Mawazine


Mawazine is a Moroccan International music festival held annually in Rabat, Morocco, featuring many international and local music artists. The festival is presided over by Mounir Majidi, the personal secretary of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI and founder and president of Maroc Culture, the cultural foundation that organizes Mawazine and other events.
The 2013 festival was attended by an estimated 2.5 million people, making Mawazine the largest festival in the world after Donauinselfest in Vienna. With 90 acts on 7 stages it has the highest ratio of attendees per stage in the world.
Mawazine is one of several events which are intended to promote an image of Morocco as a tolerant nation, and a post on the event's website declares that the goal of the festival is to promote Rabat as a city open to the world. It has nonetheless sparked controversy, and some Moroccan politicians have criticised the event for "encouraging immoral behaviour," as well as critiquing its purported financing by Moroccan state-owned companies or private companies whose only client is the Moroccan state.
Artists such as Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, Charles Aznavour, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Ricky Martin, Pharrell Williams, Iggy Azalea, Wiz Khalifa, Pitbull, Kanye West, Scorpions, La Fouine, Maître Gims, Damso, Booba, French Montana, Usher, Avicii, Akon, David Guetta, DJ Snake, Hardwell, Placebo, The Chainsmokers, Maroon 5, The Jacksons, Sugababes, Chic, Evanescence, Chris Brown, Luis Fonsi, Bruno Mars, Nick Jonas, Stromae, Jason Derulo, Juanes, Lenny Kravitz, The Weeknd, Kylie Minogue, Demi Lovato, Ellie Goulding, Sting, Julio Iglesias, Ennio Morricone, Robert Plant, Cat Stevens, B.B. King, Susana Baca, Carlos Santana, Elton John and Deep Purple have performed at Mawazine.

History

The festival has known two eras. The first spanned between 2001 and 2007, when it was dedicated to the music of the world genre. The event had some financial difficulties and was struggling to find sponsors. The second era, which started in 2008, has seen Mounir Majidi, the personal secretary of the Moroccan King, take over the event. During this period, the festival started programming more mainstream music, and has become much stronger financially with many sponsorships from large Moroccan businesses. The press reported that the list of artists performing in the event is validated by Mohammed VI.

Funding controversy

In Morocco, the funding of the festival has often been the target of criticism. According to critics, the festival has been funded through state-owned companies such as CDG, OCP, ONCF and Royal Air Maroc, money which they deem can be better spent in sectors such as health/education/unemployment. In 2011, the management of Mawazine declared that budget of the festival is around 62 million Dirhams, of which 27 million is provided by sponsors and 35 million from revenues of the event. They added that only 4 million dirham is given by Rabat's city council.
JLEC, a Morocco-based subsidiary of Taqa, appeared in 2010 as a major sponsor of the event on the festival's official website. In January 2011, Peter Barker-Homek, CEO of Taqa between 2006 and October 2009, declared in a letter sent to the Securities Exchange Commission, that he was instructed to donate $5 million/year to Hassan Bouhemou, CEO of SNI, the sum was allegedly going to fund the music festival. In the letter Barker states that he was unconvinced of the utility of such donation, and inquired Taqa's Chairman al-Suwaidi about it, the latter stated that in return for the payment Taqa would get the green light to expand its energy plant in the country. JLEC holds a 30 years contract with Morocco's main electricity distributor ONE, and supplies as much as 50% of the country's electricity needs according to its management.
Hassan Bouhemou, denied being involved in any way in the organisation of the festival or its management and Aziz Daki director of the festival declared that the amounts reported by Barker are incorrect. According to Telquel JLEC donated 10 million Dirhams to Mawazine, replacing Emirati firm Maabar as a major sponsor of the event in 2010.

2009 stampede

Eleven people were killed and forty were injured in a stampede at the "Hay Nahda stadium" during the festival shortly after midnight on 24 May 2009. The incident occurred when spectators attempted to leave in a hurry near the end of a free concert by Moroccan pop star Abdelaziz Stati. A wire fence collapsed during this attempt, endangering the lives of the 70,000 spectators. The concert had begun at 23:00, later than billed, and this caused people attending other concerts, including one by Stevie Wonder, to go to the stadium when their concerts were finished.
Eight of the victims were seriously injured. Five of the dead were women, four were men and two were teenagers. They were all discovered after the stampede had completed and found to have been crushed by suffocation. Survivors had to be pulled from the wreckage by rescuers. The dead were all Moroccan. Seven people were still in hospital the following day.
Hassan Lamrani, the Governor of Rabat, blamed concert-goers for the stampede, saying that they had "decided to go over the metal barriers to have a quick exit". There were 3,000 police on duty at the event. Maroc Cultures issued a statement to express "its great sorrow", extending "its profound and sincere condolences" to those affected by the tragedy. King Mohammed VI also sent the families of those affected messages of condolence and offered to pay for funeral services and hospital costs. Morocco's interior ministry has announced it will investigate the incident.

