When
Annual — early July
Price
Free / see venue
Type
Festival
About this event
Created in 1959, Morocco's oldest folk festival brings some thirty traditional troupes to Marrakech to perform Gnaoua rhythms, Ahidous, Reggada and Taskiwin dances. Evenings are staged at Palais El Badi, Medersa Ben Youssef and Jemaa el-Fna square under royal patronage.