The Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival
19th Edition
12 to 15 May 2016
Each year, the beautiful city of Mogador devotes its maze of streets, lovely beaches, and vibrant public squares to music. In just a few years the city has become Morocco’s answer to Woodstock.
2011 marked the opening of a new venue, the Bastion at Bab Marrakech. Following the success of the 1999 exhibition organised for the festival and curated by Nawal Slaoui, the ground floor of the Bastion has become Essaouira’s latest exhibition space. On the initiative of the festival organizers, the idea of the restoration of this 19th century edifice was discussed, in particular the upper floor and terrace in order to make an outdoor stage with a seating capacity of 650. Carried out jointly by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Essaouira, the renovation of the Bastion injects a breath of new life into the bastion, and the city benefits from an entertainment space worthy of its prestigious image.
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