Fez Sacred Music: Festival in the City

A very important part of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is the Festival in the City: a programme of free concerts and other activities held across Fez. This is an opportunity for locals and visitors alike to take part in this prestigious event - and at no cost. Here's a look at this year's programme.

Boujloud Square

The venues are Boujloud Square and Dar Pacha Tazi in the medina and Ait Skato in the new city. Dar Pacha Tazi is the venue for the Sufi nights starting at 23h00 when a different Sufi brotherhood performs each night.

SATURDAY 5 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Issawa Sufi group from Fez, with Abdellah Yaacoubi

Ait Skato 20h00: Amayno

Ait Skato 21h30: Aicha Tachinouite

Dar Tazi: 23h00: Lalla Rahoum el Bakkali Ensemble

SUNDAY 6 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Najat Atabou

Ait Skato 20h00: Gnaoua Click

Ait Skato 21h30: Groupe Al'ma

Dar Tazi 23h00: Jilalia or Jilaliyat group

MONDAY 7 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Asma Jabri

Boujloud Square 20h00: Nouri

Ait Skato 20h00: Abidates r'ma de Khouribga

Ait Skato 21h30: Najat Atabou

TUESDAY 8 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Abidates r'ma de Khouribga with the Musicians of the Nile

Ait Skato 20h00: Drums of Burundi

Ait Skato 21h30: Style Souss

Casa Crew

Dar Tazi 23h00: Shaymiya group of Gharb Oulad el Mokhtar with Hamid Bouhlal

WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Rhany

Ait Skato 20h00: Hel'mkan

Shabka

Ait Skato 21h30: Fes City Clan

Dar Tazi 23h00: El Kadiria group from Meknes with el Azzaoui Jalaleddine

THURSDAY 10 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Abdelaziz Stati

Ait Skato 20h00: Rouicha

Ait Skato 21h30: Jil Jilala

Dar Tazi 23h00: Ikhwan Issawas from Meknes with Abdessamad Haddef

FRIDAY 11 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Hatim Amor

Ait Skato 20h00: Ribab Fusion

Ait Skato 21h30: Abdelaziz Stati

Dar Tazi 23h00: Skallia group with Marouane Hajji

SATURDAY 12 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Aswat Halab

Ait Skato 20h00: Sami Rai

Ait Skato 21h30: Talbi One

Dar Tazi 23h00: Ahl Touat Dar Dmana from Ouazzane with Driss Abou Sabr Zerhouni

SUNDAY 13 JUNE

Boujloud Square 19h00: Talbi One

Ait Skato 20h00: Gospel Voices

EXHIBITIONS

There will also be two art exhibitions:

At the Festival headquarters, Dar Pacha Tazi, an exhibition of painting and sculpture presented by the Bank al-Maghrib. There will be 19 paintings and three sculptures from the Bank's collection, by well-known Moroccan and foreign artists.

At the Batha Museum, the exhibition is entitled A Life in Calligraphy by Hassan Massoudy. One of the greatest contemporary calligraphers, Massoudy will be showing 60 of his works.

FILMS, CHILDREN'S WORKSHOPS AND WALKS

Three films will be shown at the Jnan Palace on 6 June, although the time has not been specified.

Le Grand Voyage, by Ismael Ferroukhi

Out of Cordoba: Averroes and Maimonides in their time and ours, by Jacob Bender

Nouba d'Or et de Lumiere, by Izza Genini

Children's workshops will be held daily at the Complex al Houria from 7-12 June. There will be artistic activities, exhibitions, concerts and shows as well as a carnival.

Heritage Walks entitled Journeys to the Heart of Fez will take place through the medina. They all start at 09h30 at Dar Pacha Tazi in Batha.

FRIDAY 11 JUNE

The Palaces and Beautiful Buildings Route takes in Dar Tazi, the Glaoui Palace, Riyad Mokri and the Mokri Palace, and finishes at Riyad Alya.

The Route of Learning starts at Dar Tazi and visits the Bouanania Medersa, the Qaraouyine Library, the Attarine Medersa, and finishes at the Cheratine Medersa.

The Artisans Route departs from Dar Tazi and passes Bab Boujloud, Chrabliyenne, Nejjarine, Debbaghine, Seffarine and ends at Sebbaghine.

