MOGA Essaouira unveils dates and first names for cultured return in October 2025

MOGA FESTIVAL

October 1 – 5 2025

Essaouira, Morocco

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Apollonia, Bedouin, Bonobo (DJ set), DJ Tennis, Folamour, Moblack, Nitefreak, Patrick Mason, Praslea, Saoirse and more all play. 

MOGA Festival returns to its Moroccan roots with a sixth edition in Essaouira promising five days of tasteful music, culture and community connection. The 2025 edition will be held from October 1 to 5, with the first two days dedicated to the OFF program in Essaouira’s historic centre, followed by three days of IN programming at the Hôtel le Golf d’Essaouira & Spa. 

The first wave of names for this edition makes for a tasteful blend of house, techno and minimal and everything in between from the likes of Apollonia, Arapu, Bonobo (DJ Set), Bedouin, DJ Tennis, Folamour, Janeret, Patrick Mason, Saoirse, and more.


MOGA is a boutique festival born in 2016 in Essaouira and celebrated for its breezy Atlantic vibes and tasteful electronic music. Attends are treated to rich local culture and cuisines as well as dancing under a baking sun or starry night sky with plenty of discoveries to be made in the heart of the wind city. The music is always a thoughtful blend of international and local sounds that also promotes the beautiful destination and the Souiri lifestyle through multiple events.

All this goes down at the Hôtel le Golf d’Essaouira & Spa, from 2:00 PM until 3:00 AM across four diverse stages – Main, Garden, Wild, and Terrace, with a diverse program featuring over 70 artists from around the world. Between sets, they can cool off in two refreshing swimming pools or wander through a beautiful palm grove.

Like its sister edition in Caparica, Portugal, MOGA Essaouira will feature a rich program of wellness sessions, workshops, art installations, panels and local culinary experiences that are all designed to deepen the connection between music, culture and people. 

MOGA will welcome 16,000 attendees, including a strong international presence that reinforces its role as an unmissable destination festival that brings like-minded people together. As ever, MOGA is more than a festival, it’s a lifestyle, a tribe, and a celebration of cultural fusion.


Lineup [A-Z]

ADASSIYA (live) – ANZAR – APOLLONIA – ARAPU – ARYMÉ – AVÖ – BEDOUIN – BONOBO (DJ SET) – CABANNE – CHOUJAA – DANIEL BELL – DEATRA – DJ TENNIS – FOLAMOUR – GARRETT DAVID – HOLLY MOLLY – JANERET – JAWORA – JNJS – KOSH (LIVE) – LIVER J – MANUEL COTTA – MASSALA – MIISHU – MIROLOJA – MOBLACK – NATHABES – NEYL & NADRUMS (live) – NITEFREAK – NOMADS – PATRICK MASON – PRASLEA – PRIKU – SAOIRSE – STEVE O’SULLIVAN (live) – THOMAS MELCHIOR – TOMAS STATION – ZEINA – ZULU NAWFEL – YAYA (MA) & MORE TBC

Portugal’s MOGA Caparica Announces 5th Anniversary Edition

MOGA Caparica
May 28 – June 1, 2025
Costa da Caparica, Portugal
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Announced for the 5th edition are the likes of Arapu, Dan Ghenacia, DJ Harvey, DJ Tennis, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Traumer and more

The much loved and recently elevated MOGA Caparica is celebrating its 5th anniversary in Portugal with five days of magical OFF and IN events from 28 May to 1 June 2025. Following the success of last year’s new format, this milestone edition is expected to welcome 28,000 attendee’s over the five days. and will be a fully-fledged beach festival on the Atlantic coast with a single expansive site and three stages. From Thursday, January 30th, 1-day, 2-day, and 3-day passes are available at mogafestival.com.

MOGA Caparica has become one of Europe’s most essential and cultured festivals in a very short space of time. Dancing on its breathtaking beach with the sun setting over the ocean, sand between your toes amongst an amazing crowd of real music heads is one of the most essential experiences you can have in Summer.

MOGA Caparica is a warm and welcoming gathering inspired by Atlantic vibes and aimed at connecting people from all over the world. The beautiful location offers plenty to explore as well as artistic discovery – there is delicious food, local and international music talent, enriching activities for the soul and beach parties, boat parties and more.

There is also a superb MOGA OFF program across Costa da Caparica with two days of free events and parties before MOGA IN offers three days of festival fun featuring two outdoor and one indoor stage, afterparties each night and a Souk creator market.

This year the lineup again brings together new school innovators, much loved legends and plenty of local talent across the electronic spectrum. Highlights include the heady minimal of Arapu, Luciano, Lamache and Barem, the energetic house of Blond:Ish, Dan Ghenacia’s signature deep grooves, the eclectic mastery of the legend that is DJ Harvey, melodic richness from Life And Death boss DJ Tennis, live sets from Hostom and Kosh, edgy tech from Jamie Jones and Richy Ahmed, Balearic joy from LA’s Lovefingers, classical disco and house from Maurice Fulton, dubbed out rollers from Traumer and more.

The countdown is now on what promises to be the best edition yet of MOGA Caparica.

LINEUP [A-Z]

ALCI – ANYA – ARAPU – BAREM – BLOND:ISH – CRUZ – DAN GHENACIA – DEATRA – DJ HARVEY – DJ TENNIS – DOLCE VITO – DVDE – GUY FROM DOWNSTAIRS – HOLLY MOLLY – HOSTOM (LIVE) – JAMIE JONES – JENNIFER LOVELESS – JONNY ROCK – KIERASTOBOY – KOSH (LIVE) – LAMACHE – LILYA MANDRE – LOVEFINGERS – LUCIANO – MAXIME dB – MAURICE FULTON – MEGATRONIC – MONILE – MOMODA – NATHABES – NEVERSEEN – PAUL CUT – PENELOPE – RICHY AHMED – SAINTE VIE (LIVE) – SHIMZA – TOLGA FIDAN – TRAUMER – YEN SUNG – & more