Where exactly is this happening?
Khoroum Valley sits just outside Sharm El-Sheikh, on Egypt's Sinai peninsula: a natural amphitheatre carved into the desert and framed by granite rock formations that rise straight out of the sand. Sasha and John Digweed headline the return leg from November 20 to 22, 2026, the site's second run after a 2025 debut that organizers describe as proof the location works.
"From the beginning, we knew Khoroum Valley was a special place for Zamna," said Amr Ismail, of Khoroum Valley, in the announcement. "Last year's debut proved just how powerful that combination could be."
Capacity has jumped to 20,000, per Data Transmission, a sharp step up for a venue that only opened to festival crowds a year ago.
What's actually on the lineup?
The first wave leans hard into deep and progressive house rather than the EDM-adjacent bookings that usually chase desert-festival headlines. Sasha and Digweed, the duo behind decades of Renaissance-era mix compilations and one of the most respected back-to-back pairings in the genre's history, top the bill. Around them: Mind Against, the Italian duo whose melodic techno sets have become festival-circuit staples; Ukrainian producer Korolova; and South African house DJ SHIMZA, whose Origins livestream series turned African landmarks into a global stage. More names are expected before November, per Music Is 4 Lovers.
Why book a desert canyon instead of a beach club?
Zamna is selling geography as much as music. By day, Khoroum Valley offers hiking trails and Bedouin desert camps; after dark, the granite walls turn the natural bowl into a self-contained amphitheatre, no beach-club backdrop or purpose-built stage required. It's a different pitch than the Ibiza-Croatia-Balearic axis that dominates deep house's festival calendar, betting that Sasha and Digweed's pedigree can pull a serious crowd to a location most ravers have never considered.
