Dates: December 9, 2017 – January 2, 2018
Venue: Diani Beach
More information, available here
Pop Up & Chill Handmakers’ Market, Dec. 17 2017 @ 910 James Gichuru – Lavington
Date: December 17, 2017
Venue: 910 James Gichuru, Lavington
Time: 11 am – 7 pm
“Tis the season of giving and the 6th edition of Pop Up & Chill is the perfect place to buy wonderfully hand-made gifts and give back to the community. Featuring a carefully curated array of artisans and collectors, we’re bringing handmade, eco, holistic and vintage goods, and items inspired by Africa and majorly made in Kenya. This time we’ll have a Giving Box for donated items to our chosen charities so if you have clothes, toys or food that you wish to donate, bring them and we’ll make sure they get to the right people.”
The main aim of this market is to support local independent artists, designers and traders
in a relaxed setting.Entry is free. Location is 910 James Gichuru from 11am till 7pm.
Find more information, here.
What Happens in the Night – Encore Play Performance, Dec. 16 2017 @ DAC Auditorium – Daystar Valley Road
Prevail Arts Company presents: WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NIGHT – Written and Directed by Kigondu Martin.
Date: Saturday, December 16, 2017
Venue: Daystar Valley Road – DAC Auditorium
Charges: 1000/- advance, 1500/- at the door. MPESA; 0725832607.
CAST: Chichi Seii, Bilal Mwaura, Shiviske Shivisi, Nick Ndeda and Salim Gitao.
SYNOPSIS
The news makers go home too; the media personalities, the artists and the leaders – those expected to give commentary on the times. What happens when the scandals they investigate and instigate follow them home? Roy is having a tough time at work as a news anchor, he lives with his sister Ng’endo, a nurse who has her own issues to handle and Don their father, an ex politician might have gotten himself in some murky business. Will their family and relationships stand the storm that hits their home? A riveting drama about a prominent family trying to balance their personal baggage with being in the limelight, while interrogating the on-goings of Kenya in frustrating political times.
Blankets and Wine Nairobi Festival, Dec. 10 2017 @ Uhuru Gardens
Date: December 10, 2017
Venue: Uhuru Gardens
Time: 12 – 10 pm
Tickets: advanced tickets – KES 3000, and door tickets – KES 3500
Advance tickets available here
Performances by: Shekhinah – South Africa, Maia and the Big Sky – Kenya, Niniola – Nigeria, Beraccah – Kenya and Odinareh Bingwa – Kenya
Fashion: Collective Rw’s Pop-Up in Nairobi, Dec. 8 2017 @ the Tribe Hotel – Presidential Suite
Date: December 8, 2017
Venue: the Tribe Hotel, Presidential Suite
Time: from 6.30 pm
About
This is Collective RW’s first Nairobi pop-up! It will feature beautiful pieces from the amazing Rwanda-based men’s, women’s and accessory designers who form the collective: Inzuki Designs, Sonia Mugabo, House of Tayo, Haute Baso, Moshions and Uzi Collections!
Graffiti Session at the National Museum with the BSQ Crew! Dec. 8 2017 @ National Museum
Venue: Nairobi National Museum
Time: 2 pm
The group will also have an exhibition – NextGen – at the Museum, Creativity Gallery – running until January 15, 2018
About
Join the artists on Friday 8th December at 2PM for a fun and interactive graffiti session in the gallery!The bomb squad crew (BSQ) is a street art group consisting of young Kenyan artists. The group formed in 2011 and hails from the city streets of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. It is made up of members with a passion and love for art, specifically mural work and graffiti. The exhibition titled NextGen is BSQ’s first major exhibition. The public is invited to join the artists on Friday 8th December at 2PM for a fun and interactive graffiti session in the Nairobi National Museum’s Creativity Gallery!
NextGen is an exhibition about the next generation, a generation that has forgotten the beauty of our culture. The artists use a variety of techniques in collaborative and individual works to investigate how our culture is affected today by the mixture of traditional and technological influences.
BSQ hopes to show museum visitors that street art is not only for vandalism but can be displayed in a museum gallery to express and address different societal issues, in this case to portray how technology has affected our culture both positively and negatively.
BSQ have managed to carve up a name for themselves as the most energetic, inspiring and creative art crew in East and Central Africa. BSQ is a group of young Kenyan artist formed in 2011.
http://bsqart.com/home/
Discussion + Mini – Concert: On Benga – Kenya’s Signature Genre, Dec. 7 2017 @ Alliance Française Terrace
Date: December 7, 2017
Venue: Alliance Française Terrace
Time: 6.30 pm
Entry: Free
About
A discussion organized by FLEE, a cultural engineering platform dedicated to the documentation and enhancement of hybrid cultures, that is at the same time a record label, a publishing house and an exhibition curator. For its first issue, FLEE decided to focus on Benga music. This discussion will be an opportunity to première in Nairobi a vinyl record along with a printed magazine that tells the story of benga and celebrates the pioneers of benga (Daniel Owino Misiani, George Ramogi and the Migori Superstars), concluding with modern respectful re-interpretations by Nik Weston, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, and Africaine 808.
Christmas Concert ft. the works by John Rutter, Mark Hayes – performed by the Nairobi Music Society and the Nairobi Orchestra, Dec. 9-10 2017 @ All Saints Cathedral – Kenyatta Avenue
Dates: 9th December 2017 / 10th December
Time: 7pm / 3pm
Venue: All Saints Cathedral, Kenyatta Avenue
Tickets: KES 800 Adults
KES 500 Students and NMS Members
Featuring the works by John Rutter, Mark Hayes and a host of blissful arrangements of your favorite Christmas tunes – performed by the Nairobi Music Society and the Nairobi Orchestra – Conducted by Duncan Wambugu
Serro Live in Concert, Dec. 7 2017 @ Picazzo Restaurant – The Hub
Date: December 7, 2017
Venue: Picazzo Restaurant, The Hub
Time: 7-11 pm
Ichyulu African Fashion Pop Up, Dec. 3 2017 @ Zen Garden – Spring Valley
Date: December 3, 2017
Venue: Zen Garden, Spring Valley
Time: 10am – 5pm
Free Entry
About
Ichyulu.com is a Nairobi based online concept store that offers select edits from African fashion and accessory designers. The Pop Up will be an opportunity for people to view pieces from the site in person and shop for Christmas gifts.This Pop Up with also feature exclusive pieces by Kenyan designer, IAMI.
For more information, check out their Facebook event page, here.