2008

Mawazine was attended by 1.2 million people and was located in nine venues across Rabat.
The festival featured many artists from all around the globe, including Whitney Houston, Juanes, Goran Bregovic, George Benson, Hoba Hoba Spirit, Tony Allen and Issac Delgado.

2009

The 2009 festival, a nine-day event entitled "Rhythms of the World", was the eighth edition and began on 15 May, attracting crowds of one million people from cities such as Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez and Tangiers to Rabat. Admission cost between 100 and 500 dirhams. 1700 performers performed in 2009.
The opening three days featured acts such as Kylie Minogue, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, K'naan, Hoba Hoba Spirit, Cheb Khaled, Najwa Karam, Warda Al-Jazairia, Ali Campbell, and Johnny Clegg of White Zulu. Other musical acts to feature include Mali's Amadou & Mariam, Cuban musician Eliades Ochoa, The Joubran Trio, three brothers from Palestine, and Iranian ensemble Eshtiaq.
The festival opened with a concert by Ennio Morricone, accompanied by a Moroccan choir with ninety members, on the Bouregreg stage. This was followed by a Kylie Minogue performance on the OLM Souissi stage. Khaled's concert was attended by 50,000 people, whilst 40,000 and 30,000 attendance figures were registered for Kylie Minogue and Warda respectively. Stevie Wonder closed the festival on 23 May.
Najwa Karam's performance was the first in Morocco; it attracted about 60,000 spectators. Warda Al-Jazairia was granted the "Wissam Royal".
Setlist: Kylie Minogue

Act 1: Xlectro Static
  • "Speakerphone"
  • "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  • "Ruffle My Feathers"
  • "In Your Eyes"
Act 2: Cheer Squad
  • "Heart Beat Rock"
  • "Wow"
  • "Shocked"
Act 3: Xposed
  • "Like a Drug"
  • "Slow"
  • "The One"
  • "2 Hearts"
Act 4: Black Versus White
  • "On a Night Like This"
  • "Kids"
  • "Step Back in Time"
  • "In My Arms"
  • "Love at First Sight"
Act 5: Naughty Manga Girl
  • "Sometime Samurai"
  • "Come into My World"
  • "Nu-di-ty"
  • "Sensitized"
Act 6: Starry Nights
  • "Flower"
  • "I Believe in You"
  • "Cosmic"
Act 7: Beach Party
  • "Loveboat"
  • "Copacabana"
  • "That's Why They Write Love Songs"
  • "Spinning Around"
Encore
  • "No More Rain"
  • "All I See"

2010

The ninth edition of Mawazine took place from 21 May to 29 May 2010. Elton John and B.B. King performed at the OLM Souissi stage on 26 and 27 May respectively. Julio Iglesias performed on 23 May. Sting closed the 10-day festival with a performance on Saturday, 29 May 2010. Other performers at the 10-day festival included Mika, Harry Connick Jr., Thievery Corporation, Al Jarreau, Deolinda, Angélique Kidjo and Carlos Santana.
The festival also brought famous Arab singers such as Najwa Karam, Tamer Hosny, Elissa, Wael Jassar, Majida El Roumi, Myriam Fares, Rami Ayach.
The Generation Mawazine competition launches the music career of promising young talent. This artistic competition, which has been run since 2006 as a fringe activity to the festival, sets out to find the talent of tomorrow and offers them a major springboard into the music business. Open to all styles of music, this competition gives the stage to new young talents and is judged along 3 predefined categories: rap/hip hop, fusion/neo pop and electronic music. This initiative gives unknown bands the opportunity to perform in front of the general public and media in a professional setting. The winning groups see their career launched in Morocco, produce an album and perform at the following year's festival as established artists.

2011

The tenth edition was held from 20 May to 28 May 2011 at the OLM Souissi. The show was opened on the Friday with traditional and international performers. Notable performances which followed were Kanye West and Spaniard Ivica pica on the 21st and the English girl group Sugababes on the 22nd. The following days saw legends like Yusuf Islam, Quincy Jones, Joe Cocker and Lionel Richie take on the big stage. The event was again lightened when it had Shakira alongside Swiss DJ and producer Yves Larock on the last day. Shakira's performance has gained over 200,000 audiences
Setlist: Kanye West

  1. Intro
  2. Dark Fantasy
  3. POWER
  4. Jesus Walks
  5. Can't Tell Me Nothing
  6. Diamonds From Sierra Leone
  7. Hell Of A Life
  8. Monster
  9. Flashing Lights
  10. Good Life
  11. Love Lockdown
  12. Say You Will
  13. Heartless
  14. Rap medley :
  15. # Swagga like Us
  16. # Run This Town
  17. # E.T.
  18. Homecoming
  19. Through the Wire
  20. All Falls Down
  21. Touch the Sky
  22. Gold Digger
  23. All of the Lights
  24. Stronger
  25. Runaway
  26. Lost in the World
  27. Hey Mama

