Gnaoua Festival from 1998 to 2019
If Essaouira city could become one of the flagship destinations of tourism in Morocco, it is undoubtedly thanks to the international Festival of Gnaoua.
Do you know Gnaoua music? For this, there is nothing better than attending the Gnaoua Festival of Essaouira. This essential musical event for this city and for the Moroccan musical culture returns in 2018 from June 20th to 23rd. This event, unique in Morocco and in the world, was born for the first time in 1998.
For over 20 years, the Worldwide Gnaoua Festival has been able to highlight the traditions of Essaouira and shine abroad a particularly vibrant ancestral music. What has allowed this style to spread beyond the borders of the Kingdom; it is undoubtedly its fusion with foreign groups and the presence of headliners throughout these two decades.
Within 20 years, the Gnaoua festival has amazed thousands of spectators, we remember several and various passages of breathtaking performance of internationally known jazz artists, whose reputations are well established, such as Marcus Miller and Maceio Parker. In 2019, we expect, as usual, a program of international artists, who bring with them splendid rhythms that takes the crowd in a spiritual journey, the meeting of musicians from all over the world to celebrate through music is a chance to not only exchange styles but also an added value to the full program that will be available in some few days.
