List of festivals in Tunisia

Tunisia features many annual festivals, which are listed below sorted by month..

February

 * International Instrumental Festival. Focuses on North African traditions – Tunis

March

 * Octopus Festival – Kerkennah Islands
 * Sousse Spring Festival. International arts festival including concerts, shows and theatre - Sousse
 * Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival - Tunis
 * Festival international des ksour sahariens. Culture of ksar dwellers - Tatouine (Mid of late March)
 * Orange Blossom Festival – Menzel Bou Zelfa, Nabeul and Hammamet (March - April)

April

 * Orange Blossom Festival – Menzel Bou Zelfa, Nabeul and Hammamet, Tunisia (March - April)
 * Sbeitla's Spring International Festival - Sbeitla
 * Folk Art Festival – Tatouine
 * Festival of the Mountain Oases. Berber culture. – Midès, Tamezret. (Late April)
 * Passover Festival – El-Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba. (April or May)

May

 * Passover Festival – El-Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba. (April or May)
 * The Jerid Festival – Nefta and surrounding towns
 * Music Festival. Classical and pop music concerts – Sfax

June

 * Falconry Festival – El Haouaria
 * Arab Horse Festival – Sidi Bou Saïd
 * International Malouf Music Festival – Testour
 * Tabarka Jazz Festival - Tabarka (June - July)

July

 * Tabarka Jazz Festival - Tabarka (June - July)
 * Ulysses Festival. Song and dance festival with historic and mythological themes – Houmt Souk
 * International Festival of Sbeitla - Sbeitla
 * Mermaid Festival. Concerts and performances – Kerkennah Islands
 * Carnival of Awussu. Parade – Sousse
 * Hammamet International Festival. Music and theatre - Hammamet, Tunisia
 * International Festival of Bizerte. Music, art, dance and food - Bizerte
 * Nights of La Marsa. Music, theatre and ballet - La Marsa
 * International Festival of Symphonic Music – Amphitheatre of El Jem
 * International Festival of Carthage. Jazz, plays, dances, folk, and ballet - Carthage
 * Plastic Arts Festival – Mahrès (Sfax) (July–August)

August

 * Plastic Arts Festival – Mahrès (Sfax) (July–August)
 * Sponge Festival – Zarzis
 * Festival of Diving – Tabarka
 * Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK) - Kélibia

September

 * Chouftouhonna Festival - Tunis
 * Coralis Festival of Underwater Photography – Tabarka
 * Wine Festival – Grombalia
 * Wheat Festival – Béja

October-December

 * Carthage Film Festival (Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, JCC) - Tunis
 * Date Harvest Festival – Kebili (November)
 * International Oases Festival – Tozeur (November)
 * International Festival of the Sahara. Dance, theatre, music - Douz (November–December)
 * Sfax International Mediterranean Film Festival - Sfax (December)