2012

The eleventh edition was held from 18 May to 26 May 2012 at the OLM Souissi as well as other stages on Rabat. The show was opened on the Friday with LMFAO during their Sorry For Party Rocking Tour. Also other following performances by Pitbull, Evanescence, Scorpions, Jimmy Cliff, Nigel Kennedy, Khaled, Gloria Gaynor, Lenny Kravitz who spent his birthday on stage, and without forgetting the epic finale: The historical performance by the American diva Mariah Carey.
House DJs were Yolanda Be Cool and DJ Abdel.
Setlist: LMFAO

  1. "Rock The Beat II"
  2. "Sorry For Party Rocking"
  3. "Get Crazy"
  4. "Take It To The Hole"
  5. "Put That A$$ To Work"
  6. "I'm in Miami Bitch"
  7. "Gettin Over You"
  8. "Boom Boom Pow"
  9. "Shooting Star"
  10. "Reminds Me Of You"
  11. "I Am Not A Whore"
  12. "Hot Dog"
  13. "One Day"
  14. "La La La"
  15. "Yes"
  16. "Quest Crew Dance Mashup"
  17. "Shots"
Encore

Setlist: Evanescence

  1. "What You Want"
  2. "Going Under"
  3. "The Other Side"
  4. "Weight of the World"
  5. "The Change"
  6. "Made of Stone"
  7. "Lost in Paradise"
  8. "My Heart Is Broken"
  9. "Lithium"
  10. "Erase This"
  11. "Sick"
  12. "Call Me When You're Sober"
  13. "Imaginary"
  14. "Never Go Back"
  15. "Bring Me to Life"
;Encore

Setlist: Lenny Kravitz

  1. Come On Get It
  2. Always on the Run
  3. American Woman
  4. It Ain't Over 'til It's Over
  5. Mr. Cab Driver
  6. Black and White America
  7. Fields of Joy
  8. Stand By A Woman
  9. Believe
  10. Stand
  11. Rock Star City Life
  12. Where Are We Runnin'?
  13. Fly Away
  14. Are You Gonna Go My Way
  15. Let Love Rule

2013

Mawazine took place from 24 May to 1 June.
International stars in OLM Souissi stage : Rihanna opened the festival as a part of her Diamonds World Tour; she made history by performing to one of the largest crowds of all time, performing in front of 150,000 people. This was a standoff with the Shakira's 2011 performance in terms of the number of audiences. Other artists included Jessie J, MIKA, Sexion d'Assaut, The Jacksons, David Guetta, Deep Purple, Enrique Iglesias during his featuring the Moroccan-Swedish pop star Loreen, R&B singer Cee-Lo Green and Taio Cruz.
Arab Walid Taoufic. Day 2) Mouhcine Salahdine, Sherine Abdel Wahab, Farid Ghennam. Day 3) Bouchra Khalid, Mohamed Mounir. Day 4) Rabab, Cheb Mami. Day 5) Abed, Najwa Karam. Day 6) Zakaria Ghafouli, Assi El Hellani, Mourad Bouriki. Day 7) Shada Hassoun, Ahlam. Day 8) Hatim Ammor, Houda Saad. Day 8) Leila Al Maghribiya, Ahmed Chawki, Tamer Housni.
Moroccan scene in Salé stage : Siham, Jil Ghiwan Jalal, Ghiwane Salwan, LooNope, Jbara, Mjid Bekkas, Aouatif, Mohamed Anbari, Fatim Zahra Laaroussi, Atika Ammar, Numedia et Mallal, Izenzaren Abdelhadi, M.boy, Barry, Casa Crew, Hamid Kasri, Chaht Man, H-Kayne, Don Bigg, Ben Moussa, Hajib, Rachid Lamrini, Mohammed Iskandar, Najat Atabou, Tarik Laamirat, Said Mouskir, Hamid Hadri.
Other stars in so many other stages : Haj Youness, Amir Ali, Leila Lamrini, Tinariwen, African United, Gnawa Diffusion, Amadou & Meriem, Blitz The Ambassador, George Benson, Bond Girls, Sandra Nkaké, Lotfi Bouchnak, Abdelwahab Doukkali, Patrizia Laquidara, Ensemble Dragon.
Setlist: Rihanna

  1. "Mother Mary"
  2. "Phresh Out the Runway"
  3. "Birthday Cake"
  4. "Talk That Talk"
  5. "Pour It Up"
  6. "Cockiness "
  7. "Numb"
  8. "You da One"
  9. "Man Down"
  10. "No Love Allowed"
  11. "Rude Boy"
  12. "What's My Name?"
  13. "Jump"
  14. "Umbrella"
  15. "All of the Lights"
  16. "Rockstar 101"
  17. "What Now"
  18. "Loveeeeeee Song"
  19. "Love the Way You Lie " / "Take A Bow" / "Cold Case Love"
  20. "Hate That I Love You"
  21. "Red Lipstick"
  22. "We Found Love"
  23. "S&M" / "Only Girl " / "Don't Stop the Music"
  24. "Where Have You Been"
Encore:
  1. "Stay"
  2. "Diamonds"
Setlist: MIKA

