Mawazine festival to kick off in June 2018

CAIRO – 10 October 2017: The 17th edition of Mawazine International Festival will kick off from June 22 to 30, 2018; and the famous Moroccan music festival has already attracted about 2.4 million people.

The last edition took place in different theatres of Rabat and Salé, where a large number of singing stars in the Arab and the European world participated;including the great French singer Charles Aznavour, who performed the first concert of the festival.

Aznavour is considered one of the greatest French singers. In 1998, CNN dubbed Aznavour the “artist of the century.”

Mawazine is a worldwide music festival that takes place annually in the Moroccan city of Rabat.

Many international artists patriciate in the festival every year, that’s why it is considered the second biggest music festival in the world; Donauinselfest in Vienna being the biggest.

The festival is headed by MounirMajidi, the personal secretary of the Moroccan king Mohammed VI.