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For the Concert programme, click here.

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Fez Encounters programme: Sacred Music Festival

The Fez Encounters, or Rencontres de Fes, take place during the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music and always provide thought-provoking topics for discussion and reflection. Here's a look at this year's programme.


This year's Festival theme is Journey of Initiation: from mystery to revelation, and the talks and discussions take place along these lines. Director of the Festival, Mohamed Kabbaj, says,

"We all know of the great mystical figures, those emblems of each religion, such as Ghazali, the poet of the Revelation; Maimonides, exiled to Fez; Charles de Foucault in the solitude of the desert; the Buddha and his enlightenment. Knowing about such world figures has nourished civilisations.

'Man knows here what he doesn't know there', wrote Ibn Arabi, whose entire work encompassed a journey of initiation. This great mystical poet cconsidered every journey as being towards God: 'from Him, in Him, towards Him'."

09h00-13h00 Saturday 5 toWednesday 9 June at the Batha Museum

Saturday 5 June: The Journey into the Self
Giorgio Agamben (philosopher, Italy): What is mystery?
Marie Balmary (psychoanalyst, France): On the path of revelation
Michael Barry (writer, consultant for Aga Khan Foundation, US): The Spiritual Saga of the Maghreb
Dany-Robert Dufour (philosopher, France): The internal experience
Abdelwahab Meddeb (writer, France): Initiation and the secret: Hallaj Jean-Luc Nancy (philosopher, France): Evidence of mystery
Alexandre Lacrois (moderator; writer, France)

Sunday 6 June: Journey into Writings
Maurice Arama (art historian, Morocco): Eugene Delacroix
Jan Assmann (Egyptologist, Germany): Mozart's enchanted flute
Kenneth Brown (anthropologist, US): The challenges of translation
Danielle Cohen-Levinas (philospher and musicologist, France): The writings of the Exile Jean-Michel Hirt (psychoanalyst, France): Journey into the ocean of the Q'uran
Daniel Mesguich (theatre and opera producer, France): Journey to Elseneur
Samuela Pagani (researcher, Ottoman empire, Italy): The flight of Jonas, from the Q'uran to Ibn Arabi

Monday 7 June: The Pilgrimage
Abdellah Hamoudi (anthropologist, Morocco/US): The pilgrimage to Mecca
Mohammed Kenbib (specalist in Moroccan Judaism, Morocco/France): Jewish pilgrimage in the lands of Islam
Robert Lanquar (international businessman specialising in tourism and the environment, France): Caravans and Pilgrimages
Shantum Seth (Zen Buddhist teacher, India): In the footsteps of the Buddha
Emile Shoufani (priest of Nazareth, Palestine): Birth into the Light in the face of God
Max-Jean Zins (political scientist specialising in India, France)
Jean Mouttapa (moderator; inter-faith writer, France)

Tuesday 8 June: Exile
Pierre Assouline (journalist, France)
Daniel Brown (radio producer, France/US): The sounds of transatlantic exile into slavery and the birth of world music
Ferdinando Coloretti (painter, Italy): The geography of the journey
Driss el Yazami (president, Moroccan Community Abroad; Morocco/US):
Ahmed Essyad (musician, Morocco/France): The exile in his own land
Jean Daniel (writer, Algeria): Claude Levi-Strauss
Joseph Maila (sociologist, Lebanon): The exile outside the kingdom
Djenane Kareh Tager (moderator; writer on religions, France)

Wednesday 9 June: The Mythical Journey
Karima Berger (novelist, France): Isabelle Eberhardt
Ali Benmakhlouf (philosopher, writer, France): To travel, survey, and learn: Africa, Europe and Asia with Leo the African, Ibn Battuta and Al Biruni
Barbara Cassin (philologist and philosopher): The Odyssey and the day of return
Olivier Germain-Thomas (philospher, France): Some enigmas on the adventures of Marco Polo in China
Jordi Savall (musician and composer, Spain): Jerusalem, mythical city
Kiya Tabassian (musician, Iran): To find oneself in the other - path to creation
Abdelhadi Tazi (historian and royal councillor, Morocco)
Nathalie Sarthou-Lajus (moderator; writer and philosopher, France)

All these talks will have simultaneous translations into French and English. Each morning costs 10 Euros per person, or you can have a pass to all of them at 41 Euros. If you have a general pass to all festival events, the talks are included in your fee.