  1. Elle Me Dit
  2. Relax, Take It Easy
  3. Blue Eyes
  4. Billy Brown
  5. Rain
  6. Popular Song
  7. Big Girl
  8. Origin Of Love
  9. Stardust
  10. Underwater
  11. Stuck In The Middle
  12. Celebrate
  13. Love You When I'm Drunk
  14. Lola
  15. Happy Ending
  16. Step With Me
  17. Grace Kelly
  18. Love Today
  19. We Are Golden
  20. Lollipop
Setlist: David Guetta

  1. Titanium
  2. Just One Last Time
  3. She Wolf
  4. Pursuit Of Happiness
  5. Play Hard
  6. Sexy B***h
  7. Harlem Shake
  8. Love Is Gone vs. Little Bad Girl
  9. Turn Me On
  10. Sweat
  11. Don't You Worry Child
  12. Right Now
  13. Wild Ones
  14. Iron
  15. Pandor
  16. Wakanda
  17. Head Up
  18. One Love
  19. When Love Takes Over
  20. Memories
  21. Moombah
  22. Rock The House
  23. Aerodynamic
  24. I Can Only Imagine
  25. I Could Be The One
  26. Without You
  27. Wonderwall
Setlist: Loreen

  1. "In My Head"
  2. "No Woman, No Cry"
  3. "We Got the Power"
  4. "My Heart Is Refusing Me"
  5. "Euphoria"
  6. "Crying Out Your Name"
  7. "Sober"
  8. "If She's the One"
  9. "Sidewalk"
  10. "Breaking Robot"
  11. "Heal"
Encore

Setlist: Taio Cruz

  1. Hangover
  2. Break Your Heart
  3. There She Goes
  4. Without You
  5. Little Bad Girl
  6. DJing Session by Taio Cruz :
  7. #Call Me Maybe
  8. #Greyhound
  9. #I Could Be The One
  10. #Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
  11. #City Of Dreams
  12. #Levels
  13. #Walking On A Dream
  14. #REJ
  15. #I Love It
  16. #Diamonds In The Sky
  17. #Somebody That I Used to Know
  18. #Sunrise
  19. #Vertigo
  20. #Seven Nation Army
  21. #Don't You Worry Child
  22. Dirty Picture
  23. Troublemaker
  24. Higher
  25. Dynamite
  26. Hangover

2014

Mawazine was held this year from 30 May until 7 June.
Many artists performed starting with Justin Timberlake, for the opening on 30 May which marked his first performance in Morocco, Jason Derülo as part of Tattoos World Tour on 31 May, the mythic French hip-hop group IAM on 1 June, the Belgian house producer and singer Stromae promoting his new album Racine Carrée on 2 June, Kool & the Gang on 3 June, the R&B sensation Ne-Yo on 4 June.Robert Plant the former vocalist of one of the best rock bands ever Led Zeppelin with his new founded band The Sensational Space Shifters on 5 June, the Latino icon Ricky Martin on 6 June, and the finale of this season the strong-voiced R&B diva Alicia Keys on 7 June.
Setlist: Justin Timberlake

  1. "Pusher Love Girl"
  2. "Gimme What I Don't Know "
  3. "Rock Your Body"
  4. "Don't Hold the Wall"
  5. "FutureSex/LoveSound"
  6. "Like I Love You"
  7. "Let Me Talk To You"
  8. "My Love"
  9. "TKO"
  10. "SummerLove"
  11. "LoveStoned"
  12. "Until The End Of Time"
  13. "Holy Grail"
  14. "Cry Me A River"
  15. "Señorita"
  16. "Take Back the Night"
  17. "Shake Your Body "
  18. "Heartbreak Hotel"
  19. "Not A Bad Thing"
  20. "Human Nature"
  21. "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around"
  22. "Suit & Tie"
  23. "SexyBack"
  24. "Mirrors"
Setlist: Ne-Yo

  1. "Let's Go"
  2. "Knock You Down"
  3. "Beautiful Monster"
  4. "Don't Make Em Like You"
  5. "Mad"
  6. "Miss Independent"
  7. "Burning Up"
  8. "So Sick"
  9. "Stay"
  10. "Champagne Life"
  11. "Make Me Better"
  12. "Baby by Me"
  13. "Leave You Alone"
  14. "One In A Million"
  15. "Because Of You"
  16. "Sexy Love"
  17. "Lazy Love"
  18. "Closer"
  19. "Play Hard"
  20. "Give Me Everything"
  21. "Let Me Love You "
Setlist: Stromae

