18/05/2026
The Gnaoua & World Music Festival of Essaouira 🪕🎶🎸🎶🌊returns June 25-27, 2026, and promises(as it does every year)true moments of grace between fusion concerts, intimate lilas, improvised jam-sessions, and major discussions and exchanges🪘🎶
The Yerma Gnaoua Association was created in 2009 with the goal of protecting and promoting the intangible heritage of the Gnaoua brotherhood. The association acts to spread awareness of Gnaoui culture in Morocco and throughout the world, and to ensure the perpetuity of its traditions. Yerma Gnaoua undertakes action on a social level as well as in the domain of contemporary creation.
Another pillar of the association’s activity is perpetuating the Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival, a veritable showcase of the Gnaoui art form, and to favour Gnaoui musical creation through artists’ residencies and partnerships with foreign festivals and artists. Today, the Yerma Gnaoua Association is working toward to establish regional representations across the country.
You can buy your tickets online:
https://www.festival-gnaoua.net/en/tickets/
