List of festivals in Tunisia

Tunisia features many annual festivals, which are listed below sorted by month..

A list of festivals in Tunisia by month

February

• International Instrumental Festival. Focuses on North African traditions – Tunis

March

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Falconry Festival – El Haouaria
• Arab Horse Festival – Sidi Bou Saïd
• International Malouf Music Festival – Testour
• Tabarka Jazz Festival - Tabarka (June - July)

July

• 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 - Carthage
• Plastic Arts Festival – Mahrès (Sfax) (July–August)

August

• Plastic Arts Festival – Mahrès (Sfax) (July–August)
• Sponge Festival – Zarzis
• Festival of Diving – Tabarka
• Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK) - Kélibia

September

• Chouftouhonna Festival - Tunis
• Coralis Festival of Underwater Photography – Tabarka
• Wine Festival – Grombalia
• Wheat Festival – Béja

October-December

• 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

• DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Tunisia. DK. 2016. ISBN 9780241007174.