  1. "Ta Fête"
  2. "Bâtard"
  3. "Peace Or Violence"
  4. "Te Quiero"
  5. "Tous Les Mêmes"
  6. "Ave Cesaria"
  7. "Sommeil"
  8. "Quand C'est ?"
  9. "Moules Frites"
  10. "Formidable"
  11. "Carmen"
  12. "Humain à L'eau"
  13. "Alors On Danse"
  14. "Encore"
  15. "Papaoutai"
  16. "Merci"
Setlist: Alicia Keys

  1. "Karma"
  2. "You Don't Know My Name"
  3. "Tears Always Win"
  4. "Listen to Your Heart"
  5. "Like You'll Never See Me Again"
  6. "A Woman's Worth"
  7. "Diary"
  8. "Love You Down"
  9. "Un-Thinkable "
  10. "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart"
  11. "101"
  12. "Fallin'"
  13. "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"
  14. "When It's All Over"
  15. "Fire We Make"
  16. "Unbreakable"
  17. "Not Even the King"
  18. "If I Ain't Got You"
  19. "No One"
  20. "New Day"
  21. "Murder She Wrote"
  22. "Girl On Fire"
Encore

2015

This year's edition of Mawazine Festival is set to new records of attendance. 160,000 people attended the concert of American singer Jennifer Lopez at the opening of the festival, and 180,000 people attended Pharrell Williams concert on Saturday, May 30. The concert of DJ Avicii attracted over 200,000 festival-goers, on Monday, June 1 at the OLM Soussi stage of Rabat, as part of the 14th Mawazine Festival-Rhythms of the World, according to the organizers.
Setlist: Jennifer Lopez

  1. "Booty"
  2. "Love Don't Cost A Thing"
  3. Medley :
  4. # "Ain't It Funny "
  5. # "All I Have"
  6. # "I'm Real "
  7. "Get Right"
  8. "Girls" / "If You Had My Love"
  9. "I'm Into You"
  10. "Waiting For Tonight"
  11. "Feel The Light"
  12. "First Love"
  13. "Do It Well"
  14. "Hold It Don't Drop It"
  15. "Let's Get Loud"
  16. "Dance Again"
  17. "On The Floor"
  18. "Jenny From The Block"
Setlist: Pharrell Williams

  1. "Come Get It Bae"
  2. "Frontin'"
  3. "Hunter"
  4. "Marilyn Monroe"
  5. "Brand New"
  6. Medley :
  7. # "Hot In Herre"
  8. # "I Just Wanna Love U
  9. # "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"
  10. "Gush"
  11. "Rockstar"
  12. "Lapdance"
  13. "She Wants to Move"
  14. "Beautiful" / "Drop It Like It's Hot"
  15. "It Girl"
  16. "Hollaback Girl"
  17. "Blurred Lines"
  18. "Get Lucky"
  19. "Lose Yourself to Dance"
  20. "Gust of Wind"
  21. "Happy"
Setlist: Sean Paul

  1. Intro
  2. "Come On To Me"
  3. "Get Busy"
  4. "Give It Up To Me"
  5. "Got 2 Luv U"
  6. "How Deep Is Your Love"
  7. "Baby Boy"
  8. "Bailando"
  9. "One Wine"
  10. "Hey Baby"
  11. "Infiltrate"
  12. "Deport Them"
  13. "Like Glue"
  14. "Gimme The Light"
  15. "We Be Burnin'"
  16. "Riot"
  17. "I'm Still In Love With You"
  18. "Punkie"
  19. "No Woman No Cry"
  20. "Never Gonna Be The Same"
  21. "Hold My Hand"
  22. "Other Side Of Love"
  23. "Lowe Me"
  24. "Living The Dream"
  25. "Take It Low"
  26. "Want Dem All"
  27. "She Doesn't Mind"
  28. "Temperature"
  29. "Turn It Up"
Setlist: Avicii

  1. "Love Me Again"
  2. "Snake"
  3. "Addicted To You"
  4. "Heaven"
  5. "My Feelings For You"
  6. "Make Your Move"
  7. "Echoes"
  8. "You Make Me"
  9. "The Nights"
  10. "All You Need Is Love"
  11. "The Tracks Of My Tears"
  12. "Utopia"
  13. "Animals"
  14. "Smile"
  15. "Superlove"
  16. "Fade Into The Darkness"
  17. "Maple"
  18. "Rapture"
  19. "Blessed"
  20. "XXX"
  21. "Alcoholic"
  22. "Tear It Down"
  23. "Sunshine"
  24. "Spectrum "
  25. "Seek Bromance"
  26. "Dear Boy"
  27. "The Days"
  28. "Return Of The Mack"
  29. "I Could Be The One"
  30. "Love Looks"
  31. "White Noise"
  32. "Lovers On The Sun"
  33. "Silhouettes"
  34. "Hey Brother"
  35. "Levels"
  36. "Waiting For Love"
  37. "On My Way"
  38. "Coming Home"
  39. "Flash"
  40. "Deep Down Low"
  41. "Punx"
  42. "Kangaroo"
  43. "Antidote"
  44. "Greyhound"
  45. "Zeus"
  46. "Hypnotize"
  47. "Wakanda"
  48. "Power Glove"
  49. "EDM Death Machine"
  50. "Wake Me Up"
Setlist: AKON

