Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival

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Country and Region MoroccoMarrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz
Type of Festival Music
Location of Festival Essaouira; Medina, Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz, Morocco
Festival Address Information

Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival
Phone: (212) 22-36-34-05
Fax: (212) 22-95-07-69
Email: a3.festival@menara.ma

Festival Description

For four days the festival reveals its unique spirit in which enchantment touches the public as well asthe guest musicians as it has done every year; the culture and spirituality of the Gnawa of Moroccoexert their magnetic power in a series of wonderful musical encounters. The Gnawa masters, with their guembris and metal castanets perform with foreign jazz, rock and world musicians, creating original fusions on stage in Essaouira, where the artists share their musical cultures—the merging of music which becomes richer every year.

Festival Dates June 26 - 29, 2008
Festival Links

http://www.festival-gnaoua.co.ma/

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