The list below is only a selection of some of the events taking place in Rabat and surrounding area every year.

Wax Lantern Festival
This festival taking place in Salé every April is a night procession with wax lanterns in honour of the patron Saint of Salé. It is celabrated the night before of the Eid el-Mouloud (the birthday of the prophet Mohammed)

Mawazine Rhythms of the World Festival
This event taking place in May is a festival with music from around the world, performed at some of Rabat’s historical sites.

Jazz at the Chellah
Rabat’s annual Jazz Festival takes place in June.

Festival of Rabat (from the 25th of July to the 4th of August)
Annual festival featuring cinema, theatre, art exhibitions and Berber Music