List of festivals in Tunisia
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Tunisia features many annual festivals, which are listed below sorted by month..
February
[edit]- International Instrumental Festival. Focuses on North African traditions – Tunis
March
[edit]- Octopus Festival – Kerkennah Islands
- Sousse Spring Festival. International arts festival including concerts, shows and theatre - Sousse
- Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival - Tunis
- Festival international des ksour sahariens. Culture of ksar dwellers - Tatouine (Mid of late March)
- Orange Blossom Festival – Menzel Bou Zelfa, Nabeul and Hammamet (March - April)
April
[edit]- Orange Blossom Festival – Menzel Bou Zelfa, Nabeul and Hammamet, Tunisia (March - April)
- Sbeitla's Spring International Festival - Sbeitla
- Folk Art Festival – Tatouine
- Festival of the Mountain Oases. Berber culture. – Midès, Tamezret. (Late April)
- Passover Festival – El-Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba. (April or May)
May
[edit]- Passover Festival – El-Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba. (April or May)
- The Jerid Festival – Nefta and surrounding towns
- Music Festival. Classical and pop music concerts – Sfax
June
[edit]- Falconry Festival – El Haouaria
- Arab Horse Festival – Sidi Bou Saïd
- International Malouf Music Festival – Testour
- Tabarka Jazz Festival - Tabarka (June - July)
July
[edit]- Tabarka Jazz Festival - Tabarka (June - July)
- Ulysses Festival. Song and dance festival with historic and mythological themes – Houmt Souk
- International Festival of Sbeitla - Sbeitla
- Mermaid Festival. Concerts and performances – Kerkennah Islands
- Carnival of Awussu. Parade – Sousse
- Hammamet International Festival. Music and theatre - Hammamet, Tunisia
- International Festival of Bizerte. Music, art, dance and food - Bizerte
- Nights of La Marsa. Music, theatre and ballet - La Marsa
- International Festival of Symphonic Music – Amphitheatre of El Jem
- International Festival of Carthage. Jazz, plays, dances, folk, and ballet[1] - Carthage
- Plastic Arts Festival – Mahrès (Sfax) (July–August)
August
[edit]- Plastic Arts Festival – Mahrès (Sfax) (July–August)
- Sponge Festival – Zarzis
- Festival of Diving – Tabarka
- Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK) - Kélibia
September
[edit]- Chouftouhonna Festival - Tunis
- Coralis Festival of Underwater Photography – Tabarka
- Wine Festival – Grombalia
- Wheat Festival – Béja
October-December
[edit]- Carthage Film Festival (Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, JCC) - Tunis
- Date Harvest Festival – Kebili (November)
- International Oases Festival – Tozeur (November)
- International Festival of the Sahara. Dance, theatre, music - Douz (November–December)
- Sfax International Mediterranean Film Festival - Sfax (December)
References
[edit]- ^ "Carthage Music Festival". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Tunisia. DK. 2016. ISBN 9780241007174.