Byblos International Festival
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The Byblos international festival is one of the biggest Lebanese festivals which attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world to the shores of Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

,to Byblos
Byblos
Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...

 first city in Phoenicia founded around 5000BC.

HISTORY

Byblos annual festival was created in 2003 to achieve many goals:
  1. promote tourism
  2. show the Lebanese culture
  3. spread music and art from the middle east to the whole planet


the festivals take place by the sea side in the historic quarter in front of the big castle built by the Crusaders
Crusaders
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 in the 12th every year in July regrouping Lebanese and international artists

2003:
  • Oum
  • Gregorian (band)
    Gregorian (band)
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  • Gotan Project
    Gotan Project
    Gotan Project is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal , Eduardo Makaroff , and Christoph H. Müller .-History:...

     + Richard Dorfmeister presents Tosca
    Tosca (Band)
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  • Blind Boys of Alabama + John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
    John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
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2004:
  • Bryan Ferry
    Bryan Ferry
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  • Star Academy Arab World
  • Erik Truffaz
    Erik Truffaz
    Erik Truffaz is a Swiss-born French jazz trumpeter, infusing elements of hip hop, rock and roll and dance music into his compositions. He signed with the French EMI label in 1996. Truffaz gained international attention with his second album on Blue Note, The Dawn, produced together with Pat...

  • Jimmy Cliff
    Jimmy Cliff
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  • Munir Bashir Group
  • Placebo (band)
    Placebo (band)
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2005:
  • Roger Hodgson
    Roger Hodgson
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  • Buena Vista Social Club presents Omara Portuondo
    Omara Portuondo
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  • Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
    Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
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2006:
  • Francis Cabrel
    Francis Cabrel
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  • Barbara Hendricks
    Barbara Hendricks
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2007:
  • Nouvelle Vague (band)
    Nouvelle Vague (band)
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  • Alessandro Safina
    Alessandro Safina
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2008:
  • Patti Smith
    Patti Smith
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  • Nuit Blanche: Lumi (band)
    Lumi (band)
    Lumi is a Lebanese electro pop / glam punk band composed of Marc Codsi and Mayaline Hage. LUMI started rehearsing in Janyary 2005, and the group's first live appearance was in August the same year. The band's style is a mixture of electro and rock and has gained quick attention in Beirut...

    , Sebastien Tellier
    Sébastien Tellier
    Sébastien Tellier is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is currently signed to Record Makers, a French independent record label. He sings in English, French and Italian.-Biography:...

    , Mouse on Mars
    Mouse on Mars
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    , Munma/Trash Inc.
  • Vaya Con Dios
    Vaya Con Dios
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  • Barbatuques
  • Chucho Valdes Quintet
    Chucho Valdés
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     + Chucho Valdes & Michel Legrand
    Michel Legrand
    Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...


2009:
  • Loreena McKennitt
    Loreena McKennitt
    Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM, is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined, clear soprano vocals...

  • Keane
  • Grease (musical)
    Grease (musical)
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  • Jethro Tull
    Jethro Tull (band)
    Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...

  • Misia
    Misia
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  • Gonzales (musician)
    Gonzales (musician)
    Gonzales, , is a Grammy-nominated Canadian musician currently residing in Paris, France. Though best known for his first MC and electro albums, he is also a pianist, producer, and songwriter....

     + Cocorosie
    CocoRosie
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     + Y.A.S.
    Y.A.S.
    Y.A.S. is a electronic music duo, formed in 2007 in Paris, France, and consists of Mirwais Ahmadzaï and Yasmine Hamdan ....


2010:
  • Tribute to Wadih el Safi
    Wadih El Safi
    Wadih El Safi is a Lebanese singer songwriter, and actor of Assyrian/Syriac background. He is a Lebanese cultural icon, and is often called the "Voice of Lebanon"...

     with Najwa Karam
    Najwa Karam
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     & Wael Kfoury
    Wael Kfoury
    Michel Emile Kfoury , known by his stage name Wael Kfoury , is a well-known Lebanese singer, musician and songwriter.-Beginnings:...

  • Mashrou' Leila
    Mashrou' Leila
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  • Caetano Veloso
    Caetano Veloso
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  • Jesse Cook
    Jesse Cook
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  • Gorillaz
    Gorillaz
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  • Riverdance
    Riverdance
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  • Le Nozze di Figaro

2011:
  • Don Quixote (Marwan, Ghady and Oussama Rahbani)
  • Scorpions (band)
    Scorpions (band)
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  • Moby
    Moby
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  • Florent Pagny
    Florent Pagny
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  • Jamie Cullum
    Jamie Cullum
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  • 30 Seconds To Mars
    30 Seconds to Mars
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  • Amadou & Mariam
    Amadou & Mariam
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  • Les Mystères Lyriques

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