You are invited to an intimate listening experience
Yuletide An Acoustic Living Room Concert featuring Maia von Lekow (KE), Lake Montgomery (USA), Giovanni Kiyingi (UG)
Date: December 23, 2015
Venue: 67 Kabarsiran Ave – Off James Gichuru
Time: from 8 pm
Tickets: KES 1000 (Beer & Wine Cash Bar )
Secured street side parking.
RSVP name and number of guests to arjibril@gmail.com or mpesa/SMS 0710383022
PS: Audience limited to 50 people
Dates: Until January 31, 2016
Venue: Cultural Dynamism Gallery, Nairobi National Museum
Time: Daily 8.30am – 5.30pm
Entry: Normal Museum Rates Apply
About
This exhibition of paintings by Kevin Ndege, Stephen Njenga, Samwel Njoroge and Moses Nyawanda is the artists’ response to certain social issues in the world we live in today.The four artists have varied individual perceptions of this subject that each has addressed in a unique and captivating style. They work in a space situated in the heart of Nairobi’s Central Business District, the Railway Museum Arts Studio that is housed by The Nairobi Railway Museum. Other members of this studio are Peter Ndirangu, Lia Barhane, Joan Otieno and Sam Githinji.
Dates: Until January 3, 2016
Venue: the Shift Eye Gallery, the Priory
Date: December 23, 2015
Venue: the Elephant
Time: From 8 pm
Tickets: KES 2000 at the Gate
Introducing, Kilifi New Year 2016, Kenya’s freshest boutique festival experience. Thirty six hours packed with the dopiest and most exhilarating vibes the continent has to offer.
Date: December 31, 2015
Venue: Distant Relatives Backpackers Eco-lodge, Kilifi
Tickets : KES 6000 – Includes: Free camping for two nights, entrance into the New Year’s Eve party at Distant Relatives on the 31st and Lake of Fire Party on the 1st of January.
About
Kilifi New Year gets bigger and better every year, and this time around we’re very excited to announce that our headliner is chart-conquering Berlin DJ Wankelmut! Ever heard this song?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRAMNWzfjcgWe’re also proud to welcome Toby2shoes, South Africa’s favourite genre mashing funkster, back again to #KilifiNYE2016!
We have also confirmed a full line-up of incredible musical depth drawn from across Africa, Europe and the States, and over the next few weeks we will be introducing you to a troupe of traveling troubadours who will keep the dancefloor rocking throughout this year’s event. We’ll be publishing a full schedule soon!
All this will be taking place in one of East Africa’s most unique and stunning settings. Our build team of artists, sculptors and industrial designers are hard at work putting together a wonderland of electric installations and mind-bending decor. It’s going to be even bigger and better than last year’s event!
The Beach Baobab Stage has been confirmed as the venue for the second night! We have extended the festival into a second day this year, so save some energy for January 1st as the incredible music continues from 4pm. Dance under the stars, swim out in the phosphorescence, jive in the jungle, and witness the hypnotizing beauty of the burn at the Lake of Fire Party!
This is going to be an amazing journey and you’re all invited!
For tickets message FULL NAMES for each attendant to 0718522872 and then await individual payment instructions and confirmation number. ID compulsory on entrance.
More info visit Distant Relatives Eco-lodge & Backpackers website
One Off is pleased to present Goddess in the Details – Stitches, Sequins, Beads and Paint an exhibition of works by Yony Waite
Dates: Until January 19, 2016
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Find more information, here
Dates: December 27-28, 2015
Venue: Sultan Palace
Entry: Free for invited guests and KES 1,000 at the Gate
Find more information on their Facebook Page.
Mwanaume Ni Effort and CIROC bring you the inaugural Everyday People KE brunch pool party at the Best Western Rooftop.
Date: Sunday, December 20 2015
Venue: Best Western Rooftop
Time: from 12pm till late
Entry: KES 1,000 with a complimentary CIROC cocktail
You are invited to the photography exhibition “Poland’s Forests” by Mr Stanislaw Butrym (1930 – 2011), a superb and award winning Polish photographer, who was recognised as one of the first pioneers in his country in the field of championing forests as an exquisite source of aesthetic inspiration.
Date: 21 December 2015
Venue: National Museums of Kenya, main exhibition hall
About
This exhibition is conceived, organised and curated by the renowned Film Director Jacob Barua who mainly specialises in historical subject matters. He is a long time member of the BIEA. The exhibition runs to the 21st December 2015, at the National Museums of Kenya, main exhibition hall, located in the old Coryndon wing.
Find more information, here.
Book Discussion: Nairobi – A Night Runner’s Guide Through the City in the Sun – A Novel by Tony Mochama
Date and Time: Thursday, 17th December 2015, 6.00 pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Admission: free
Panelists will include Professor Mikhail Iossel of Canada’s Concordia University, Dr. Tom Odhiambo of UoN, Pen president Khainga Okembwa and Kingwa Kamenchu.
Find more information, here.