  1. "Shake Down"
  2. "We Takin' Over"
  3. "I'm So Paid"
  4. "Soul Survivor"
  5. "Ghetto"
  6. "Sorry, Blame It On Me"
  7. "Lonely"
  8. "Sweetest Girl "
  9. "I Love The Way She Moves"
  10. "Don't Matter"
  11. "Danza Kuduro"
  12. "Oh Africa"
  13. "Mama Africa"
  14. "I Can't Wait"
  15. "Against The Grain"
  16. "Bartender"
  17. "I Wanna Love You"
  18. "Smack That"
  19. "I Just Had Sex"
  20. "Dangerous"
  21. "Chop My Money"
  22. "Right Now "
  23. "Angel"
  24. "Keep You Much Longer"
  25. DJing Session :
  26. # "Habits "
  27. # "Papaoutai"
  28. # "Am I Wrong"
  29. # "Crunk It Up"
  30. # "Shut It Down"
  31. "Beautiful"
  32. "Sexy Bitch"
  33. "Play Hard"
  34. "Millionaire Dance"
  35. "Freedom"
Setlist: Usher

  1. "OMG"
  2. "Love In This Club"
  3. "You Make Me Wanna..."
  4. "Nice & Slow"
  5. "U Remind Me"
  6. "Caught Up"
  7. "She Came To Give It To You"
  8. "Climax"
  9. "Confessions Part II"
  10. Medley :
  11. # "Hey Daddy "
  12. # "My Boo"
  13. # "I Need A Girl"
  14. # "Lovers And Friends"
  15. # "New Flame"
  16. "I Don't Mind"
  17. "Don't Look Down" / "Animals"
  18. "More"
  19. "Burn"
  20. "U Got It Bad"
  21. "Bad Girl"
  22. "Good Kisser"
  23. "U Don't Have To Call"
  24. "Scream"
  25. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"
  26. "Yeah!"
  27. "Without You"
StagesOLM SouissiNahdaBouragragSaléLa RenaissanceChellahThéatre Mohammed V
Friday 29 MayJennifer LopezKhalid Hajar / Ghazi El Amir / Saad SattarTemenik ElectricBawss & Soultana / Khawla El Moujahed / Khansa Batma / OumTBATBATBA
Saturday 30 MayPharrell WilliamsAssalaYuri BuenaventuraNidal Ibourk / Moataz Abou Zouz / Aziz Al Maghribi / Mohamed Adly / Orchestre Ashjan Al AwetarTBASrishti – Nina Rajarani / Dance CreationsNihad Fathi / Orchestre Hafni
Sunday 31 MaySean PaulAmal MaherP-SquareNajat Al Houceimiya / Imghrane / Mustapha OumguilTBADébora RussMagida El Roumi
Monday 1 JuneAviciiMaher ZainDaara J FamilyMelimane / Ibham Band / Issam & Abidate Rma / EssihamMalekCarmen SouzaFlavia Coelho
Tuesday 2 JunePlaceboElissaBlack MGnawa Stone / Gnawa Click / Lamaalam Mahmoud GuineaLes Frères & Les Fils AkkafMaria BerasarteBarbara Hendricks
Wednesday 3 JuneAkonMelhem ZeinYannick NoahBabel / Rwapa Crew / Hassan Al Maghribi / Farid Ghannam / Mazagan & Hamid El HadriHaim BotbolLo Cor De La PlanaMesut Kurtis
Thursday 4 JuneStingNabil ShuailLes AmbassadeursDraganov / AZ Flow / Shayfeen / Chouft'Chouf / FnaireTBALuis De La Carrasca : Lo EssentialTBA
Friday 5 JuneUsherDounia Batma / Ibtissam Tiskat / Fadwa Al MalkiAziz Sahmaoui & Mamani KeitaAfrica United / The Basement / Cheb SimoBatoul MarouaniKaterina FotinakiDorsaf Hamdani
Saturday 6 JuneMaroon 5Wael KfouryMetá MetáDaoudi / TahourTBAÖzlem özdilBajeddoub / Abderrahim Souiri / Orchestre Debbi

