Samosa Festival: Programme Breakdown, Sept. 22-29 2012 @ Various Venues


Festival Dates: September 22-29, 2012
Venues: Various [Alliance, the GoDown, Karura Forest, Mathare, Kangemi, Kibera, National Theatre, National Museum] Tickets: Available at the festival venues & selected outlets

Samosa Festival ‘Unpacked’
Contrary to main assumption SAMOSA Festival is NOT a foodie event BUT a festival that was conceived with the idea of bringing Kenyan’s from all walks of life together to celebrate their cultures and heritage.
This festival is a biennial cultural platform which blends culture, music, poetry, art and drama to convey messages related to the cohesion and integration of our society.

Below is a list of events to look out for;
Moving Photography Exhibition: Kenya’s Beautiful People by Neil Thomas Sept. 20 – 29 @ All Festival Venues
Musical & Performance Workshops for Teenagers Sept. 20-21, 2012 @ the GoDown Arts Centre
Festival Curtain Raiser: Sidi Goma Concert, Sept. 22 2012 @ Alliance
Time: 8pm
Tickets: ksh 1,200
Outdoor Event/Community Tournament*: Samosa Play, Sept 23 2012 @ Karura Forest
This is an all Day Event which is Open to the public
Sponsors Night: Sidi Goma Concert, Sept. 24 2012 @ National Museum [Invite Only] Samosa Mobile Cinema, Sept. 24-26 @ Mathare, Kangemi & Kibera respectively
Tides*: Cultural response to Corruption in Kenya, Sept. 25 2012 @ National Theatre
Time: 8pm
Tickets: Kshs 800
Hadithi*: The Art of Storytelling in Slam Poetry, Sept. 26 2012 @ National Theatre Courtyard
Time: 8pm
Tickets: Kshs 500
Concert in the Forest*: SAMOSA String & Sculpture, Sept. 27 2012 @ Karura Forest
Time: 8pm
Tickets: Kshs 1,500
Pigo la Moyo/Heartbeat of Kenya is her People*: Slum Drummers Vs Sidi Goma Vs Dhol Xtacy, Sept 29 2012 @ KICC
Tickets: Adults Kshs 1500, Students with ID Kshs 500 & children under 5 free

*Editor’s picks

For additional information: Festival Website
Tel. contacts: 0728 SAMOSA [726672]

FYI: SAMOSA stands for ‘South Asian Mosaic of Society and the Arts’

Samosa Community Cricket Tournament, Sep 23 2012 @ Karura Forest

5 Over Community Cricket Tournament
with Murfy’s Flaw, Entertainment & Vendor Market | All Day
@ Karura Forest | OPEN TO PUBLIC

For centuries, sports fields around the world have been bringing together players from different races, genders, ages and classes.  Sporting events are participatory and SAMOSA uses sports as a powerful tool to bring about inclusiveness, confidence, leadership and cooperation.

Sporting activities have also brought individuals and communities together and have helped to bridge ethnic and cultural divides, promote social integration and foster tolerance.  Sporting competitions have also helped to reduce tension and generate dialogue in some instances.

Sport teaches the value of effort and how to manage victory, as well as defeat.  When the convening powers of sports are emphasized, sport becomes a powerful vehicle through which the SAMOSA message can be actualized.

The SAMOSA 2012 Sports program will focus on bringing people of all backgrounds together on the playing field to celebrate one of society’s most important activity – Play!

Rock n’BBQ with Murfy’s Flaw
Five time Battle of the Bands winners Murfy’s Flaw makes its debut in the wider community at SAMOSA in 2012.  A mostly all girl band,  Murfy’s Flaw are Reema, Punky Monkey, Jojo, Jozie, Njeri and the band’s only male member – the indomitable Number Nine.

Nairobi’s most famous and popular alternative rock band will thrill SAMOSA fans and the audience in the evening, as they relax and wind down after a day of enlivening sporting activities.

Concert: Sidi Goma, Sep 22 2012 @ Alliance Francaise


The Sidis of Gujarat are a tribal Sufi community of East African origin which came to India eight centuries ago and made India their home.  They carried with them their exceptionally rich musical tradition and kept it alive and flourishing through the generations, unknown to the rest of the world.

A traditional occupation of African-Indian Sufis in Gujarat has been to perform sacred music and dance as wandering faquirs.  Their native African music styles, lyrics and musical instruments have mingled with local influences to form this final symbolic representation of ‘African-Indian-ness’.
This is the core spirit of SAMOSA Festival and we are extremely excited to bring this powerful and integrated troupe to Kenya to perform for our audience and to work with our artists and youth.

For more information: http://samosafestival.org/#/sidi-goma-concert1/4567260007

Win tickets for the Samosa Arts Festival, Sep 22-29 2012

Dear readers, the Samosa Festival is upon us, and this year we have plenty of surprises for you.
Nairobi Now is proud to be the official blog of the event, and will be offering free tickets to a lot of the events at the festival.

After giving away four passes, we have a total of 36 tickets to give away for various events..so check the website and our Facebook page from Saturday 22nd for updates!

And don’t forget to have a look at the impressive programme on the Samosa Festival website

Concert: Francesco Taskayali, piano solo, Sep 27 2012 @ Italian Cultural Institute

Thursday 27th September 2012 at 7.00pm
ENTRANCE FREE

Programme
Music composed by Francesco Taskayali

Francesco Taskayali’s musical education mixes minimalism and jazz with the tradition of classical Masters and with cinema soundtracks, and is enriched with a singular experimentation on odd rhythms, typical of Eastern music traditions and really rare and unusual in Western music.

Listen to his entire album EMRE here – he will perform a number of tracks from the album at the concert :

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