Pop-Up Exhibition: Looking Out, Looking In by Patrick Kinuthia & Emmanuel Jambo, Until Feb. 17 2017 @ The Lord Erroll – Runda
Dates: Until February 17, 2017
Venue: The Lord Erroll – Runda
Work by Patrick Kinuthia and photography Emmanuel Jambo
Find more information, here
Nairobi Restaurant Week 2017, Until Feb. 5 2017 @ Participating Outlets
Dates: January 26 – February 5, 2017
Venue(s): Participating Outlets*
Costs: 2 course lunch @ Ksh 950, 3 course dinner + cocktail @ Ksh 1950 and 5 course dinner + cocktail @ Ksh 3950
* Over 60 restaurants are participating in Nairobi Restaurant Week which runs for 10 days – complete list of participating restaurant is available here
New Venue – Opener: Thursday Nite Live with Makadem – Feb. 2 2017 @ J’s Westlands
Date: February 2, 2017
Venue: J’s Westlands
Time: 8-11 pm
No Cover Charge
Concert: The Unknown Order with Noel Nderitu, Fadhilee & Tetu Shani, Feb. 3 2017 @ Goethe-Institut auditorium
Date: February 3, 2017
Venue: Goethe-Institut auditorium
Time: 8 PM
Tickets: KES 500/-
About
In Nairobi there tends to be a lot of jostling among artists in terms of performance order and who is the “headlining act” and “opening act” instead of a mutual appreciation of art.Noel Nderitu, Fadhilee and Tetu Shani would like to present to you The Unknown Order, an event that has never been done in Nairobi.
The event will be structured as follows: Ten minutes before the first act starts, the emcee will pick a name-tag out of a hat and that will be the first artist to play. After each artist finishes, the emcee picks another and so on and so forth. No headliners or openers. Neither the artists nor the audience know who will perform first, second or third resulting in a spontaneous and fun filled event.
Each of these artists had great achievements in 2016 that were made possible through the power of the Internet with Noel Nderitu’s song “You” being covered over 80 times, Fadhilee hosting the second edition of his UTAM festival and Tetu’s song “Chemistry” being the most remixed Kenyan song of 2016, all without major label backing or promotion.
The Unknown Order is a celebration of Kenyan music that prioritises creativity, collectivism and resilience.
Admission: 500/= KSh
Thursday Nite Live, New Venue – February Line-Up, Every Thursday @ J’s Westlands
Dates: Every Thursday Evening
Venue: J’s Westlands
Time:8-11 pm
No Cover Charge
Exhibition: A Sudanese Collection, Jan. 29 – Mar. 19 2017 @ Red Hill Art Gallery
Time: from 11.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
A selection of artworks from Abushariaa Ahmed, Eltayeb Dawalbeit, Hassan Salim, Hussein Halfawi, Issam Hafiez and Norman Faris, artists who graduated in the 1980’s and 1990’s from the College of Fine and Applied Art of the Univeristy of Khartoum, Sudan.
The exhibition continues until 19th March 2017
Exhibition: Background Effects by Paul Onditi, Jan. 28 – Feb. 21 2017 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Opening/Private View: January 28, 2017
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Time: noon to 5 pm
Until: February 21, 2017
About
Following Paul Onditi’s enormous international success last year, One Off is very proud to open our exhibition schedule for the year with his pop-up show titled ‘Background Effects’. In this brand new series, apparently the mysterious ‘Smokey’ has done an unexplained disappearing act!More on Paul Onditi and the exhibition
The GoDown Gig ft. Zikki Band, Victoria Gachora & Octave Band, Jan. 28 2017 @ the GoDown Arts
Date: January 29, 2017
Venue: the GoDown Arts Centre
Time: from 3 pm
Entry: Free
Acoustic Living Room Concert: with Ines Bosombrio & Mutinda, Jan. 28 2017 @ #2 Gem Lane – Kileleshwa, off Mandera Road
Roots International presents an intimate listening experience featuring Argentinian artist INÉS BASOMBRÍO and Kenyan artist MUTINDA
Date: January 28, 2017
Venue: #2 Gem Lane – Kileleshwa, off Mandera Road
Time: 8 pm
Tickets: KES 1,000 (note: the audience number is limited to 30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCKhmn_V3o
About
ACOUSTIC LIVING ROOM CONCERTS is us presenting music in an intimate format, a living room, where artists share the stories behind their songs and the influences that drive their creativity while performing an acoustic repertoire in either a solo or duo format.The audience number is limited to 30 so reserve your spot via Mpesa Buy Goods # 701924. The cost is 1000 Ksh. There will be a beer & wine cash bar. The event begins at 8 pm on Saturday January 28th.
Location is #2 Gem Lane Kileleshwa off Mandera Road. Keep to left and follow the road til it ends at a white gate. There ask the askari for house no. 2.