2016

The 15th edition of Mawazine took place from 20 May to 28 May 2016. American singer Chris Brown and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea both performed at the OLM Souissi stage on 20 and 21 May respectively. Pitbull performed for 130 000 fans, and Saad Lamjerrad performed for 140 000 people in the Nahda stage. The Dutch DJ Hardwell also performed in the festival for 180 000 people. The vocalist Christina Aguilera broke record with having over 250,000 people attend and she closed the festival in May 28.
DateOLM SouissiNahdaBouragragSaléChellahThéatre Mohammed V
Friday, May 20Chris BrownDiana HaddadRokia TraoréHatim Idar,Mohammed Reda and Zinab OussamaTBAKadhim Al-Sahir
Saturday, May 21Iggy AzaleaMelhem BarakatMarcus MillerDJ K-Rim, Rhany and Saïda FikriAlireza GhorbaniAlma de Tango
Sunday, May 22Wyclef JeanMyriam FaresNational Orchestra of BarbesAhouzar, Fatima Tachtoukt and Najat TaziNoëmie WaysfeldLe Trio Joubran
Monday, May 23Maître GimsHatem Al-IraqiOmar Sosa & FriendsAminux, Sami Ray and Kader JaponaisThe Musicians of CairoNatacha Atlas
Tuesday, May 24Kendji GiracYaraBombinoHoba Hoba Spirit, Gabacho Maroc and Darga Ines Bacán, Majid Bekkas et Pedro SolerQawwali Flamenco
Wednesday, May 25HardwellAssi El HelaniFaiz Ali FaizAlamri, Hajib and Abdelaziz StatiAntonio CastrignanòImany
Thursday, May 26ShaggySherineThe Afrobeat ExperienceMuslim, H-Kayne, and H-nameSouffles QuartetPaco Renteria
Friday, May 27PitbullSaad LamjarredErnest Ranglin & FriendsDouzi, Rachid Berriah and Rachid CastaKakushin Nishihara and Gaspar ClausEl Gusto
Saturday, May 28Christina AguileraSaber RebaïMokhtar SambaNajat Aatabou, Bilal El Maghribi and Hamid El MardiHouria AïchiSafwan Bahlawan

2017

The 16th edition of Mawazine took place on 12 May to 20 May 2017.
;Line-ups
DateOLM SouissiNahdaBouragragSaléChellahThéatre Mohammed V
Friday, 12 MayEllie GouldingSami YusufPanache CultureFatima Zohra Laaroussi
Tahour
Latifa Raafat
Mustapha Regragui's Orchestra
Abderrahim Souiri		Charles Aznavour
Saturday, 13 MayWiz KhalifaMajid al-MuhandisMHDRabah Mariwri
Fatima Tabaamrant
Mustapha Oumghil		Vakia StravrouBadr Rami
Sunday, 14 MayChic featuring Nile RodgersNawal Al ZoghbiAmadou & MariamHamid Bouchnak
Cheba Maria
Cheb Kader		Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Monday, 15 MayMs. Lauryn HillMohamed Al Salem
Hussein El Deek		BongaHamid El Kasri
Mehdi Nassouli
Mustapha Bakbou		Maqâm RoadsAnoushka Shankar
Tuesday, 16 MayBoobaFares KaramIbibio Sound MachineHamid Serghini
Zina Daoudia
Five Stars		Trio Chicuelo & Marco MezquidaCharles Aznavour
Wednesday, 17 MayDJ SnakeNajwa KaramBalojiBatoul El Merouani
Cherkani Orchestra
Rachida Talal
Saida Charaf		Agathe IracemaSusana Baca
Thursday, 18 MayNick JonasTamer HosnyPat Thomas & Kwashibu Area BandLa Fouine
Masta Flow
Don Bigg		Stella GonisLotfi Bouchnak
Friday, 19 MayDemi LovatoAsma Lamnawar
Hatim Ammor		Calypso RoseIssam Kamal
Ribab Fusion
Farid Ghannam		Saodaj'Rafael Amargo
Saturday, 20 MayRod StewartGeorge WassoufAlpha BlondyMustapha Bourgogne
Haj Abdelmoughit
Abdellah Daoudi		Elida AlmeidaJahida Wehbe

;Set lists
Setlist: Ellie Goulding

  1. "Aftertaste"
  2. "Lights"
  3. "Animal"
  4. "Outside"
  5. "Devotion"
  6. "Keep On Dancin'"
  7. "Don't Need Nobody"
  8. "Figure 8"
  9. "Tethered"
  10. "First Time"
  11. "Army"
  12. "Something in the Way You Move"
  13. "Paradise"
  14. "On My Mind"
  15. "Anything Could Happen"
  16. "I Need Your Love"
  17. "Starry Eyed"
  18. "Burn"
  19. "Love Me like You Do"
Setlist: Demi Lovato

  1. "Confident"
  2. "Heart Attack"
  3. "Fire Starter"
  4. "For You"
  5. "Body Say"
  6. "Wildfire"
  7. "My Love is Like a Star"
  8. "Fix a Heart" / "Nightingale" / "Warrior"
  9. "Two Pieces"
  10. "Lionheart"
  11. "Waitin for You"
  12. "Old Ways"
  13. "Kingdom Come"
  14. "Got Dynamite"
  15. "Don't Forget" / "Catch Me"
  16. "Yes"
  17. "Stone Cold"
  18. "Skyscraper"
  19. "Give Your Heart a Break"
  20. "Neon Lights"
  21. "Cool for the Summer"

