Ashdod is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located in the south of the Israeli Coastal Plain.

Culture and sports

• Ashdod Andalusian orchestra is very famous among the listeners of this kind of music.

• "ACADMA" conservatory - a proffessional educational institute for music and playing studies under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. It was established in 1966, and it serves a home for 600 young musicians in different fields. The conservatory is a vivacious and vigorous center of the music and the culture life in the city, and it is involved in the community life and educates a second generation of musicians made in Ashdod.

The night life is very diverse and expand through several clubs and bars at the industrial area to occasional parties at the beach side.