Morocco's incredibly exclusive music festival featuring the Master Musicians of Joujouka just happened for the 8th year in a row, although articles in the Rolling Stones and other publications have hailed it as being 4,000 years old.

While the festival may be one of the cooler experiences wanderlusters can pay for, the festival began relatively recently in 2008 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a visit made by Brian Jones, founder of Rolling Stones.

Only allowing a maximum of 50 people to attend each year, the festival has been hailed as "the most exclusive in the world." Held in Joujouka, a village in the Rif mountains of northern Morocco, the festival features a musical tradition that dates back over a thousand years.

Why is the event so exclusive? According to the group's website, the exclusivity is due to "the nature of the festival." We're not exactly sure what that means but from what we have seen, we assume they want to keep the simple ambience and village atmosphere during the three-day event.

Guests come from around the world to participate in the festival, living and dancing with the locals each evening. Sounds ridiculously awesome, we know.

In the 1950s, the "Masters" were renowned in their local region, however, virtually unknown elsewhere. That all changed when several Westerners, such as Jones, discovered them. Since then, the "Masters" musical tradition has continued and developed with numerous recording contracts and international concerts.

They adhere religiously to the the influence of Sufi trance music, which has been passed down from generation to generation for some 1,200 years. American writers Timothy Leary and William S. Burroughs called the festival the "4,000-year-old rock band," a phrase that was quickly picked up around the globe.

While it may not actually be 4,000 years old, it's definitely one of the coolest music festivals we've ever heard of. If you agree and are dying to go next year just like we are, you'd better try and book your tickets from now. Remember, space is seriously limited!

Watch the "Masters" performance below.