The comprehensive Fez Encounters programme is directed by Nadia Benjelloun who was awarded the Grande Medaille de la Francophonie by the Academie Francaise in July last year.

International Director, Nadia Benjelloun

FREE EVENING TALKS

In the evenings from 18h00 to 20h00 free talks will be held at various venues.

Sunday 6 June at Dar Batha:
Michael Barry: Medieval Islamic and Christian art

Monday 7 June at Palais Jamai:
Jean Clair: From Humboldt to Hubble: the cosmic quest as a journey of initiation

Tuesday 8 June at Palais Jamai:
Edouard Glissant: poetry and prose reading with music

Wednesday 9 June at Palais Jamai:
Hassan Massoudy: Arabic calligraphy

Thursday 10 June at Dar Batha:
Abdellatif Laabi: poetry and prose reading with music

Friday 11 June at Palais Jamai:
Jahida Wehbe: songs


For all The View from Fez stories on the 2010 Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, click here.
For the Festival programme in English, click here, and in French, click here.
For Festival ticket delivery service, click here.

Fes Festival of World Sacred Music - the movie

For those tempted to attend the Sacred Music Festival in Fez, here's a documentary of last year's event to whet your appetite. It was made by Global Voice Productions at last year's festival, and captures the essence of world harmony through music.


Festival Facts:
Dates: 4-12 June 2010
Website: www.fesfestival.com for the programme in French; here for the programme in English
Tickets: from Objectif Maroc: objectif_naima@menara.ma
Ticket Collection Service
Accommodation
The View from Fez articles (so far) on this year's festival:
- Jordi Savall
- Africa Day
Watch this space for more details of performing artists.

Fes Festival Ticket Collection Service

If you're attending the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music this year (29 May to 6 June), it's best to order your tickets in advance.

The ticketing agency in Fez is Objectif Maroc. Naima is a great person to deal with there as she speaks English and French as well as Moroccan Arabic. Contact her at
objectif_naima@menara.ma.

One of the most difficult things about arriving in Fez for the Festival is the hassle of finding Objectif Maroc to pick up your tickets. Unfortunately even the taxi drivers experience problems finding the location and if you have just arrived from overseas the last thing you need is to go hunting around Fez for your tickets. The solution is the Fes Festival Ticket Collection Service.

Once you've ordered and paid for your tickets, send your invoice number to Fez Riads
at fezriads@gmail.com and your tickets will be collected and delivered to your guesthouse in time for your arrival. The charge is the same as last year, Dh300 (around 27 Euros) per set of tickets per person or group if you've booked your accommodation through Fez Riads, or Dh400 (around 36 Euros) if you've made other accommodation arrangements.

To find out more about this service visit FES FESTIVAL TICKET COLLECTION

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Fes Festival FAQS

With interest in the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music hotting up, The View from Fez thought it would be a good idea to answer some frequently asked questions.

Where can I see the Festival programme?
The Festival's website is www.fesfestival.com. However, the programme can't be found there yet, and it's only in French. You can see the provisional programme in English here or on this blog, here. Keep watching The View from Fez, as there are always articles about the artists and events, before and during the Festival.

Where exactly is the Festival held?
There are several venues. Afternoon concerts (starting at 4.30pm) are held in the courtyard of the Batha Museum, marked as 'Musee Batha' on the map below. Evening concerts (starting at 8.30pm) are held at Bab Makina, the parade ground in front of the Royal Palace, in the far northwest of the medina. This lies west of Bab Boujloud on the map. There are free public concerts in Boujloud Square (Place Boujloud) at 6pm each evening. We don't have the colloquium programme yet, but this usually concentrates on global issues. It runs for four mornings, starting on 30 May and is held at the Batha Museum. There are also events held in the new city.

western side of the Fez medina

In Douh, you can see a small square named Place Sidi Al-Khayat. Here you'll find Dar Tazi, which is the Festival headquarters. Art exhibitions are held here, as well as a cafe litteraire and Sufi Nights that start at 11pm.

