From 21 to 24 March, the city of Marseille will host the second edition of the Kurdish cultural festival organized by the Kurdish Solidarity Collective 13 (CSK 13). During the special Newroz (Kurdish New Year) festival, there will be Kurdish music concerts, exhibitions, screening of a documentary and a show as well as tasting of Kurdish culinary specialties.

Here is the complete program of the Kurdish Cultural Festival of Marseille

Thursday 21 March

6:30 p.m. – Town Hall 2/3, Newroz Celebration

Opening He who speaks of the shadow speaks the truth by Laure Degras

Exhibition: Prison No. 5 by Zehra Doğan

Kurdish music, folklore and culinary specialties

2 place de la Major, 13002 Marseille

Friday 22 March

7:30 p.m. – Le Gyptis Cinema

Screening of the documentary film Nine days in Raqqa directed by Xavier de Lauzanne

Speeches

Prices: €7 / €6

136 rue Loubon, 13003 Marseille

Saturday 23

8 p.m. – Friche la Belle de Mai,

The temperate man, a show by Élie Guillou

Chronicles of Kurdistan

41 Rue Jobin, 13003 Marseille

Price: €10

Sunday 24 March

7 p.m. – Friche la Belle de Mai, Music

Concert by Éléonore Fourniau Quintet

Sylvain Barou, flutes, duduk, zurna / Pierre Clavé, oud, buzuq, guitar Emrah Kaptan, fretless bass / Ersoj Kazimov, percussion

New album Neynik – Kurdish music and songs

41 Rue Jobin, 13003 Marseille

Price: €15