Baalbek International Festival
Experience the Baalbek International Festival, one of the world most spectacular outdoor concert venues, where opera, ballet, jazz, and Arabic music performances take place against the illuminated Roman temple columns.
- 1
Festival Stage
See the festival stage set before the Temple of Bacchus where the Baalbek International Festival has staged performances since 1956, the Roman columns forming the most extraordinary natural backdrop of any outdoor concert venue in the world.
- 2
Evening Illuminations
Watch the Roman temples at night when festival lighting transforms the columns and temple faces, the warm glow revealing details invisible in daylight and creating an atmosphere of theatrical grandeur unique to this ancient setting.
- 3
Fairuz Concerts
Stand where Fairuz, the legendary Lebanese diva, has performed her most celebrated concerts at Baalbek, the association between the Arab world greatest singer and these Roman columns defining the cultural identity of the festival.
- 4
Orchestra Seating
Take your seat in the orchestra seating area built within the ancient great court of the Roman complex, the audience arranged as Romans arranged theirs, looking toward a stage framed by 2,000 years of architectural history.
- 5
Pre-Concert Ruins Walk
Walk the archaeological site in the hour before a festival performance when the crowd gradually fills the ancient space, the transition from archaeological site to living cultural venue creating an experience unlike any other in the world.
- 6
Festival Town
Experience the festival atmosphere in Baalbek town during the annual summer event when international artists, Lebanese arts lovers, and tourists fill the hotels and restaurants, the ancient temple complex returning to its ancient function as a gathering place.
Walk this route with audio
Stories play automatically as you reach each stop — no tapping needed.
