Influences
Timitar 2026: Three nights of celebration, a city that measures up
The 21st edition of the Timitar Festival closed its doors Saturday night in Agadir after three evenings of heavy attendance across both stages. Flawless organization, top-tier artists, an enthusiastic public. Timitar 2026 will remain in people’s memories.
The curtain fell Saturday night on the 21st edition of the Timitar Festival. Three days, two stages, thousands of festivalgoers each evening, a city that knew how to host with the seriousness and warmth that characterize it. The assessment is clear: the cultural event delivered on all its promises.
From the first night, the tone was set. The Tiferkhin women’s Ahwach opened the festivities with the strength of Grand South traditions, before Lartiste, Benny Adam, Sofia Marikh, DJ Key and a always-impassioned Najat Atabou carried Place Al Amal into a celebration where modernity and popular memory naturally echoed one another.
At the Théâtre de Verdure, Malouma bewitched the audience and Fatima Tihihite made the crowd sing and be enchanted in a meeting between two heritages, Amazigh and Mauritanian, of disarming obviousness.
The second night turned its gaze to the African continent. Larbi Imghrane, Zouhair Bahaoui, Zina Daoudia and the Ahwach of Kelaat Megouna brought a plural and contemporary Morocco to the main stage, while Aïcha Koné and the collective Africa United embodied a creative, dynamic Africa at the Théâtre de Verdure. An evening that fully illustrated the festival’s DNA: cultures meeting without dissolving.
The finale met expectations. Ragheb Alama, Oudaden, Hamid El Kasri and DJ HBrown made Place Al Amal vibrate until the last notes, while Fatima Tabaamrant, Abeer Nehme and Fatema Tachtoukt offered the Théâtre de Verdure a meeting of poetry, heritage and pure emotion. A generous, open finale, deeply rooted in what Timitar is and will remain.
Beyond the artists, what made this edition a success was flawless organization. Local authorities, elected officials, security forces mobilized in large numbers, tourism actors fully involved.
Each night, thousands of festivalgoers were able to enjoy the celebration in peace. Aziz Akhannouch, president of the Municipal Council, and Said Amzazi, wali of the Souss-Massa region, were present among the public, moving between the two stages. Their presence expresses the officials’ attachment to this event.
Timitar is much more than a festival. It is three days during which Agadir becomes what it is at its core: a city of encounters, open to the world, proud of its roots. See you at the 22nd edition.
