Munaya Resort · Marshall, NC
Moroccan Night at Munaya
An evening of live music and Moroccan magic under the Blue Ridge stars.
Munaya means "my dream." For one night, it's yours too.
Friday, October 16, 2026 · 5:00–8:00pm
Forty seats. Once they're gone, they're gone.
The Experience
Come for the couscous. Stay for the dancing.
Imagine an evening where nobody checks the time. Where the music goes late, the tea keeps coming, and the gathering is the whole point. This is the Morocco I grew up in, in Fes — and for one night, it's yours. Oud and world percussion fill the courtyard. Mint tea, poured high and sweet. Couscous, made the way it's made at home. A grazing table to linger over. And as dusk settles, a belly dance lesson — no experience needed — where Brandi Mizilca leads the whole courtyard through the shimmy, the hip drop, the joy of it, until everyone's dancing. Henna, drawn by hand in the lantern light. Then tea and dancing under the open sky, in no hurry to leave.
Live Music
Oud and world percussion, as the sun goes down.
The night is carried by River and Chris from Free Planet Radio — Chris on oud, the ancient soul of Arabic and Mediterranean music, and River on world percussion, the heartbeat you'll feel before you hear. Together they weave the sound of Morocco and the wider world into the Blue Ridge dusk: music to sink into over tea, and to move to as the lanterns come up.
Last Time
This is what it felt like.
Moroccan Night at Munaya · August 2026
Reserve your seat for October 16A one-minute film of Moroccan Night at Munaya — live oud, a grazing table, dancing, and sunset over the Blue Ridge.
The Welcome
The way home tastes.
In Morocco, tea isn't a drink — it's a welcome. All evening, atay poured high and sweet. Then couscous, the dish that means Friday and family and everyone at one table. Alongside it, a grazing table of Moroccan delicacies: warm bread and olive oil, dates and almonds, briouats, ghriba, and honeyed sweets to linger over between songs.
The Table
Couscous, the way it's made at home.
The food is in the hands of Nadia Labdaoui — Nadia's Table. Millions of people have learned to cook Moroccan food from her kitchen, and it turns out that kitchen is an hour from here. On October 16 she's cooking at Munaya, in person, for forty. Couscous is Friday food in Morocco. It's the dish that means the whole family is coming. That's the table she's setting.
Lamb and vegetable, side by side, and tea all evening.
The Performances
Candlelight. Rhythm. Ritual.
The Dance Lesson
A belly dance lesson — no experience needed. As dusk settles, Brandi Mizilca Hubiak leads the whole courtyard through the shimmy, the hip drop, the joy of it. By the end, everyone's dancing.
Brandi Mizilca Hubiak
The Henna
A henna bar — delicate patterns drawn by hand in the lantern light, yours to wear for days after.
How the Evening Unfolds
Five to eight. Slow and gold.
5:00
Doors open
River Guerguerian and Chris Rosser start playing. Come in, find a seat, let the mountain quiet down around you.
5:45
Couscous
Nadia's couscous comes out. Eat slowly. The music keeps going.
6:30
Belly dance
Brandi Mizilca teaches. All are invited to join. No experience needed, just a willingness to move.
7:00
The music comes back
And so does the dancing. This is the part where the room forgets itself.
8:00
The music winds down
But there's no rush. Linger under the stars — the night is still yours.
Tickets
Get Your Ticket
One seat or two. If cost is what's keeping you from the room, write to me — we'll find a way.
One night only. Friday, October 16.
What your seat includes
Three hours of live music — oud and world percussion by River and Chris of Free Planet Radio
A belly dance lesson with Brandi Mizilca, no experience needed
Dinner — Moroccan couscous, served at the table
Mint tea all evening, poured high and sweet
A grazing table of Moroccan sweets and delicacies
Henna, drawn by hand in the lantern light
Sunset over the Blue Ridge, and a room full of people you haven't met yet
Children under 12 come free.
We'll be photographing the evening. Prefer not to appear? Just let us know.
Tickets $77–$144 through September 29.
The range moves up on September 30.
One seat or two. If cost is what's keeping you from the room, write to me — we'll find a way.
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