Gathering
Yalda Night 2024
Come and join us as we celebrate Yalda Night, the longest night of the year, with music, poetry, and togetherness.

EVENT DETAILS

Winter at its peak — let’s celebrate the warmth of Yalda together.

KORSI warmly invites you to its first public gathering and community event in Cologne.
Come and join us as we celebrate Yalda Night, the longest night of the year, with music, poetry, and togetherness.

We’ve curated a magical lineup to light up the night with live performances, rhythms, and stories from across SWANA cultures.

Live Acts

DJs

Food & Drinks

Enjoy Ash Reshteh, finger food, and special Yalda drinks served at the Korsi Bar.

Date: 20.12.2024
Time: from 18:00 (please arrive by 19:00 if registered — entry cannot be guaranteed after)
Location: OYA Bar, Köln-Mülheim

Entry: Free — donations are most welcome.
Poster design by: @sarramiiman

Come early, bring your warmth, and let’s turn the longest night into one of connection and joy.
The Korsi is on.


Cânân is a singer-songwriter who has already performed on various stages and at demonstrations in Düsseldorf with her loop station and guitar. Her music falls...
Donya Solaimani (she/her) is a singer, guitarist, and composer based between Cologne and Berlin. Her work weaves together influences from minimal music, jazz, and pop...
Hessam-Aldin Tavakoli is an Iranian artist whose work spans music, theater, and film, drawing deep inspiration from his cultural heritage and personal journey. A master...
Mojtaba Faghihi is a percussionist and rhythm instructor whose practice moves between Iranian, Balochi, and diasporic musical contexts. His work is grounded in rhythm as...
Shahry Dasht is a singer-songwriter from Iran. He not only writes and composes his own songs, but also sets classical and contemporary poems by other...
Mani is a DJ connected to Timcheh whose work contributes to Korsi’s landscape of SWANA-rooted and diasporic club sounds. Their sets move between rhythm, texture,...
Midani is a Cologne-based electronic musician and DJ whose work moves through techno, percussive club music, and diasporic dancefloor energy. His sets are shaped by...