Festival de Marseille 2026: Dance, Music and Arts from Around the World

From 13 June to 8 July 2026, Marseille becomes an international stage for twenty-six days. The Festival de Marseille returns with around thirty events, contemporary dance, documentary film, DJ sets, workshops, talks, spread across fifteen venues between the Vieux-Port, Belle de Mai, the Mucem and the Cité Radieuse. At the heart of the 2026 edition: a mahraganat spotlight devoted to Cairo's popular electronic music scene, and a series dedicated to Moroccan choreographer Radouan Mriziga. Here are the highlights you won't want to miss.

The mahraganat spotlight: Cairo's sonic revolt comes to Marseille

This is the most singular thread running through this edition. Mahraganat, the electronic music born in Cairo's working-class neighbourhoods in the 2000s, takes over Marseille through films, performances, talks and DJ sets.

• Saturday 13 June, 9:45 pm, Cité Radieuse Le Corbusier: screening of Rester Vivants by Pauline Beugnies, opening the spotlight. The documentary that brought the mahraganat scene to audiences outside Egypt.
• Tuesday 30 June, 2 pm, Alcazar, BMVR: Électro Chaâbi by Hind Meddeb, the defining film on the birth of the genre.
• Wednesday 1 July, 9:45 pm, Mucem Place d'Armes du Fort Saint-Jean: El Sett by Marwan Hamed, outdoors facing the sea.
• Thursday 2 July, 8 pm, Mucem Auditorium: Pleine Lune by Toto, in a public rehearsal.
• Friday 3 July, 8 pm, Mucem Auditorium: Just one Tile by Islam Elarabi.
• Friday 3 July, 9 pm, Mucem Auditorium: talk Révolte mahraganat, le son qui secoue l'Égypte with journalist Yasmine El Rashidi.
• Friday 3 July, 10 pm, Mucem Terrasse: DJ set by Chabana, closing the spotlight.

Three consecutive evenings at the Mucem, the perfect opportunity to move from film to concert to talk to DJ set without changing venue. A rare treat at any festival.

The Radouan Mriziga series: three movements for the Mediterranean

Moroccan choreographer Radouan Mriziga, with his company A7LA5, delivers one of the standout moments of the 2026 contemporary dance programme. Three pieces performed back to back across a weekend at La Criée.

• Friday 19 and Saturday 20 June, 8:30 pm, La Criée: Magec / the Desert, first panel of a triptych exploring Mediterranean landscapes.
• Saturday 20 June, 7 pm, Sunday 21 June, 3 pm, La Criée: Atlas / the Mountain, the second panel.
• Sunday 21 June, 4:30 pm, La Criée: public talk Atlantis / the Sea with the choreographer, presenting the third and final panel.

International headline acts

The 2026 edition brings together some of the biggest names in European and international contemporary dance.

• Oona Doherty (Ireland), Leather Jacket, Saturday 4 July, 7 pm, Théâtre de la Sucrière. Workshop with the choreographer on Sunday 21 June, 11 am at the Friche Belle de Mai.
• Marco da Silva Ferreira (Portugal), F*cking Future, Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 June, 8:30 pm, Théâtre des Calanques.
• Daniel Linehan (Belgium / USA), The Quiet Magic, Thursday 25 June, 8 pm and Friday 26 June, 7 pm, Théâtre des Bernardines. Workshop on Saturday 27 June, 11 am at the Ballet national.
• Olivia Grandville (CCN La Rochelle), En même temps, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June, 8 pm, La Criée.
• Dorothée Munyaneza : Version(s), Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 July, 7 pm, La Criée.

Mediterranean and Arab works

The Festival stays true to its compass: the Mediterranean, in all its choreographic languages.

