Jazz in Riad Festival in Fez

The Fez Jazz in Riad Festival begins on Friday 8 October and promises some fun on the streets and in concert venues in the Medina.

PROGRAMME
Friday 8 October:
19h00: Roller Brass Band - jazz/festive funk on rollerblades - a show through the medina streets to the Batha Museum

21h00: Opening concert at Batha Museum: Louis Winsberg Septet Marseille-Marseille (jazz/Arab-Andalous/Flamenco)

Saturday 9 October:
10h00: Exhibition at Batha Museum (free entry): L'arbre du Jazz (Tree of Jazz)

11h00: Film screening and debate at Institut Francais: Autour du Violon: film by Didier Lockwood who interviews Moroccan and African musicians (free entry)

14h30: Roller Brass Band through the medina to the Batha Museum

16h00: Concert at Batha Museum: Monica Passos (Lemniscate - Jazz Brazil)

21h00: Concert at Batha Museum: The Golden Gate Quartet Le must du Gospel

Sunday 10 October:
11h00: Film screening and debate at Institut Francais: Assikel - Voyage de Bali a Baly by Tania Mouracade with Steve Shehan (free entry)

14h30: Roller Brass Band through the medina to the Batha Museum

16h00: Concert at Batha Museum: Hadouk Trio (ethno-jazz-world music)

21h00: Closing concert at Batha Museum: Keltic Tales Quintet (jazz-world music)


Concerts at 16h00 cost Dh50, and evening concerts cost Dh100. Tickets at the door.

For more information, see www.fesjazz.com or phone 0535 740 535.