Zamna South Sinai (Khoroum Valley): Dates, Tickets & Venue (Sharm El Sheikh)

Three days in a South Sinai valley

Zamna returns to the Khoroum Valley from November 20 to 22, 2026. This is a desert festival, not a beach club night. South Sinai’s interior is bare granite and sandstone mountains around dry sandy wadis, with very little vegetation and no city lights.

That landscape is the point. Zamna began in Tulum, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, where it built its name by setting electronic music in natural surroundings rather than arenas. In Sinai you swap the jungle for rock walls and open sky. The sound carries a long way across the valley floor.

The dates and where the details live

The festival runs over three consecutive days, Friday November 20 to Sunday November 22, 2026. Zamna publishes the ticket links, the programme and entry information on its official site and social channels. That is the source to use for set times and the lineup. This guide doesn’t list artists or prices, because none appear in our verified facts.

The festival takes its name from the Khoroum Valley, a stretch of South Sinai desert outside Sharm El Sheikh. The town is the base. Hotels, restaurants and the airport are all there, and the valley is a drive inland.

Getting to Sharm El Sheikh

Most international visitors arrive through Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH). It sits north of the main resort strip and has direct flights from many European cities. From Cairo, people usually take a short domestic flight rather than the long road trip across Sinai.

Where people usually stay:

• Naama Bay: the walkable centre, with a seafront promenade, bars and late-night food.
• Sharks Bay and Nabq: quieter resort areas closer to the airport.
• Hadaba and the Old Market area: further south, near the Old Market’s mosque and souk lanes.

Attendees usually get from their hotel to the valley by hotel transfer, private driver or taxi. Whatever transport the festival itself runs is listed on Zamna’s official channels.

Dressing for a desert night in November

November is one of the most comfortable months in Sharm. Days are warm and sunny, often warm enough to swim. Once the sun goes down the desert cools quickly, and the interior valleys get noticeably colder than the coast.

What festival-goers usually pack:

• A warm layer or light jacket for after dark
• Closed shoes that can handle sand and loose stones
• Sunglasses, sunscreen and a hat for daytime
• A scarf or buff against dust when the wind picks up
• A refillable water bottle, since the dry air dehydrates you faster than you expect

Getting around Sharm on a Zamna weekend

A few local habits make the weekend easier. Taxis in Sharm often don’t use meters, so locals and regulars agree the fare before the car moves. Hotel desks can arrange drivers at a set rate, and for a late return from the desert that is what most visitors do.

Egypt runs on the Egyptian pound. Resorts and larger restaurants take cards, but drivers, porters and small cafés expect cash. Tipping, known locally as baksheesh, is normal for drivers, hotel staff and anyone who carries your bags, so keep small notes handy.

Sharm is relaxed about beachwear and festival clothes inside resorts and at the event. In the Old Market and around the mosque, people cover their shoulders and knees. Greeting someone with “salaam alaikum” or saying “shukran” (thank you) goes a long way.

Making a week of it

Plenty of attendees build the festival into a longer stay, and Sharm makes that easy. Ras Mohammed National Park, at the southern tip of the peninsula, has some of the Red Sea’s best-known reefs and is a standard day trip by boat or road. Tiran Island’s reefs are a regular snorkelling and diving trip from Sharm’s marinas.

If you’d rather stay inland, St Catherine’s Monastery and Mount Sinai are a few hours’ drive into the mountains. Visitors there traditionally climb Mount Sinai overnight to reach the summit for sunrise. It’s the same granite landscape as Khoroum, seen at dawn instead of under festival lights.