• Khalid Benghrib (Morocco), Urban Gnawa Project, Sunday 14 June, 7 pm, Friche la Belle de Mai. A festive opening on urban gnawa rhythms.
• Inka Romaní (Spain), Fandango Reloaded, Wednesday 17 June, 8 pm and Thursday 18 June, 6:30 pm, KLAP Maison pour la Danse.
• Feda Wardak, Saïdo Lehlouh and Deena Abdelwahed : Ce que le ciel ne sait pas, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June, 10 pm, Centre de la Vieille Charité. Three nights in one of Marseille's most beautiful buildings.
• Sofiane Chalal, Cie Chaabane : XXL, Thursday 18, 8 pm, Friday 19, 2:15 pm, Saturday 20 June, 3 pm, Friche la Belle de Mai.
• Taoufiq Izeddiou, Cie Anania Danses (Morocco), Border Dance, Friday 26 June, 9 pm and Saturday 27 June, 4 pm, Théâtre Joliette.
• Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi, Samaa Wakim and Samira Negrouche : نوبَتي Nouba-ti, Sunday 21 June, 2 pm and 6 pm, Friche la Belle de Mai.
• Nivine Kallas : SāHO, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June, 6 pm, La Criée.
• Marina Gomes, Elias Ardoin, HYLEL : Nidāl [dedans-dehors], Sunday 28 June, 4 pm and Monday 29 June, 8 pm, KLAP Maison pour la Danse.

The grand finale: the Ballet national de Marseille and (LA)HORDE

The (LA)HORDE direction and the Ballet national de Marseille present Après moi, le déluge, the festival's most anticipated show.

• Sunday 5, 7 pm, Monday 6, 9 pm, Tuesday 7 July, 9 pm, La Criée (plus an additional date). Book early, this is the first show that will sell out.

Before the finale, another fine piece from the Ballet: _p/rc__ by Éric Minh Cuong Castaing, Aloun Marchal and Marine Relinger, on Friday 19 (2:30 pm, 5:30 pm) and Saturday 20 June (2:30 pm) at the Ballet national.

For families, the curious and the night owls

The Festival is not just about indoor performances. The programme offers a genuinely transversal experience.

• Saturday 20 June, 10:30 am, Friche Belle de Mai: parent and child workshop with Maëla Trollé.
• Wednesday 1 July, 1:30 pm to 10 pm, Friche Belle de Mai: Dévalider les arts, a full day of workshops, talks and performances. Featuring the workshop by choreographer Lisi Estaras and Cie MonkeyMind (1:30 pm), the exchange between Mathilde François and MonkeyMind (2:30 pm), and the workshop with Islam Elarabi and Toto (6:30 pm at Mucem Forum).
• Tuesday 7 July, 4 pm and 7 pm, Friche Belle de Mai: Les Superbes by Édith Amsellem, and the large-format Le Grand Défilé by Cie ERd'O, on Saturday 20 (5 pm, 8 pm) and Sunday 21 June (5 pm) at the Jeanne Barret venue.
• DJ sets: Max Frimout live on Sunday 14 June, 8:30 pm at the Friche, Chabana at the Mucem Terrasse on Friday 3 July, 10 pm, DouceSœur at Théâtre La Criée on Wednesday 8 July, 9:45 pm for the closing night.

Festival venues: a map of Marseille to explore

One of the strengths of the Festival de Marseille is the way it inhabits the city. Fifteen different venues host performances.

• Centre / Vieux-Port: La Criée (Théâtre National, quai de Rive Neuve), Théâtre des Bernardines, Alcazar BMVR;
• Le Panier / 2nd arrondissement: Centre de la Vieille Charité, Mucem (Forum, Auditorium, Terrasse, Place d'Armes du Fort Saint-Jean), Théâtre Joliette;
• Belle de Mai / 3rd arrondissement: Friche Belle de Mai, KLAP Maison pour la Danse;
• South / 8th arrondissement: Cité Radieuse Le Corbusier (boulevard Michelet), Ballet national de Marseille (Prado), Théâtre des Calanques, Théâtre de la Sucrière;
• Off-site venue: Jeanne Barret.

Getting around between venues

Traffic and parking information is communicated by the organisers and the town hall before the event: check it before you set off. MR Taxi drops you as close as possible and picks you up at the exit, from all towns in the region, at the guaranteed maximum price announced at booking. If the place is hard to reach, I will give you an easily accessible meeting point.

It is advisable to book at least 24 hours ahead, but even at the last minute I adapt and find a solution. Estimate your trip on the Private transport page or contact us.