VIP ASOPO All Access

Preferred access to the following events;

• Celebration of the Nations Showcase & VIP Reception & Afrobeats After Dark Party - Monday December 29, 2025 : 6pm - 8pm

• New Year New Air: Like Water Concert - Wednesday December 31, 2025 : 7pm - 10pm

• VIP New Years Countdown and afterparty at Akira Back - Wednesday December 31, 2025 : 10pm - 1am

• Diaspora Dialogue Series Workshops (4pm - 8pm) - Friday, January 2, 2026
Bridging the Black Atlantic: Reimagining Trade, Culture, and the Future Between Africa and the Caribbean
Awakening the Continent: The Diaspora’s Role in Africa’s New Independence Movement
Game Changers: The Power of African Sports Tourism. Explores how sports can drive tourism, investment, and cultural pride across the continent.

• Le Dour VIP African Dinner & Afrobeats After Dark Party - Friday, January 2, 2026 : 8pm

• Textile Nation Talk Series - Saturday January 3, 2026 : 5pm - 7pm

• Textile Nations Fashion Show and Asopo Finale Party - Saturday January 3, 2026 : 8pm - 10pm

Info: The evening begins at 6:00 PM with the Celebration of the Nations Showcase, where African organizations unite to highlight the pride, rhythm, and spirit of their home nations through music, dance, and cultural performance.


At 8:00 PM, the night flows into a vibrant Reception, which seamlessly transforms into the Afrobeats After Dark Party—held inside the Meydene lobby, which is fully transformed into the immersive Asopo House. Top DJs blend Afrobeats, Amapiano, and global rhythms as guests dance, connect, and celebrate the unity and diversity of the African world.


This is more than a party—it’s a cultural celebration, a homecoming, and a moment of collective joy.

Info: Step into Marrakech’s cultural heartbeat, The Asopo Festival, during AFCON, for an immersive day of insight, creativity, and connection. The experience begins at The Meydene on M Avenue, where guests gather for an intimate morning reception before settling in for a powerful series of conversations led by trailblazers shaping the future of culture, sport, and sustainability.

Throughout the day, panels, keynotes, and curated dialogues illuminate the ideas redefining Africa’s global narrative from the rise of the creative economy to the role of football in driving social impact. As the sun sets, the energy shifts into celebration with the opening reception of Expressive Creative Soul, a stunning art exhibition showcasing visionary talent from across the diaspora.


This is where vision meets momentum, a convergence of leaders, innovators, and dreamers creating the future in real time.

Info: After the New Year New Air: Like Water Concert, guests transition to Akira Back for an exclusive VIP NYE Countdown featuring R&B, Reggae, Afrobeats, and Afro House. Enjoy a beautiful menu and champagne toast and together beneath the Marrakech sky, we welcome 2026 in true Mwasi style: luxurious, rhythmic, and vibrantly global.

Info: Bridging the Black Atlantic: Reimagining Trade, Culture, and the Future Between Africa and the Caribbean

We’ll begin with a thought-provoking conversation led by cultural voices and visionaries that explore trade opportunities and a new relationships between Africa and the islands.


Awakening the Continent: The Diaspora’s Role in Africa’s New Independence Movement

This dynamic, solutions-focused workshop explores how people across the African Diaspora are shaping a new era of African independence—rooted not only in political sovereignty, but in cultural reclamation, economic self-determination and global solidarity.


Game Changers: The Power of African Sports Tourism. Explores how sports can drive tourism, investment, and cultural pride across Africa.

•Leveraging global events like AFCON etc. for economic growth

• Attracting sports fans and athletes through cultural festivals and heritage experiences

• …and many more

Info: This is an engaging, two-part exploration of the artistry, innovation, and cultural power of African textiles and fashion. Designed to deepen understanding of Africa’s creative heritage, the series invites guests into conversations with master artisans, designers, historians, and industry leaders who are shaping the future of textile design across the continent. Through storytelling, demonstration, and dialogue, participants will journey into the roots of African fabrics, their symbolism, their evolving global significance, and the contemporary movements redefining style and identity today.


Workshops

Threads of the Continent: Heritage, Craft, and the Power of African Textiles


Fashioning the Future: Innovation, Sustainability, and Global Influence in African Design

Info: Hosted by the Asopo Festival and powered by Kuba Concepts, is a runway experience that celebrates the creativity, heritage, and cultural power of African fashion. The evening begins with a runway show at 8PM, followed by a cocktail reception to meet the designers. The show brings to life an Africa that creates, produces, inspires, and exports its beauty to the world. Designers and artisans from across the continent will showcase textiles as a living legacy—symbols of unity, innovation, and economic strength. Set within the vibrant atmosphere of M Avenue during AFCON, the runway becomes a meeting point where ancestral techniques merge with contemporary style, where craftsmanship and modern industry stand side by side, and where audiences from around the world are invited to witness the soul of Africa expressed through fabric, movement, and design.

Also check out other Sports events in Marrakesh, Arts events in Marrakesh, Festivals in Marrakesh.