Where shall I stay?
Accommodation for the Festival period is still plentiful, but now that the programme has been released, guesthouses will start getting booked up. So the best thing is to make a reservation as soon as you can. See Fez Riads for a wide range of guesthouses and pensions. Bear in mind that it's a good idea to stay as close to the Batha area as possible.

How do I buy Festival tickets?
Contact Naima at the ticketing agency, Objectif Maroc. You can order tickets or a pass from her, and pay by credit card. Naima speaks English as well as French and Moroccan Arabic.
Objectif Maroc
9 Rue du Libye,
Fes Ville Nouvelle
Tel: 00 212 (0) 35 652 816/17/18
Fax: 00 212 (0) 35 624 993 or 35 621 776
Email: objectif_naima@menara.ma

Are there different categories of seats?
There are two categories for the concerts at Bab Makina in the evenings, A and B. The seats are unreserved, but the B seats are further back. It's a huge auditorium and the seating is raked, but the B seats are not as good as the A seats, as is reflected in the pricing. Note that if you buy a pass, you automatically have A seats. It's sometimes possible to buy tickets at the venue prior to the concerts, if it isn't sold out.
There's just one category of seating for the afternoon concerts at the Batha Museum, and it's a much smaller venue. Get there early if you want to grab a front seat.

How do I get my tickets?
You'll need to collect them from Objectif Maroc in the new city. This can be awkward if you're arriving on 29 May, perhaps tired from travelling, or with little time to take a taxi into the new city, find the agency and negotiate the inevitable queues. Taxi drivers invariably don't know where the office is, either.
You can use the ticket collection service provided by Fez Riads. Simply give Fez Riads your invoice number, and your tickets will be delivered to your guesthouse. The cost of this service is Dh300 if you're a Fez Riads client, or Dh400 if you're not. Just click here to find out all about it.

What should I bring?
For the afternoon concerts, a sunhat, suncream, sunglasses, bottled water ... maybe even a fan. For the evenings, bear in mind that it can get windy and chilly and sometimes rains. You might like a cushion for the somewhat uncomfortable seats. Most importantly, you'll need patience and a sense of humour. The Moroccan way of enjoying concerts is to talk through them and answer phone calls. They might also applaud in places where westerners wouldn't. It's simply a different way of appreciating the artists.

Please let us know if you have more questions and we'll do our best to answer them. Enjoy the Festival!

Map from www.fez-riads.com, reproduced by kind permission of PM Editions, publishers of Fès, from Bab to Bab, a useful book of walks in the medina.

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Spotlight #2: Fez Sacred Music Festival 2009

Sami Yusuf is a British composer, singer whose concert at Bab Makina will be extremely popular.

Friday June 5.

Bab Makina 20h30

Sami Yussuf (United Kingdom)

Spiritual Songs of the Arab World

Sami was born in July 1980 into a musical family of Azeri origin. He learnt to play several instruments at a very young age and gradually began to show a keen interest in singing and composing. He studied music at several institutions and with renowned composers and musicians including composers from the Royal Academy of Music in London, one of the world most prestigious music institutions.

Sami has been composing from a very young age and his beautiful voice is supplemented by his extensive knowledge of music theory and harmony. He has also a good understanding of the Middle Eastern modes (or Maqams).

Sami is a devout Muslim who sees songs as a means of promoting the message of love, mercy, peace and tolerance and encouraging the youth to be proud of their religion and identity.

His third album, entitled Without You, was planned for release during mid-2008 but was delayed and then officialy launched in January 2009. Sami performed two of the songs from his new album in his Wembley concert (21 October 2007), and during his US tour, organised by Islamic Relief.


SAMI YUSSUF- Palestine by Mahdi

Spotlight #1: Fez Sacred Music Festival 2009

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Spotlight #1: Fez Sacred Music Festival 2009

In the lead up to the Sacred Music Festival, The View from Fez will spotlight the various acts that are expected to appear. Some of these may change as the programme is refined.

