Festivals and cultural events Morocco

Since 2006, Casablanca has welcomed the creations of renowned Moroccan designers on the international scene. The multiple editions saw the creations of Hisham Oumli, Moroccan working in New York, Saïd Mahrouf, residing in Amsterdam, Amel Bouazizi who practiced in Rotterdam and Nourredine Amir, sailing between Paris and Amsterdam. A contest is organized for talented young talent and stylists can present their collection at fashion week. The latest edition took place at Sofitel Casablanca Blanche.

The French Institute is organizing events as part of this international event. Vernissages, readings, film screenings and open stages in several emblematic places such as the Jemaâ el-Fna square, the Dar Charifa cultural center or the Faculty of Letters of Marrakech.

In Marrakech, at the Royal Theatre, on the square Jemaâ el Fna but also in many corners of the medina, the acrobats and contortionists are present in front of thousands of visitors for 3 days.

Founded by Mohammed V in 1959, this long-established festival has been declared a masterpiece of cultural heritage by Unesco. For 4 days, all kinds of events are presented, including street performances. In the El Badi Palace, you can admire traditional dances and folk costumes from the various Moroccan regions. All the shows staged throughout the year to mark the moussems (popular festivals) are represented on this occasion.

3 days of electronic and digital celebration between the medina of Essaouira and its beautiful beach. To the program: musical brunches, educational workshops and digital video installations. The evenings leave the sounds with international and Moroccan labels. The festival takes place in different places of the city, the invitation always seems pleasant and friendly to the party, offering views of the ocean and DJ sets in the heart of a Riad…

A poker festival in Marrakech. Other activities are scheduled, check the website for more information. The festival is held in different places each year.

It is within The Source domain, a luxury hotel that develops an original concept based on luxury and music (the establishment has a recording studio, and hosts artists in residential homes) that the appointment is given. In the program, electro and relax. Nicolas Jaar, and other sizes of the electro scene… Shuttles are scheduled from the city centre.

Regional competition of Moroccan chefs, workshops on culinary art and jazz concerts.

During 4 days, in April or May, theatre plays, training workshops and round tables involving Moroccan, Arab and European academic forces.

Classical music festival arabic and Andalusian and European.