| Sacred World Music Festival | Fes | 3rd - 12th June 2011 | This year sees the 17th Edition of Fes’s Festival of World Sacred Music organised by the ‘Spirit of Fes Inc.’. Founded in 1994, it has proved a growing success year on year; the programme of events dedicated to the traditions of knowledge, art and spirituality of the city. |
| Timitar Festival | Agadir | 22nd - 25th June 2011 | Considered one of the biggest in the country, the Timitar Festival in Agadir was Founded to honour Amazigh (Berber) culture, and has established itself as one of the premiere African music festivals, featuring over 40 artists. |
| Gnaoua and World Music Festival | Essaouira | 23rd - 26th June 2011 | The Gnaoua and World Music Festival in Essaouira has been running for 14 years, featuring various types of music from the traditional Moroccan Gnaoua music through to Jazz, Pop and Rock. |
| Cherry Festival | Sefrou | Mid-June | Sefrou’s Cherry Festival in mid-June each year celebrates the harvest with a rich cultural programme, drawing people from far and wide. The Harvest Festival has a colourful line-up of music, dance, sporting events, a fairground, torch-lit procession, and the crowning of ‘Miss Cherry’, or the ‘Cherry Queen’, although the actual cherries remain the centre of attention! |
| National Festival of Popular Arts | Marrakech | 29th June - 3rd July | Founded by the Late King Mohammed V in 1959, the Marrakech National Festival of Popular Arts is a tribute to Morocco’s cultural diversity, with each region showing its own specific expression through its art, rhythm, song, dance, poems, costumes, and instruments. The array of rhythms and styles will introduce you to the wealth and creativity of Moroccan culture. |
| Goulimine Camel Festival | Goulimine | July | The Moussem of Tan Tan (Camel Festival), held in July is the place to be for a truly authentic experience. It is here that the real Tuareg Nomads still come to buy, sell and exchange food and other products, hold camel and horse contests, and celebrate various cultural expressions; songs, music, dance, poetry and games. |
| Marriage Festival | Imilchil | Mid-September | Imilchil Moussem, or marriage festival is held each year in mid-September, and is filled with Berber dancing, drumming and chanting. The three day feast sees up to 40 couples tie the knot, and many others find their prospective partner. |
| Erfoud Date Festival | Erfoud | Late September / early October | Erfoud is at the centre of the regions date producing area with almost a million date palms, so is also at the centre of the harvest festivities. Traditional music, dance and processions are the main events, and the chance for tourists to sample the traditional local Moroccan salads and Tagines with ample scatterings of fresh dates. |