Spotlight #1: Ziya Azazi

Sunday May 31. Bab Makina 20h30

1st part: The Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Turkey)

From Eternity to Modernity

2nd part: Ziya Azazi (Turkey)

Icons: Contemporary Dervish Dance

Ziya Azazi promises to be one of the Festival highlights. The last couple of years has seen some creative programming that offers a fusion of styles and cultural diversity. We have previously seen the blending of gospel and Qawwali, and also the Byzantine choir from Athens and the Al Kindi Ensemble from Damascus. With the programming of the whirling dervishes and Ziya Azazi we have a fusion of the old and the modern, of the traditional and the contemporary. The first part of the evening will be the traditional Whirling Dervishes.

With a worldwide reputation, the Whirling Dervishes of Konya have been blessed to live in the city where the great Sufi tradition was born in the 13th century. These musicians, singers and dancers (Semazens) have for about twenty years now represented one of the most interesting aspects of the mystical culture of Turkey. The Sema - the whirling dance - and the Zikr - the hymns sung by the sacred choir - are connected to each other, a spiritual ambience that leads the Dervish enter a mystical universe.


Ziya Azazi was born in 1969 in Antakya, Turkey.

In 1986, he moved to Istanbul where he graduated as a mining engineer. in the years 1989 - 1992 he taught himself gymnastics. between 1990 and 1994 he was engaged in the “state theatre of Istanbul” and made there his first choreographic works.

In 1994, he moved to Vienna where he continued his work in contemporary dance and gymnastics.

In 1999 he won the dance scholarship of the summer dance week (danceweb), including an honourable mention from the European jury as “the most outstanding dancer of the year for Austria”. he received this prize after performing his full evening solo "unterwegs tabula rasa".

Since 1999 he is studying the traditional dance of the sufis (dervish whirlers) and is choreographing his own interpretations of this dance as seen in his solos “work in progress I & II", “dervish in progress” and “`azab”.

Ziya Azazi has performed in many European countries in addition to Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Korea, Thailand, Tunis, Turkey, the USA and Venezuela.

Al Kindi Dervishes from 2008 Festival
(photo credit; Sandy McCutcheon)

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Fes Festival of World Sacred Music 2009

The View from Fez is delighted to announce the provisional programme for this year's Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.

We don't know the theme of this year's festival, we don't have the colloquium programme yet, but we can tell you who will be performing (provisionally, that is). Keep your eyes glued to The View from Fez, because we always have the latest news and during the Festival, will keep you up to date with what's going on.

Fez Riads has a ticket collection service for those visiting Fez for the Festival. Just click here to find out all about it.

FESTIVAL OF WORLD SACRED MUSIC

29 May - 6 June 2009

Provisional Programme

Friday 29 May Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €56; B seats €37)

Marcel Khalifé with the Al Mayadin Orchestra, with Oumeima Al Khalil and Yolla Keryakos (Lebanon/Morocco/Greece)

Tribute to Mahmoud Darwich

or

José Carreras (Spain)

Sacred Songs

Saturday 30 May Batha Museum 16h30 (€14)

Shantala Shivalingapa (India)

Kuchipudi Dance

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €47; B seats €28)

Marwa Wright (USA)

Gospel

Sunday 31 May

Batha Museum 16h30 (€14)

Mohammad Motamedi (Iran)

Songs: The Art of Radif

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €37; B seats €19)

1st part: The Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Turkey)

From Eternity to Modernity

2nd part: Ziya Azazi (Turkey)

Icons: Contemporary Dervish Dance

Monday 1 June

Batha Museum 16h30 (€9)

Yuval Ron with Najwa Gibran (USA)

Music in the Judeo-Arab Tradition

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €28; B seats €14)

Didier Lockwood (France) with his String Sextet, with Ihsan R'Miki and the Zaman al Wasl Ensemble (Morocco)Strings & Soul a creation by Didier Lockwood (arrangements: R. Regragui, Morocco)

Tuesday 2 June

Batha Museum 16h30 (€9)

Women of Mayotte (Mayotte)

Deba de Hamjago

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €28; B seats €14)

Souad Massi (France/Algeria)

Wednesday 3 June

Batha Museum 16h30 (€9)

I Muvrini (France)

Sacred and popular songs from Corsica

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €28; B seats €14)

Keyvan Chemirani (musical director) with Samira Kadiri, Esperanza Fernandez & Giorgis Xyloyris (Iran/Morocco/Spain/Greece)

