Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
June
Summer is hotting up, although High Atlas peaks are still snowy. Northern Morocco
and the coast are good places to be. During the Fès Festival of World Sacred Music,
there is major demand for local accommodation.
Gnaoua & World Music Festival
This passionate celebration is held in Essaouira on the third weekend of June, with concerts
featuring international, national and local performers, and art exhibitions. It offers a great
chance to hear some bluesy Gnaoua music, developed here by freed slaves. (
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Cherry Festival
Sleepy Sefrou awakes for Morocco's longest-running town festival, held in mid-June. Folk
music, artists' displays, parades,
fantasias
and sports events celebrate the cherry harvest -
culminating in the picturesque crowning of the Cherry Queen. (
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Fès Festival of World Sacred Music
Organise tickets well in advance for Fez' successful world-music festival, which has hosted
the likes of Ravi Shankar and Youssou N'Dour. Equally impressive are the concerts by Mo-
roccan
tariqas
(Sufi orders); fringe events include exhibitions, films and talks. (
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