Music Clubs & Theaters in Agadir


Morocco - Essaouira - Fez - Marrakech - Agadir

Music is the basic form by which we connect to Life and its surroundings and it thereby must be influenced by our distinct culture and our ways of Life. Moroccan music are of different types including Arabic, Berber, classical and the popular forms of music. Musicians in this African city perform, in cafes, at private homes, at circumcision ceremonies, marriages, funerals, in concerts and religious processions in accompaniment to dancing and storytelling. This typical ways of performances are unique to Agadir and the Arabic speaking populace.

There are characteristic musical instruments like Darbuqa, Rebab, Kemanjah and Tar a form of Tambourine and more, all come alive in the Arabian Orchestra. The classical form of Arabic music comes in the Andalusian dialect. Griha is another form of Arabian music concerning love, war, and adventure often including satire. The Berber Music is closely linked to poetry and influenced by dance but varies according to regions and is helped by percussions, drums and Tambourines to provide rhythm. The Timitar Festival has a new venue in Agadir in its second edition. There are many local music clubs in Agadir and the theaters have also come up in the region. Some of the best theaters to entertain you here are Alliance Franco-Marocaine Theater, and the Municipal Theater Complex, Agadir. The 10th International festival of the university theatre of Agadir is a major hit among regional milieu.

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