Melos - Songs of the Mediterranean

Thursday 4 June Batha Museum 16h30 (€9)

Divna (Serbia)

Orthodox Sacred Songs

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €28; B seats €14)

1st part: Sistine Chapel Choir (Vatican)

A capella songs: the sacred Christian tradition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

2nd part: Abed Azrié with the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra & the Choir of the Institut Spérieur de Musique de Damas (France/Syria)

Evangile selon St Jean

Friday 5 June

Batha Museum 16h30 (€9)

Gabriel Garrido and the Elyma Ensemble (Switzerland)

Baroque Music of Monteverdi

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €56; B seats €37)

Sami Yussuf (United Kingdom)

Spiritual Songs of the Arab World

Saturday June 6

Batha Museum 16h30 (€14)

Razbar Ensemle and The Ahl e Haqq Brotherhoods

Mystical songs of Iranian Kurdistan

Bab Makina 20h30 (A seats €47; B seats €28)

Loreena McKennit (Canada)

The Book of Secrets

Festival Pass in A category seats, including access to all concerts €260

Pass for the Festival and the Colloquium €310

Pass for the Colloquium only €50

Ticket agency:

OBJECTIF MAROC
9 RUE DE LYBIE, FES
TEL : + 212 35 65 28 16/17/18

FAX : + 212 35 62 49 93/ 35 62 17 76
E.MAIL :objectif_naima@menara.ma

See also: An ongoing problem at the Fez Festival.


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The 14th Fes Festival of World Sacred Music - Links.

Here are the links for the full programme of the upcoming Fez Festival.

Fez Festival Programme in English - 6 to 15 June 2008

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Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

Here is the full programme for the upcoming Fez Festival.

The 14th Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

6 to 15 June 2008

Provisional Programme

Friday 6 June Opening Night

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €55; B seats €37)

Jessye Norman (USA), with the Regional Lyric Orchestra Avignon Provence (France). Conducting: Rachael Worby (USA)

Saturday 7 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €14)

Ghada Shbéïr (Lebanon) Songs of the Eastern Christian Churches

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €55; B seats €28)

Night of Sacred African American and Sufi Songs Night

Spirituals/Hymns/Qawwali/Gospel

Faiz Ali Faiz and his Ensemble (Pakistan) and Bernice Johnson Reagon and the Sacred Sound Ensemble (USA)

Sunday 8 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €14)

Mari Boine (Norway) Sacred Songs of Scandinavian Far North

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats: €46; B seats €28)

Al Kindi ensemble with Sheikh Hamza Shakour, the Munshid of the Great Umayyad Mosque of Damascus and the Byzantin Tropos Choir of Athens - Dir. JJ Weiss (Syria/Greece)

Stabat Mater Dolorosa - Christian and Muslim Homage to Mary

Monday 9 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €9)

Huong Thanh (Vietnam) Traditional and sacred songs

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €46; B seats €28)

Belen Maya Company (Spain) Flamenco dance and song

Tuesday 10 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €9)

Tartit Women's Ensemble (Mali) Folk and sacred songs of the Tuareg

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €46; B seats €28)

Panti Pusaka Budaya Ensemble Sacred Traditional Dance of Bali / Indonesia

Wednesday 11 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €9)

Ysaÿe Quartet (France) The Seven Last Words of Christ (J. Haydn) Text: Michel Serres – Narrator: Michael Lonsdale

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €28 ; B seats €14 )

Fadhel Jaziri (Tunisia) Hadhra: The Spiritual Message of Tunisia

Thursday 12 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €9)

The Roza Enflorese (Belgium) Sephardic sacred and traditional songs

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €28; B seats €14)

Abdelwahab Doukali (Morocco) with Rachid Regragui's Oriental Orchestra Spiritual Dialogue between Souls

Friday 13 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €9)

Cantus Colln (Germany) Around JS Bach/Spiritual Paths (Buxtehude - J. Rosenmüller - JS Bach) Director: Konrad Junghanel

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €55; B seats €37)

Majda El Roumi (Lebanon) Call for Peace from the Star of Peace

Saturday 14 June

Batha Museum 16:30 (all seats €14)

