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 . 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)
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