The famed Baalbek International Festival, normally held in the town's spectacular Roman ruins, will be held this year in the Northern Metn district of Jdeideh near the capital Beirut, the festival's organizing committee said on Monday. La Magnanerie, a former silk factory that dates back to the nineteenth century, will be this year's venue, the committee announced in a statement.

“Ever since 1956, the year the Baalbek International Festival was launched under the auspices of president Camille Chamoun, the mission of our festival has been to host top notch artists, promote Lebanon's cultural resolve and organize concerts at a unique location in the world – the Baalbek temple,” it said. [Link]