July 8 - Aug. 24, 2008 | For more information: +961 9 542020 | Web Site

The Byblos International Festival is a festival that dares to be different. Its mission: to evolve continuously, and promote Culture, Byblos city, and Lebanon's diversity.

2008 PROGRAM. Read more about this year's program on the Festival's Website
- July 8, 8:30pm - Patti Smith and her band
- July 12, 9:30pm - Nuit Blanche 2008
- July 17 & 18, 8:30pm - Vaya Con Dios acoustic featuring Dani Klein
- July 25 & 26, 8pm - Barbatuques
- July 28, 8:30pm - Chucho Valdés & Michel Legrand
- August 19 to 24, 8:30pm - The Return of the Phoenix, by Oussama Rahbani

PHILOSOPHY. The philosophy of the Festival may be summarized in four major points: Offering shows of high artistic quality to the largest possible audience; boosting the shows intended for youths; taking on a strong social and economic dimension by including the active forces in town; providing a space for artistic creation and enhancing exchanges between the Lebanese and foreign artists. [more]

OFF BYBLOS FESTIVAL. "OFF Byblos Festival" took place in parallel with Byblos International Festival. It was the first artistic festival in Lebanon that was open to independent young artists, Lebanese and foreigners. It was a foyer for the eclectic artistic creation, with several ambitions, one of which being to let the public meet the underground culture that was heretofore reserved to a limited public. [more]

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ROLE. Through "Byblos Festival Village", the Festival also plays a social and economic role in aiming at ensuring interaction between the culture and the local economy; cooperation with the municipal staff, implication of the town's active forces, encouraging a maximum participation on the part of the people of Jbeil… [more]

The city of Byblos has constantly been inhabited since the sixth century BC. The actual town is made up of the old town, surrounded by medieval walls along with the modern town that progressively expands towards the mountains. [more]