🏃Sport
Late Oct 2026
Tozeur
Ultra Mirage El Djerid
International ultra-trail race across the Chott El Djerid salt flats and Sahara dunes. Distances from 30 km to 100 km. Open to amateurs with prior trail experience.
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Tunisia events calendar 2026
From orchestras inside a 1,800-year-old Roman amphitheatre to camel races at the edge of the Sahara — here's what's worth planning a trip around.
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14
festivals
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months covered
12
Islamic dates
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🎬Film
Oct–Nov 2026
Tunis
Carthage Film Festival (JCC)
The oldest film festival in Africa and the Arab world. Screenings across Tunis cinemas, with a strong programme of African and Middle-Eastern auteur cinema.
🎭Cultural
Nov–Dec 2026
Sfax & Sahel
Olive harvest season
Tunisia is the world's #2 olive oil producer. Many farms around Sfax, Mahdia and Kairouan offer mill visits and tastings during harvest.
🎪Festival
Dec 2026 (3 days)
Douz
International Festival of the Sahara, Douz
Three days at the edge of the Sahara: camel races, Bedouin poetry contests, sloughi greyhound racing, falconry, traditional music, marriage processions and a vast market. The biggest gathering of southern tribes of the year.
🕌Religious
8 Feb – 9 Mar 2027
Nationwide
Ramadan — Medina nights & iftars
After sunset the medinas of Tunis, Sousse and Kairouan transform: lanterns, pastry stalls, café music, families promenading until 2–3 a.m. The Festival International de la Médina runs nightly Sufi music inside historic palaces.
🕌Religious
10 Mar 2027 (approx.)
Nationwide
Eid al-Fitr
End of Ramadan: shops, banks and most restaurants close for 2 days. Plan transfers in advance and book restaurants that stay open.
🎪Festival
Mar–Apr 2027
Tataouine
Festival of the Ksour
Celebration of Berber culture: ksars, fortified granaries, traditional music, crafts and southern poetry. Combine with a Star Wars locations tour.
🏃Sport
Apr 2027
Tunis
Tunis Marathon & Half-Marathon
Course through Tunis and along the lake. International field of ~3,000 runners. Pleasant spring weather makes for great race conditions.
🕌Religious
17 May 2027 (approx.)
Nationwide
Eid al-Adha
Major religious holiday — banks and most shops close for 2–3 days. Transport runs reduced schedules.
🎵Music
Jun 2027
Testour
Festival of Malouf, Testour
Andalusian classical music in a charming Moorish-Spanish village 80 km from Tunis. Worth the day trip.
🎭Cultural
Jun 2027
El Haouaria
Falconry Festival, El Haouaria
Centuries-old falconry tradition celebrated with displays, competitions and sea-cliff parades on the Cap Bon peninsula.
🎪Festival
Jul–Aug 2027
Carthage
Carthage International Festival
The country's biggest cultural event: 6–8 weeks of music, theatre and dance in the 7,500-seat Roman amphitheatre. Past names include Sting, Lauryn Hill, Fairouz, Khaled, Tinariwen. Tickets 30–120 TND.
🎵Music
Jul–Aug 2027
El Jem
El Jem International Symphonic Festival
Orchestras play inside the 3rd-century Roman amphitheatre. Classical, opera and major symphonic acts under the desert sky. 4–6 concerts. Tickets 25–80 TND.
🎪Festival
Jul–Aug 2027
Hammamet
Festival International de Hammamet
Theatre, music and dance in the open-air theatre by the sea. More intimate than Carthage and easy to combine with a beach holiday.
Islamic dates 2027 (good to know)
Ramadan
8 Feb 2027
→ 9 Mar 2027
Eid al-Fitr
10 Mar 2027
Eid al-Adha
17 May 2027
Mawlid
15 Aug 2027
Lunar dates may shift ±1 day depending on local moon sighting.
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Build my itineraryQuick answerUpdated Reviewed by eTunisie editors (Tunis)
Tunisia's biggest events run between June and September: Carthage International Festival (July–August), Hammamet Festival (July), Tabarka Jazz Festival, Sousse Aoussou and the Sahara Festival of Douz in late December. Spring brings Nefta orange blossom celebrations and the Carthage Film Festival lands every other November.
- Carthage International Festival — July–August, Roman amphitheatre.
- Hammamet International Festival — July, open-air seafront stage.
- Tabarka Jazz Festival — late June, free fringe concerts.
- Sahara Festival of Douz — late December, Bedouin culture and camel racing.
- Ramadan and Eid dates shift each year — check before booking.