Agdal · Marrakech
Singers, aerial acrobats and dancers perform while you dine at Nouba, in the Agdal district.
Pick your evening: a Moroccan and oriental show with a Moroccan menu, or an international show with a fusion Asian menu.
Nouba in four facts
Why a show over dinner
Marrakech stages its evenings in public. Wikipedia notes that storytellers, musicians and other performers work Jemaa el-Fnaa as darkness falls, and UNESCO proclaimed the square's cultural space a masterpiece of intangible heritage in 2001. A dinner show takes that habit indoors: you sit, eat and watch, and the performers come to you instead of you walking the crowd.
The restaurant's own site describes Nouba as a place where food, show and atmosphere meet, with evenings built around live performance. It sits on Boulevard Mohamed VI in Agdal, a major road of the modern city, so the night is organised around one address and one table instead of a walk through the medina.
The booking calendar offers two services. One pairs a Moroccan and oriental show with a Moroccan menu. The other pairs an international show with a fusion Asian menu. Choosing is the main decision you make, and the guides below help you make it.
The programme, part by part
The restaurant sets the running order, so read this as the shape of the night, not a timetable. Your confirmation shows the time of the service you booked.
Dress first: no shorts, and no open shoes for men. Arrive for the service on your confirmation.
You chose a service when you booked, so you know which menu style and which show are coming.
Live voices are part of the programme. Which songs, and in which languages, is the restaurant's choice.
Performers work in the air while the room eats. Their routines are named on the ticket and left for you to see.
Dancers are the third strand named on the ticket. The style depends on the service you chose, and the restaurant decides the choreography.
Cocktails, gins, mocktails, wines, beers and aperitifs are ordered from the bar and paid for separately from the ticket.
The service you book decides the show and the menu style. Singers, aerial acrobats and dancers are named on the ticket; the restaurant decides who performs and in what order.
The restaurant
Six things worth settling before you reserve a table.
Marrakech after dark
Photographs of Marrakech and its music, taken by other people: gnawa musicians, a sunset over the Koutoubia, a celebration, a lantern wall and a dining room. None shows the restaurant's own stage or cast.
Which evening
| Evening | What it covers | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Dinner show at Nouba | A restaurant in the Agdal district with singers, aerial acrobats and dancers during dinner. Two services: a Moroccan and oriental show with a Moroccan menu, or an international show with a fusion Asian menu. Drinks and transport are extra. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. | Anyone who wants a dressed-up, staged night in the city, with a table and a set programme. |
| Agafay desert dinner show | An evening outside the city: pickup and drop-off from your accommodation in Marrakech, a sunset, a Moroccan dinner, live music and a fire show around a camp. Warm clothing is recommended, and the tour is not wheelchair accessible. | Visitors who want open air, a sunset and transport handled, and who do not mind a longer night away from the city. |
| Booking the restaurant direct | Reservations through the restaurant's own site, by phone or by email, including private events and group dinners. The restaurant's own terms apply. | Large groups, private evenings, or anyone who wants to talk through dietary needs first. |
Two dinner shows near Marrakech
This restaurant show in Agdal and a desert evening outside the city, each with its own setting, transport and programme.
A restaurant in the Agdal district with singers, aerial acrobats and dancers during dinner. Two services: a Moroccan and oriental show with a Moroccan menu, or an international show with a fusion Asian menu. Drinks and transport are extra. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Check this evening ↗An evening outside the city: pickup and drop-off from your accommodation in Marrakech, a sunset, a Moroccan dinner, live music and a fire show around a camp. Warm clothing is recommended, and the tour is not wheelchair accessible.
Check this evening ↗More to do around Marrakech
Checklist for the night
Pick the Moroccan and oriental show if you want the evening to feel local. Pick the international show if you prefer a contemporary programme. Your confirmation shows the time of the one you chose.
The dress code is chic: no shorts, and no open shoes for men. Closed shoes and smart clothes cover most evenings, plus a layer for the ride in the cooler months.
The ticket covers the dinner show. Drinks, transport and tips are separate, so bring a card or cash for the bar and the ride home.
Take a taxi to Zone de l'Agdal, on Boulevard Mohamed VI. Settle your ride home before the show ends: ask the staff to call a taxi when you ask for the bill.
Cancel at least 24 hours before the start and you get a full refund; a pay-later booking holds a date that may still change, with nothing charged today.
Write to the restaurant before you book if you have an allergy or a dietary rule, naming the service you want. Private events and group dinners go through the restaurant too.
Notes from a Marrakech writer
Two services, two shows and two menu styles: what the Nouba Marrakech dinner show includes, how to choose between them and what to settle first.
Keep reading this note → Practical guideWhat to wear to the Nouba Marrakech dinner show, where the restaurant is in Agdal, how to get there and home by taxi at night, and what to bring.
Keep reading this note → Choosing your nightA city restaurant show and an Agafay desert dinner are two different nights. Compare the setting, transport, dress and what each ticket covers.
Keep reading this note → BackgroundGnawa music, oriental dance and the evening performers of Jemaa el-Fnaa: the vocabulary behind a Marrakech dinner show, so the night makes more sense.
Keep reading this note → Groups and occasionsBooking Nouba for a birthday, a hen or stag night or a family table: what the ticket covers, what the restaurant arranges itself and how to avoid surprises.
Keep reading this note → Planning the nightJemaa el-Fnaa at dusk, the Koutoubia minaret and the old gardens: how to plan the hours around a Marrakech dinner show without overfilling the night.
Keep reading this note →FAQ
You sit down to dinner at a restaurant in the Agdal district while singers, aerial acrobats and dancers perform. The ticket covers the show and the menu of the service you choose. Drinks, transport and tips are separate.
One service pairs a Moroccan and oriental show with a Moroccan menu. The other pairs an international show with a fusion Asian menu. You choose when you book, and your confirmation shows the time of your service.
No. The bar serves cocktails, gins, mocktails, wines, beers and aperitifs, which you order and pay for separately. Getting to the restaurant and home again is also yours to arrange, and tips are at your discretion.
Dress chic. The named rules are no shorts and, for men, no open shoes. Smart casual or dressier is the safe range, and a layer helps on the ride in the cooler months.
Yes. A cancellation made at least 24 hours before the start is refunded in full, and the pay-later option means no money leaves your card until later.
The ticket is listed as wheelchair accessible. Tell the restaurant about your needs when you reserve so it can seat your party sensibly.
Write to the restaurant before you book, name the service you want and say what you cannot eat. The restaurant confirms dietary arrangements, not this site. It also takes private events and group dinners directly.
An independent guide to the show, not the restaurant. When you book, GetYourGuide handles the booking and payment and pays this guide a small fee on bookings that start here. Your price is the same either way.
Fares depend on the date and the service you pick. The total shows in your own currency before you pay.