Family/Outdoor Event: Kid’s Festival, Aug. 11 2012 @ Carnivore

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Date: August 11, 2012
Venue: Carnivore
Time: 10am-5pm
Tickets: Kids Kshs 300 and Adults Kshs 200

About
This year, the Kids Festival August Edition, is set to celebrate talents in kids with the bigger focus on their musical talents…established musicians will inspire, guide, encourage, and sing along, dance along, play along these talented kids.

They include the following great Musicians: Billian Music Family, Emmy Kosgei, Jimmy Gait, Mad Traxx, Nameless, Suzanna Owiyo, Wyre, Yunasi and others

Also tagging along will be the great comedians Churchill, Eric Omondi, Ayeiiiyah! Mc Jessy, Chipukeezy, Jalango, amongst others

There will be various fun and learning activities, tented area which has activities such as: Drawing, face painting, essay writing, radio & TV talent search, Interactive games and a huge Kids concert held at the centre stage, with some talented kids singing and dancing along the stars.

For more information check the Facebook event page

Community Festival: Dunda Mtaani, Aug. 4, 11, 18 & 25 2012 @ Various Venues

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The GoDown presents Dunda Mtaani, a community festival that takes place in various communities within Nairobi, from the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th of August 2012.

The festival has been running for five years now and it aims to give local youth groups the opportunity to show-case their artistic talents through music, dance and acrobatics, in conjunction with some professional artists.

Some of the artists who will be show-cased include Dance into Space, Lady P, Magicians Dancers, Swug Crew and Cardinal Otunga Dancers

Update
Dunda Mtaani, kicks off this Saturday 4th August 2012 at the DC Grounds in Kibera.
The artists who will be featured include Juacali, Dance into Space, Q-Ta-Si, Shofco Youth Group, Tembekali Music, Simpo Dimpo, Felix Ameka, Danito, Chupee, Blackstar Acrobats,Wasanii Sanaa, Gold Mines Foundation and Jabe.
Entry: Free

The 2012 Diani Summer Festival, Jun. 27 2012 @ Diani

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Amazing Space have teamed up with the Dance Republic and UnCut to bring you the ultimate summer experience: The Diani Summer Festival!

Join the event for a weeks all inclusive accommodation at Boabab Resort, transport to and from Ukunda, and in and around Diani, watersports, beach football, beach volleyball, deep sea fishing, cultural fun days, kikoy sundowners by the beach and epic dance nights at Forty Thieves with DJ’s Creme De La Creme, Mr. Dru, Protégé and much more!!

The festival kicks off from the 27th of June for 7 days and 6 nights and will cost 85,000/- per person for a Diani all inclusive summer affair!

Accommodation included, food and drinks included, transport included, party each night all cover charges included!!

Event facebook page

Out of Town/Festival: The 5th Lake Turkana Festival, May 18-20 2012 @ Loyangalani-Turkana

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Turkana has been in the news lately for all the right reasons! So here is a perfect excuse for you to visit this region.

The 5th Lake Turkana Festival, which will take place from 18th to 20th May 2012 on the shores of the world famous Lake Turkana, the so-called Jade Lake.

The Lake Turkana Festival is organised jointly by the German Embassy, the National Museums of Nairobi, Private Safaris and the local community of Loiyangalani and sponsored by various institutions and companies. The aim of this event, which has taken place every year since 2008, is to promote peace and cultural understanding among the local communities. The Lake Turkana Festival not only became famous for its colourful, stirring and moving music performances, sports events and arts exhibitions but also won the hearts of locals and politicians and support of several companies, NGOs and foreign embassies for its ability to address and promote issues relating to the sustainable development of the Turkana region.

It may sound like light culture entertainment but the event serves a deeper purpose: the Lake Turkana Festival gives the region with its lack of infrastructure, fights among ethnic communities and environmental challenges an opportunity for cross-cultural interaction and reconciliation. This is a chance for both, Kenyans as well as Expatriates, to experience the living conditions and fascinating culture of the ten participating tribes.

Transport is either by car convoy or by plane. The road travel option will take visitors on a magical journey across Kenya, from Nairobi to Loyangalani. As the convoy will progress through the changing landscapes, the accompanying and highly knowledgeable expert staff of the National Museums of Kenya will explain the different cultural habits and unique features of the communities along the way.

Be advised that accomodation space is limited and already starting to be filled.

Travel details, programme and other information on the Festival can be found on the official website.

Explore this unique territory and be a witness of the terrific performances and demonstrations of ten different ethnic communities!

This is truly the adventure of a life time!

21st European Film Festival, May 10-27 2012 @ Alliance Francaise

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Dates: May 10-27, 2012
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: Weekdays 5.30 & 7.30pm, Weekends 3, 5.30 & 7.30pm
Tickets: Kshs 50
For more info: Facebook event page

Participating Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland

Programme

Full programme and synopsis of all movies available on the Alliance Francaise website:

http://www.afkenya.or.ke/spip.php?rubrique86&lang=fr

Community Screening
For the first time the organizing committee will be presenting community screening in Kibera, Mathare and Korogocho in collaboration with Hot Sun Foundation

The Danish film, Kidnappet (Lost in Africa) which was shot on location in Kibera has been choosen for free community screenings on Saturdays (May 12, 19 & 26)

3rd Annual Korogocho Cultural Festival, Apr 29 2012 @ Ngunyumu Primary & Grogon Close

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Korogocho festival is an annual community cultural event, traditionally held in the month of April by different groups of artists coming together to celebrate different talents and their diversity in Korogocho. The festival is spearheaded by the Hope Raisers (Community based art and sports organizations.
This event seeks to engage key community stakeholders and decision makers on a platform that encourages active participation of young people in a dialogue to understand the importance of arts, sports and other forms of cultural expression in the community development and empowerment.

The core objectives of the festival are therefore to present arts, sports and other forms of cultural expression; as a Tool for Safer Neighbourhoods, a creative dialogue, and an engine of social change, and as a tool for transforming public spaces.

The event shall take place in two strategic venues: the School (Ngunyumu Primary where we shall be launching a community Photo journal Sanaa Zetu and hold a photo exhibition) which is a central hub for nurturing talents and the street (Grogon close to provide international Hospital) where there will be music, cultural performances and urban  sports.

Contacts
Email: kochfest@gmail.com
Mobile: 0738349389/0714436070/0710266201