Sting and Elton John to headline Mawazine Festival

Moroccan music festival 'Mawazine' will this year be headlined by global superstars including Elton John, Sting, B.B.King, Santana, Mika, Julio Iglesias, and Thievery Corporation. The free music festival which is now in its 9th successful year, is held in the capital city Rabat offers a truly diverse and culturally exciting line up across nine days (21- 29 May, 2010).

The festival was attended by in excess of 2 million people in 2008 and focuses on a diversity of sounds and rhythms and has become one of the world's greatest international festivals in recent years. The festival is hosted throughout the capital city of Morocco, Rabat with 12 venues hosting 40 countries and in excess of 1,700 artists.

Previous years have seen such artists as: Witney Houston, Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder.

Since its establishment in 2001, the Maroc Cultures Association has provided the Region of Rabat with a prestigious thematic festival offering a universal and value-focused approach: MAWAZINE – RHYTHMS OF THE WORLD {RYTHMES DU MONDE). The Festival, which places the emphasis on promoting a diversity of sounds and rhythms and which has become one of the world's greatest international festivals in recent years, will take place this year from 21 to 29 May.