Omar Khayyam the legendary Poet and Philosopher reminded us Centuries ago that the beauties of life are worth not to be postponed and should be valued on the instant.

Now after three years of wrestling with a deadly contagious disease – costing millions of lives worldwide- these words of wisdom may touch us even more. This unrehearsed and improvised fight against an invisible and merciless enemy also helped us to value the obvious qualities of being which we may have had overseen.

After the edition held in 2019, Show of Hands – like numerous other events – had no choice but to enter an unwilled hibernation. But now we are finally back! With new ideas, new geography, new friends, new community, new audience and new unheard tunes!

SoHFest is immensely grateful for this fresh cooperation with Arter and A.K.Müzik. A strong voice deep in our heart says that Show of Hands has found its new home in the beautiful city of Istanbul!

So join and let us together create, share and live the moment….

Ramin Sadighi
Director