Madhup Mudghal (India) Bakhti devotional songs

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €46; B seats €28)

Ismael Lô (Senegal) with the Brotherhood Hamadcha of Fez (Morocco) From Dakar to Fez: from heart to soul

Sunday 15 June

Bab Makina 20:30 (A seats €55 ; B seats €28 )

Mohamed Abdou (Saudi Arabia) with Abderahim Mountassir's Orchestra

Pass for all concerts: €260 (includes A seats at Bab Makina)

Pass for concerts and Fez Encounters: €310

Pass for Fez Encounters only: €50 (or €10 per session)

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

FREE CONCERTS:

Saturday 7 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Haja Hamdaoudia
20:00 at Ait Skato: 1st part: Shakba; 2nd part: Said Mosker
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Hamadcha Sufi Brotherhood (Fez)

Sunday 8 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Said Mosker
20:00 at Ait Skato: 1st part: Hel Lemkane; 2nd part: Haja Hamdaoudia
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Qawwali with Faiz Ali Faiz (Pakistan)

Monday 9 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Fes City Clan
20:00 at Ait Skato: Tagada
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Tijania Sufi Brotherhood (Laayoune)

Tuesday 10 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Tagada
20:00 at Ait Skato: Dar Dmana
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Harraqïa Sufi Brotherhood (Taza)

Wednesday 11 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Dar Dmana
20:00 at Ait Skato: Saida Charaf
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Tartit Women's Ensemble

Thursday 12 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Hadhra (Tunisia) directed by Fadhel Jaziri
20:00 at Ain Skato: Fes City Clan
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Darkaouiya Sufi Brotherhood (Laarache)

Friday 13 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Fnaïre
20:00 at Ait Skato: 1st part: Hamid el Mardi; 2nd part: Daoudia
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Sidi Bel Abass Sufi Brotherhood (Marrakech)

Saturday 14 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Nass El Ghiwane
20:00 at Ait Skato: 1st part: Fnaïre; 2nd part: Hoba Hoba Spirit
23:00 at Dar Tazi: Aïssawa Sufi Brotherhood (Fez)

Sunday 15 June:

18:30 at Bab Boujloud: Hoba Hoba Spirit
20:00 at Ait Skato: Ismael Lô (Senegal) with the Hamadcha Sufi Brotherhood (Fez)

EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS:

Dar Tazi: Photography: Reza 'Fire Dance'

Place Sofia: Photography: Christian Schuytiser 'Earthen Mosques of Mali'

Batha Museum: Photography: Abbas 'Abraham Children'

Jnan Palace: 18:00 Monday 9 June Documentary film by Abraham Segal 'Politics and God'

Palais Jamaï Hotel: 18:00 on Thursday 12 June: Talk by Michael Barry on the Image of Averroès in Medieval and Renaissance Art

FES ENCOUNTERS COLLOQUIUM

9:00 to 12:30 at the Batha Museum

Saturday 7 June: Representation of the Sacred

Sunday 8 June: Music and the Sacred

Monday 9 June: The Sacred, Custom and Law

Tuesday 10 June: The Sacred and the Unconscious

Wednesday 11 June: Transmission and the Sacred

FRINGE EVENTS AT THE FRENCH INSTITUTE'S DAR BATHA AT 22:00

Monday 9 June: Atfal Dar Damana : children's dance and song

Tuesday 10 June: Shahinaz: Jewish, Christian and Islamic music of the Mediterranean

Wednesday 11 June: Assawyat: women of the Aïssawa Sufi Brotherhood

Thursday 12 June: Hamadcha Sufi Brotherhood, explained by Frédéric Calmès

WALKING TOURS

Palaces and Homes (Friday and Sunday)

Starts at 10:00 at Dar Tazi and covers Dar Tazi, Ba Mohamed, Ecole Mokri and Palais Mokri (finishes at Palais Mokri)

Circuit of Knowledge (Saturday and Sunday)

Starts at 10:00 on Saturday and 16:00 on Sunday

Starts at the Attarine Medersa and covers the Bouanania and Moulay Driss (finishes at Moulay Driss Highschool)

CHILDREN'S EVENTS at 14:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday

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