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The director of the Carthage International Festival, Kamal Ferjani, announced that the activities of the fifty-eighth session of the international festival will begin between July 17 and August 18, at the Archaeological Theater of Carthage.
The evening will be opened by Tunisian artist Lotfi Bouchnak with his show “Ayesh Laghanayati”, during which he will showcase his artistic career spanning five decades. The festival will be concluded by Syrian artist Asala Nasri, announcing her return to Tunisian territory after an absence that lasted for years.
This season is distinguished by the participation of Egyptian artist Amal Maher, who returns to sing in Carthage for the third time after previous participations in 2012 and 2015.
Lebanese artist Wael Kfoury will also return to perform on the night of July 19, while the festival will also be distinguished by the presence of Iraqi artist Kazem Al-Saher.
The festival also witnesses the first participation of some artists, such as Egyptian artist Hamza Namira and Moroccan artist Amine Boudchard, in addition to seven Tunisian evenings performed by artists Ziad Gharsa, Najat Attia and others, and five international evenings.
Al-Ferjani stated that the costs of this session are the lowest in four years, expecting that the festival’s own revenues will fully cover the costs while achieving a financial surplus of 130,000 Tunisian dinars, and contributing 435,000 dinars to the state treasury.
For her part, Director of Festivals Development at the Ministry of Culture, Hind Makrani, expressed her keenness to raise the artistic level of the performances to meet the aspirations of the general public, while working to prepare a documentary exhibition and a reference book that preserve the memory and ancient history of Carthage.
This edition comes to crown the 60th anniversary of the founding of the festival, and will include performances from 11 countries, combining authentic Tunisian and oriental music, reggae and flamenco rhythms, popular African rhythms, and spectacle and circus shows, to form a distinct cultural and artistic experience.
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