Mawazine

Motivated by its tagline of 'world rhythms', the lineup is a vast combination of Moroccan, African, Asian, and global musicians, including an annual helping of global stars, predominantly from North America. The festival takes place in various locations around Rabat, the biggest one is Olm Souissi stage near the Hotel Sofitel, many people across the country and even from Europe come to live a unique music experience, in 2013 an estimated 2.5 million people attended the festival, Mawazine is one of the biggest music festival in the World, its aim is to promote the image of Morocco as an open and tolerant nation.

Previous editions have seen the likes of Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Elton John and Kylie Minogue take to the enormous stages to perform to vast crowds of music fans, with attendance figures across the whole week topping 2 million in recent years.