Fez Festival of World Sacred Music

What ever happened to the Fez? I mean, the Shriners tried so hard to make the upside down measuring cup hat a fashionable item, and in the end, hardly anyone wears a fez anymore. Distressing, that. Nothing makes a great party like a bunch of people wearing fezzes.

Well, the next best thing might be to visit the place that the fez was invented (note: I have no idea if this is true, I'm just assuming) Fez, Morocco. And if you go now, you can catch all the excitement of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music. Founded by a Sufi scholar, the festival brings together artists from a spectrum of spiritual traditions for a week and a half of madcap musical performances, and also film screenings and a five-day conference focusing on spirituality, globalization and the environment.

The event this year takes place from June 2 to 10, with concerts scheduled at several places in Fez, including the gardens of the Dar Batha Museum, the courtyard of the Bab Makina Palace and the Dar Tazi Gardens.

Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Festivals and Events, Africa, Morocco