The Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts is an annually-held event held in

Jerash Jerash ( ar, جرش ''Ǧaraš''; grc, Γέρασα ''Gérasa'') is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located north of the capital city ...

, Jordan. It is part of the Jordan Festival, that aims to enrich cultural activities in

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. Founded in 1981 by

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, it features several shows performed by Jordanian, Arab and foreign artists.

Festival

In 2015, the festival hosted 40 different Jordanian artists in Jerash, along with popular

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singers such as:

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and Wael Kfouri. The festival is hailed as one of the largest cultural activities in the region with millions of people going to see it. The 31st Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts in 2016 attracted over 100,000 visitors and the attendance rates were greater than that of the year prior.

References

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