What's on in El Jadida (Mazagan), Morocco through the year

Peak crowds — Ramadan, Mid-year holiday in Morocco

• Holiday

  Ramadan

  25 Jan – 25 Mar · usuallyClosures

  The promenade cafés stay empty until sunset and the medina wakes up late. The fish grills at the port keep short and unpredictable daytime hours. Source ↗

Busy — Ramadan, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Ramadan, Third interim break (spring) in Morocco

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually))

Busy — Eid al-Adha (Eid Kbir), school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Eid al-Adha (Eid Kbir)

  20 Apr – 10 Jun · usuallyRamadan & EidClosuresCrowded

  The feast of sacrifice moves about eleven days earlier each year. Shops and cafes close for a few days while families gather, and trains and buses from Casablanca are packed either side of it. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Eid al-Adha (Eid Kbir), Fourth interim break (May) in Morocco

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Eid al-Adha (Eid Kbir) (20 Apr – 10 Jun (usually))

Peak crowds — Eid al-Adha (Eid Kbir), Summer holidays in Morocco

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Eid al-Adha (Eid Kbir) (20 Apr – 10 Jun (usually))

Peak crowds — Moroccan beach summer, Throne Day

• Season

  Moroccan beach summer

  1 Jul – 31 AugSchool holidaysCrowded

  This is where Casablanca comes when school ends: the beach is shoulder to shoulder, apartment rents double and the corniche stays busy past midnight. The same promenade is half shut in winter.

• Holiday

  Throne Day

  30–31 JulNational holidayCrowdedClosures

  Throne Day on 30 July opens a run of Moroccan public holidays that carries through to late August, and each one pushes another wave of inland families onto this coast. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Moroccan beach summer, Moussem Moulay Abdallah Amghar

• Festival

  Moussem Moulay Abdallah Amghar

  7–14 AugReligious feastCrowdedBook early

  A week of tents, horses and gunpowder on the plain south of town, with fantasia troupes riding at the crowd in line. Rooms in El Jadida go early and the coast road is slow all week. Source ↗

Still on: Moroccan beach summer (1 Jul – 31 Aug)

Busy — Summer holidays in Morocco, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Peak crowds — Salon du Cheval, First interim break (October) in Morocco

• Festival

  Salon du Cheval

  13–18 OctMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Morocco's big horse show at the Mohammed VI exhibition park: breeders, show jumping and tbourida displays. Hotels in town fill for the week. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Busy — Second interim break (December) in Morocco, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.