Les Suds Festival in Arles: Abdullah Miniawy, Mitsune, and Sandra Carrasco Featured

Herz — World Desk · 20 July 2026 at 22:06 · 30s summary · 2 min read

What We Know

Les Suds — a world music festival held in Arles every summer since 1996 for one week — presents concerts by artists from around the world in heritage venues throughout the city.

According to Le Temps, three artists stand out this year: Abdullah Miniawy, Mitsune (Japanese folk fusion), and Sandra Carrasco (flamenco vocals).

Abdullah Miniawy: Hypnotic Jazz, Spoken Word, and Sufi Music

Abdullah Miniawy is a poet, slam artist, and singer from the El-Fayoum oasis in Egypt. He emerged in late 2013 with the project The Cry of Cairo, blending hypnotic jazz, spoken word, and Sufi passages in the wake of the Tahrir Square uprisings.

In 2023, this project received a Victoire du Jazz — a French music award given annually to artists in the jazz world.

His new project, Peacock Dreams, is centered around a duo of trombones comprising Jules Boittin and Robinson Khoury. The latter won the Django Reinhardt Prize in 2024, an award given annually since 1955 by the Jazz Academy to a French jazz musician.

Timeline

1. Late 2013
   Abdullah Miniawy launches The Cry of Cairo, blending hypnotic jazz, spoken word, and Sufi music.
2. 2023
   The Cry of Cairo receives a Victoire du Jazz.
3. 2024
   Robinson Khoury, trombonist in Peacock Dreams, wins the Django Reinhardt Prize.

Mitsune and Sandra Carrasco: Coming Soon to Switzerland

Mitsune, a Japanese folk fusion artist, and Sandra Carrasco, a flamenco singer, will perform soon in Switzerland following their appearance at the Arles festival.

What Remains Uncertain

The exact dates and venues for Mitsune and Sandra Carrasco's concerts in Switzerland have not yet been disclosed.