Master Musicians of Joujouka Festival 4-5 June 2010 with optional extra night 6th June 2010 Place: Joujouka, (Jajouka), Morocco.

Master Musicians of Joujouka Festival 4-5 June 2010 with optional extra night 6th June 2010

Place: Joujouka, (Jajouka), Morocco.

Booking  Master Musicians of Joujouka website   or below.

Boujeloud dances at the Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival, 

Joujouka, Morocco July 2008. Photo Jill Furmanovsky/Rock Archive

The Master Musicians announce their summer festival will be held 4-6June 2010 in their village in Morocco. Guests will stay with the musicians and their families and experience three days and nights of ritual Sufi music in its natural setting. On Saturday 5 June the musicians will perform the Boujeloud ritual in the village square through the night. In July 2008 the Master Musicians of Joujouka hosted the Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival in their village in the southern Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. The festival was a celebration of fortieth anniversary of Brian Jones’ recording the iconic LP Brian Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka (Rolling Stones Records 1971). The festival brought the families of old Masters now passed on and a group of visitors from abroad including old friends of the errant Rolling Stone.

In 2009 the Master Musicians festival moved to June as the temperature at the end of July can be above 40C. The festival was a great success and was reported on in The Wire magazine  October, 2009.

 The view from above Joujouka/jajouka photo Jill Furmanovsky Rock Archive

Guests will experience life in Joujouka staying with the musicians and their families in their isolated village. The Master Musicians of Joujouka will play in intimate sessions around their madrassa/school. The highlight of the festival will be the village’s celebration of the Boujeloud ritual in the village square.

Places at the festival are strictly limited as due to accommodation limitations . Guest will stay in the homes of a master Musician in Joujouka/Jajouka. Guests will be collected from Ksar El Kebir the nearest town to Joujouka on Friday 5th June and will be brought to the village. Full board will be provided. Food will be prepared in traditional Joujouka fashion from locally sourced produced. Joujouka is a framing community and as  well as Sufi trance music the village is famous locally for its beautiful olives and olive oil.

The festival is booking now. The price for the main two days of the festival 4-5 June is €250 euro.

Accommodation for 4, 5, and 6 June is €300 (Euro)

Guests will be collected at Moulay El Mehdi train station in Ksar El Kebir on June 4th and transported to Joujouka or by arrangement . For Moroccan trains see www.oncf.ma

Full board lunch and evening meal on Friday 4 June

Breakfast, Lunch and traditional Moroccan mountain feast on Saturday 5

Breakfast (all guests) plus  lunch, and evening meal on Sunday 6th (for those with three day bookings)

Booking now on Master Musicians of Joujouka Web Site or below

For payment by credit transfer please email me for details joujouka@gmail.com

Places are limited to 75.

If you have any questions please do get in touch. joujouka@gmail.com 
Press Reports on 2008 Festival

The Irish Times 2008 preview May 2008 http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2008/07/rolling-stones-moroccan-odyssey-irish_22.html
The Guardian report on Master Musicians Festival 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/29/master-musicians-joujouka-festival-morocco


Mojo magazine Feature Article on Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival 2008 PDF http://media.mind2hands.com/insom/MJMM01.pdf

Joujouka 2-day EUR 250, 4-5 June 2010

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Joujouka 3-day EUR 300 4-6 June 2010

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Slideshows from previous  Festivals 
Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival July 2008

Master Musicians of Joujouka Festival June 2009