2018

The 17th edition of Mawazine took place on 22 to 30 June 2018.
;Line-ups
DateOLM SouissiNahdaBouragragSaléChellahThéatre Mohammed V
22 JuneMartin GarrixKadim Al-SaherEbo TaylorCravata
Reem
Ihab Amir		Ara Malikian
23 JuneFrench MontanaSaad Ramadan
Marwan Khoury		Oumou SangaréNadia Laaroussi
Badr Soultan
Ibtissam Tiskat		Alireza GhorbaniHiba Tawaji
24 JuneJamiroquaiMelhem Zein
Rouwaida Attieh		Las Maravillas Del MaliTarik Farih
Maâlem Hassan Boussou
Nass El Ghiwane		Patrizia LaquidaraBabylone
25 JuneNiska
Damso		Bosy
Hamaki		Tshegue
Chronixx		Lahoucine Ait Baamrane
Aziz Al Maghribi
Zakaria Ghafouli		El AmirFernando Egozcue Ensamble
26 JuneThe ChainsmokersAmeer Dandan
Wael Jassar		RilèsKhadija Atlas
Mehdi Weld Hajib
Hajib		Trio AndaazLondon Community Gospel Choir
27 JuneBruno MarsSaber RebaïSidiki DiabatéAbdelali Sahraoui
Abidat Rma
Najat Aatabou		Maria BerasarteSouad Massi
28 JuneTexasAminux
Nancy Ajram		Orchestre Poly Rythmo de CotonouDJ Hamida
H-Kayne
Muslim		Sepideh RaissadatMajida El Roumi
29 JuneThe WeekndAhmed Chiba
Douzi		Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 featuring Yasiin BeyImad Benomar
Nouamane Belaiachi
Tiiw Tiiw		Katerina Fotinaki & Eva AtmatzidouMaria Toledo
30 JuneLuis FonsiAhlamTiken Jah FakolyStatia
Said Senhaji
Stati		Sabry MosbahMarwa Naji

;Set lists
Setlist: Bruno Mars

  1. "Finesse"
  2. "24K Magic"
  3. "Treasure"
  4. "Perm"
  5. "Calling All My Lovelies"
  6. "Chunky"
  7. "That's What I Like"
  8. "Versace on the Floor"
  9. "Marry You"
  10. "Runaway Baby"
  11. "When I Was Your Man"
  12. "Locked Out of Heaven"
  13. "Just the Way You Are"
  14. "Uptown Funk"

2019

The 18th edition of Mawazine took place on 21 to 29 June 2019.
;Line-ups
DateOLM SouissiNahdaBouragragSaléChellahThéatre Mohammed V
21 June
  • J Balvin
  • Rosalía
  • Carole Samaha
  • Mohamed Réda
  • BCUC
  • Mustapha Bourgogne
  • Zahira Rbatia
  • Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía
    • 22 June
  • David Guetta
  • Lartiste
  • Assi El Hallani
  • Yousra Saouf
  • Kokoko
  • Rabeh Mariwari
  • Zouhair Bahaoui
  • Kawa Generations
  • Mayada El Hennawy
    • 23 June
  • Dadju
  • Bigflo & Oli
  • Myriam Fares
  • Oka Wi Ortega
  • Kery James
  • Saida Charaf
  • Jbara
  • She'Koyokh Quintet
  • Mashrou' Leila
    • 24 June
  • Future
  • Orelsan
  • Mohammed Assaf
  • Saad El Soghayar
  • Les Amazones d'Afrique
  • Reda Taliani
  • Saida Titrit
  • Marcela & Los Murchales
  • Abd al Malik
    • 25 June
  • The Black Eyed Peas
  • Elissa
  • Hamid El Hadri
  • Delgres
  • YouNess
  • Aicha Tachinwit
  • Alba Molina
  • Julien Clerc
    • 26 June
  • Travis Scott
  • Aya Nakamura
  • Walid Toufic
  • Diana Karazon
  • Youssoupha
  • Lbenj
  • Manal
  • Compagnie Sharmila Sharma
  • Sister Sledge
    • 27 June
  • Migos
  • Ramy Ayach
  • Hasna Zalagh
  • Kamasi Washington
  • Fnaïre
  • Maâlem Hamid El Kasri
  • Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
  • The Stanley Clarke Band
    • 28 June
  • Marshmello
  • Najwa Karam
  • Abu
  • Vaudou Game
  • Abdellah Daoudi
  • Ikram El Abdia
  • Dan Gharibian Trio
  • Samir Toumi & Sanaa Marahati
    • 29 June
  • Maluma
  • Karol G
  • Hussain Al Jassmi
  • Zinab Oussama
  • Koba LaD
  • Zina Daoudia
  • Hamid El Mardi
  • Luis de la Carrasca
  • Mohamed Mohsen

    • 2020

    The 19th Edition of Mawazine managed to take place from 19th to 27th June 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.