{"id":1150,"date":"2026-04-05T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/?page_id=1150"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:11:45","slug":"musical_performances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/musical_performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1514 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-11-at-8.09.26-PM-1024x600.jpeg\" style=\"object-position:49% 16%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"49% 16%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-11-at-8.09.26-PM-1024x600.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-11-at-8.09.26-PM-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-11-at-8.09.26-PM.jpeg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#a95b4e\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" style=\"color: #ffffff; text-shadow: 2px 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);\">\n    <strong style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #D4AF37; padding-bottom: 5px; display: inline-block;\">\n        Musical Performances\n    <\/strong>\n<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n  \/* 1. 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}\n\n  \/* --- Performance Image Styling --- *\/\n  .perf-img-container {\n    width: 100%;\n    overflow: hidden;\n    border-radius: 20px; \n    box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\n    cursor: pointer;\n    transition: transform 0.4s ease;\n  }\n\n  .perf-img { width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; transition: transform 0.6s ease; }\n  .perf-img-container:hover .perf-img { transform: scale(1.08); }\n\n  \/* Mobile Optimization *\/\n  @media (max-width: 768px) {\n    .event-row { flex-direction: column; padding: 40px 0; gap: 30px; }\n    .image-side-col { flex: 0 0 auto; width: 100%; }\n    .details-side-col { margin-top: 20px; } \n    .event-title { font-size: 26px; }\n    .perf-img-container { border-radius: 15px; }\n    .day-text { display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; }\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"fez-program-container\">\n  <!-- PERFORMANCE 2: Songs from Fez, Songs for Peace -->\n  <div class=\"event-row\">\n    <div class=\"image-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"perf-img-container\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Final-visual-of-the-Fez-Gathering-_-2026-6-1.png\" alt=\"Songs from Fez, Songs for Peace\" class=\"perf-img\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"details-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"event-meta-top\">\n        <span class=\"day-text\">Thursday May 14<\/span>\n        <span class=\"time-text\">8:00 PM<\/span>\n        <span class=\"location-link\">\ud83d\udccd ALIF RIAD<\/span>\n      <\/div> \n      <span class=\"cat-tag\">Collective Music Concert<\/span>\n      <div class=\"event-title\">Songs from Fez, Songs for Peace<\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-lead\">A Unique Collaborative Musical Experience<\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-description\">\n        Fez Gathering is inviting local bands and musicians to take part in a unique collaborative musical experience.\nThis year, selected bands will be part of a special concert titled \u201cSongs for Fez \u2013 Songs for Peace\u201d, a collective performance celebrating Morocco as a country rooted in peace, dialogue, and cultural coexistence.\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- PERFORMANCE 1: Invisible \u2013 Visible -->\n  <div class=\"event-row\">\n    <div class=\"image-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"perf-img-container\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LAST-Final-visual-of-the-Fez-Gathering-_-2026-3.png\" alt=\"Invisible Visible Performance\" class=\"perf-img\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"details-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"event-meta-top\">\n        <span class=\"day-text\">Friday May 15<\/span>\n        <span class=\"time-text\">8:00 PM<\/span>\n        <span class=\"location-link\">\ud83d\udccd KAN YA MAKAN CENTER<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"cat-tag\">Performance Art<\/span>\n      <div class=\"event-title\"> Visible \u2013 Invisible <\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-lead\">Maria Caix\u00e9s &#038; Local Traditional Bands (Gnawa, Hmadcha, etc.)<\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-description\">\n       A sonic journey where local and international artists weave rhythms, voices, and textures that open\nspaces of mysticism, trance, and collective healing.\u00a0In this dialogue, the painter translates sound into\ngesture, and gesture into color\u2014painting not as illustration, but as transformation: an embodied act of\nlistening made visible.\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n \n  <!-- PERFORMANCE 3: Healing Beyond Borders -->\n  <div class=\"event-row\">\n    <div class=\"image-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"perf-img-container\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Final-visual-of-the-Fez-Gathering-_-2026-8-1.png\" alt=\"Healing Beyond Borders Concert\" class=\"perf-img\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"details-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"event-meta-top\">\n        <span class=\"day-text\">Saturday May 16<\/span>\n        <span class=\"time-text\">8:30 PM<\/span>\n        <span class=\"location-link\">\ud83d\udccd MAISON POP<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"cat-tag\">Music Fusion<\/span>\n      <div class=\"event-title\">Healing Beyond Borders<\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-lead\">Gnawa &#038; Jazz Fusion \u2022 Brazil, Portugal, Morocco, Spain<\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-description\">\n        This concert presents a fusion of musical genres, including Gnawa and Jazz, rooted in African and Brazilian traditions. The performance creates a powerful dialogue between musicians from Morocco, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain, shaping a shared healing journey that connects cultures through rhythm and sound.\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n <!-- PERFORMANCE 4: Blue Horse -->\n  <div class=\"event-row\">\n    <div class=\"image-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"perf-img-container\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LAST-Final-visual-of-the-Fez-Gathering-_-2026-4-1.png\" alt=\"Blue Horse\" class=\"perf-img\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"details-side-col\">\n      <div class=\"event-meta-top\">\n        <span class=\"day-text\">Sunday May 17<\/span>\n        <span class=\"time-text\">7:00 PM<\/span>\n        <span class=\"location-link\">\ud83d\udccd Medina social club <\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"cat-tag\">Music Fusion<\/span>\n      <div class=\"event-title\">The Blue Horse<\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-lead\">Interactive Theatrical Experience<\/div>\n      <div class=\"event-description\">\n       This performance is a gentle invitation to enter a shared space of reflection and collective healing. 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This year, selected bands will be part of a special concert titled \u201cSongs for Fez \u2013 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/musical_performances\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Musical Performances&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1150","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1150\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezgathering.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}