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Concerts, street processions and open workshops. Come as you are, bring who you love, and let the guembri and qraqeb carry you. Nobody watches from the outside for long: the trance makes room for everyone.

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  • Event poster: Nordafrikanischer Kulturtag, Gnawa aus Marokko live in Berlin. Sunday 27 September 2026, 16 to 18 Uhr, Forschungscampus Dahlem, Lansstrasse 8, 14195 Berlin. Behind the text, the band processes outdoors in brightly coloured robes playing qraqeb

    Nordafrikanischer Kulturtag

    Forschungscampus Dahlem, Lansstrasse 8, 14195 Berlin · Map for Nordafrikanischer Kulturtag

    An afternoon of North African culture at the Forschungscampus Dahlem. Gnawa Berlin play the ancestral Gnawa repertoire of Morocco live: guembri, qraqeb and call-and-response, the music of the maâlems carried from Moroccan courtyards into this city. Free entry, seats limited.

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Past

  • The ensemble processes along a cobbled path under trees, a Global Echoes of Gnawa banner raised behind them

    Global Echoes of Gnawa: Opening Parade

    Tiergarten to Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

    The opening parade of the Sonic Pluriverse Festival: Global Echoes of Gnawa. From Tiergarten to the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, led by Maâlem Hicham Bilali and Black Koyo, with Gnawa Berlin marching among Berlin's flamenco and Afro-diasporic communities.

  • The full ensemble performing on stage against a brick wall and gold curtain under purple light, the guembri player singing at the microphone

    Lila Night: Gnawa Berlin Live

    Berlin

    A full live show of guembri, qraqeb and call-and-response, taken from dusk into the small hours. Come to listen, stay to move.

  • Four members of the band stand on a Berlin pavement, one holding a guembri, the others qraqeb

    Gnawa Show

    Fischerinsel 3, Berlin

    A full Gnawa show in the heart of Berlin: guembri, qraqeb and call-and-response, built on repetition and release.

  • Workshop flyer: Open Workshop, Qraqeb and Rhythm, learn the pulse hands on, Berlin. Instruments provided, no experience needed. Behind the text, a close-up of a singer playing qraqeb in purple light

    Open Workshop: Qraqeb & Rhythm

    Berlin

    Hands-on introduction to qraqeb patterns and the call-and-response form. Instruments provided, no experience needed.