Libya’s festivals and events
Event, then destination, then trip: SAAFER’s guide to Libya’s festivals, with the organisers’ dates as they announced them, and what SAAFER offers today to get there, stay and move — in its real state.
The list by month
8 eventsData as of 5 October 2026
Started · end not announced
Layali Al-Madina: the youth summer season
Tripoli · Western Libya
From 11 July 2026
End date not announced
A summer season of evenings and events in Tripoli's Old City and on the corniche.
October 2026
Houn International Autumn Tourism Festival
Houn · Al Jufra
Expected, not yet confirmed
Expected in October or November, based on past editions
Official 2026 date: pending the organiser’s announcement
An annual heritage festival in Houn, Al Jufra, run by a community committee across the city museum and the old town.
November 2026
TeTe (TT) Desert Rally, Waddan
Waddan · Al Jufra
Expected, not yet confirmed
Expected in November, based on past editions
Official 2026 date: pending the organiser’s announcement
An annual 4x4 race in the TT dunes north of Waddan, Al Jufra, with a folk festival alongside.
December 2026
Ghat International Tourism Festival
Ghat · The south (Fezzan)
Expected, not yet confirmed
Expected in December, based on past editions
Official 2026 date: pending the organiser’s announcement
An annual festival of Tuareg heritage in Ghat, across the old town and Al-Barkat village, closing with a mehari camel race.
January 2027
Fezzan Desert Rally
Sebha · The south (Fezzan)
Expected, not yet confirmed
Expected in January, based on past editions
Official 2027 date: pending the organiser’s announcement
An annual desert rally that opens at Sebha Castle and runs its stages through the Fezzan desert.
Date not announced yet
Ghadames Days for Shopping and Heritage
Ghadames · Western Libya
Not announced yet
Heritage days and a traditional-crafts market in the old town of Ghadames.
Layali Al-Madina: the Ramadan cultural season
Tripoli · Western Libya
Not announced yet
Cultural and arts evenings in Tripoli's Old City during Ramadan, around the Arch of Marcus Aurelius and its historic courtyard houses.
Past editions
Libya Cultural Season
Tripoli · Western Libya
11 – 14 July 2026
A cultural season in Tripoli of literature, arts, theatre and music, with visits to the National Museum, the Old City and the Red Castle.
For organisers
SAAFER is the travel and discovery layer around an event, not its organiser: the event creates demand for the destination, and the destination creates demand for travel, stays and transport.
SAAFER has no partnership, sponsorship or approval with any event today; what is shown is a proposed collaboration.
- Digital exposure for the event and its destination, in Arabic and English
- Travel, stay and transport planning around the event
- Local businesses connected: hotels, restaurants, guides, transport
- Destination content before, during and after the event
- Measuring what can be measured: visits, requests, interest