Is Lebanon gearing up for a live music revival?
In an excerpt from IQ's Global Promoters Report 2025, we check in on the Middle Eastern country as its touring tides start shifting
News By IQ | 16 January 2026
Lebanon looks determined to revive its live music scene after years of uncertainty, according to this excerpt from IQ‘s Global Promoters Report 2025.
This August, for the first time since 2019, the Byblos International Festival returned to the ancient port city on the Lebanese Mediterranean coast from which it takes its name.
With a little luck (or perhaps more than a little), the hope is surely that the return of the storied open-air festival signals a path back to normality, around…
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