Taste of Nairobi Festival, Dec 10-11 2011 @ Central Park + National Museum

You are hereby invited to the 2nd edition of the Taste of Nairobi Festival.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Night activities during the Taste of Nairobi Festival at the Nairobi National Museum have been cancelled. However day activities will still continue.During the festival, the Nairobi National Museum was planning to be open 24 hours for the first time on 10th & 11th December, 2011, with visits to the museum for night star gazing, cultural entertainment, night tours of the museum and much more. The Nairobi National Museum and Nairobi Gallery will be open for you to sample Kenya’s rich heritage at our regular admission charges.

Charges:

Nairobi National Museum

Citizens: Kshs. 100/-
Residents: Kshs. 400/-
Non-Residents: Kshs. 800/-

Nairobi Gallery

Citizens: Kshs. 100/-
Residents: Kshs. 400/-
Non-Residents: Kshs. 500/-

* Children 16 years and below are charged at 50% off the adult charges.

An admission ticket also entitles you to screening of the following Award Winning films that tell a part of Nairobi’s history:

1. Out of Africa (Story about Karen Blixen)- 10am (Saturday and Sunday)
2. The Ghost and the Darkness (Story about the building of the Railway) 2pm (Saturday and Sunday)

* Daytime activities will take place at Central Park (behind Nairobi Serena Hotel).
* Visit the Nairobi Gallery and learn more about this small building with a big history (next to Nyayo House).

For more information on the festival, visit http://www.tasteofnairobi.co.ke/2011/

Release Concert “BLNRB – Welcome to the Madhouse”, Dec 10 2011 @ Nairobi Railway Club

What: LAST BLNRB SHOW!
Who: DJ Drazen, Just a Band, Ukoo Flani, Kimya, Lon’Jon, Nazizi, Michel
Ongaro, Radi (Nairobi)
Teichmann Brothers, Jahcoozi (Berlin)
Where: Nairobi Railway Club. See map: http://g.co/maps/tdbz4
Entrance Fee: 200/= KSh

The BLNRB project has caused quite a stir: mind-blowing parties in Nairobi, Berlin and Cologne, the international release and reviews for the album “BLNRB – Welcome to the Madhouse” from all over the world.

Now we are looking forward to its culmination. The BLNRB Release Concert, at the place it all had started: Nairobi! The artists will be reunited, for the last time you will have the chance to experience a night of great performances and incredible beats!

Get the album BLNRB – Welcome to the Madhouse at Nakumatt, Uchumi, iTunes and local music stores. It contains 18 of the best tracks from the project.

Since it will be the last show of BLNRB we are going to sum up the project with a screening of the BLNRB documentary, produced by Christian Füssenegger. The screening will start right before the concert, at 8.00 pm. Be there to get an exclusive look behind the scenes!

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Concert / Fundraising: An evening of Afro Jazz with The Marafiki Band, Dec 14 2011 @ Michael Joseph Center

On December 14th  at the Michael Joseph Center from 6pm The Marafiki band led by Ricky Nanjero Will host an evening of live afro jazz music  mostly playing renditions from their album ‘TUCHEZE’.The main cause of the concert is to raise funding to enable Ricky to travel to the U.S.A with an aim of seeking further education in his music at the Berklee school of music in Boston .

Also featuring that night will be the lovely songbird Atemi Oyungu and East Africa’s most renowned keyboard player Aaron Krucial Rimbui backed by the marafiki band.
Advance ticket are on sale for 800/- and Gate tickets will go for 1000/- .For advance tickets, call 0750318616/0732276428/0723982528.Tickets also available on pesa pal and at the Michael Joseph Center…
for more info: www.rickynanjero.com

All that Jazz, Dec. 15 2011 @ Tribe

This December don’t miss out on this fabulous Jazz event. Mu…sic and Fashion! Fabulous prizes to be won from our very own fashion movers.

Artists: Dela, Muthoni, Neema, Chris Bitok, Jeff Koinange

when: 15th December 2011 at 8pm
where: Tribe Hotel
tickets: 1500 kshs

Nairobi Now had two tickets to give away to one lucky reader for this concert – the competition is now closed

To enter, write one comment to this blog post by December 8th explaining why we should give the tickets to you. We will reward the most creative comment with two tickets. Good luck everyone! (All participants will be automatically signed up for our weekly newsletter)

The Amazing Race, Dec. 3 2011 @ Kibera

How well do you know Kibera? What do you know about Kibera?Well here’s a chance to know,interact and have fun within Kibera this festive season!Have a chance to meet some of the most exciting places in Kibera,sack gardens,bone carvings,young acrobats,hand-bags made from recycled polthene bags,soccer boys and girls,graffiti artists and young filmmakers among others.

sign up for the race