive a kit and prepare delicious butter, which you can snack on with crackers at the end of the session. The activity also includes a visit to the Honey and Bee House, where you will familiarize yourself with the magical world of bees, and a tour on the kibbutz tractor, through which you can go to different parts of the kibbutz, watch the farm, learn about the milking process, admire the crops of the fields and orchards, and more.
- Where: Kibbutz Yad Mordechai
- When: May 26-27, 10:00-14:00
- How much: NIS 55 per child, NIS 50 per adult, you must register in advance