Moroccan Banjo Music?

Café Clock are advertising a concert of Moroccan banjo music... yes... banjo. Now Banjo is one of those instruments that some people love to hate. Much like the accordion. Yet, in the right hands it can be truly wonderful and so it will be at the Clock this week. Of course it is a little known fact that the banjo is an ancient Berber instrument, invented by Khoya Nourredine II in the year 808.

A banjo fossil discovered in Fez.

It was banned for the next 1200 years and only recently has it been allowed to be played in public after the discovery of a fossilised banjo in a tunnel under Fez... Regular readers will also remember the Moroccan banjo as the first instrument played on the moon....

The first performance of "Hotel California" played on a Moroccan Banjo.

You can get your fix of banjo on Sunday 16th - see details below. The rest of the week's programme includes...

Thursday 13 Nov : 9 – 10 a.m.

Yoga @ the Clock
Bring a Mat : 50 dh ( discounts available )

Thursday 6 Nov - 6 p.m. ( Free )

Film : Momento - A man, suffering from short-term memory, loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

Sunday 16 Nov: 11 a.m – 12:30 am

Oriental Dance @ the Clock with Fes choreographer and dancer Asmae Kouli. ( 30 dh). Reserve a Place

Sunday 16 Nov – 3 - 5 p.m. Calligraphy @ the Clock

Discover the sacred art of Arabic calligraphy with teacher and artists Mohammed Charkaoui. ( 150 dh, discounts available). Reserve a Place.

Sunday 16 Nov : 6 p.m. ( 20 dh )

Sunday Sunset Concert- Popular Moroccan Banjo – Nourredine

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