Date: March 8, 2016
Venue: the British Council, Nairobi
Time: from 8.30 am – 3 pm
Entry: Free
First Lady Half Marathon, Mar. 6 2016 @ Nyayo Stadium
Date: March 6, 2016
Venue: Nyayo Stadium
Time: from 6.30 am – assembly time
Tickets: KES 1500
Route Map
Proceeds go toward the First Lady’s Beyond Zero Campaign
2nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade, Feb. 27 2016 @ Luna Amusement Park, Kiambu Road
It’s that time of year again!! The City of Nairobi will let the good times roll with its 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at Luna Amusement Park, Kiambu Road.
The Celebration will start at 6pm with food, live music, body painting and AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES… Yes, you read right – bumper cars, banana boats, merry-go-rounds and a gigantic ferris wheel!
Complemented by the starry sky and extraordinary light installations, the parade will roll out from within the amusement park at 11pm with floats, music, dancers and more and there will be lots of candy and beads tossed to the crowd. GET YOUR OUTFITS READY!
THE LINEUP: Jojo Abot (GH/UK), Kadhalika (KE), Jinku (KE), Disco Vumbi (KE), Gregg Tendwa (Bengatronics) (KE), KAYA Brass Marching Band (KE/UK), Cybersnack (DE), Marcu Ezra (KE), Noise On Demand – N.O.D (KE), Shaq Deff (KE) and all the parade participants…….
Comedy Play: Wife Begins at Dinner! Feb. 9-14 2016 @ Alliance Française Auditorium
Dates: February 9-14, 2016
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 6.30 weekdays and 3 & 6.30 pm on weekends
Tickets: KES 599
Mindspeak Forum: Aly~Khan Satchu Hosts Albert Mugo CEO of KenGen, Jan. 22 2016 @ Inter Continental – Nairobi
Date: January 22, 2016
Venue: Inter-Continental Hotel, Nairobi
Time: from 5 pm
Entry: Free
Guest speaker is Albert Mugo, CEO of KenGen.
Kenya Nights New Year’s Eve Party, Dec. 31 2015 @ The Alchemist Bar – Westlands
Kenya Nights introduces Nairobi’s newest and sweetest spot, The Alchemist Bar, and also the new home for the Bus.
Date: December 31, 2015
Venue: The Alchemist Bar, Parklands Road (Just behind Kwik Fit), Westlands
Time: from 9 pm
Tickets: Early Bird Tickets KES 2,500, Advance Tickets KES 3,000 and Gate Tickets KES 5,000
V.I.P @ KES 10,000 [Free Drinks All Night Long]
The lined up DJ acts are: Norah | Nzech Emmanuel | Cheek-O Dread | Mateyo | ENCHAN
New art coming up in #Nairobi in what used to be club undecided in Westlands. pic.twitter.com/G6f43mgen5
— Nairobi Now (@nairobinow) December 18, 2015
Kenya Nights New Year’s Eve Party promises to be an intimate and exclusive affair.
Panel Discussion: Development and Aid in Africa, Dec. 14 2015 @ BIEA – Nairobi
Date: December 14, 2015
Venue: BIEA, Nairobi
Time: 2 pm
Entry: Free
Book Launch: Fifth Draft – An Anthology of Poetry and Prose, Dec. 10 2015 @ Goethe Institut – Nairobi
Date: December 10, 2015
Venue: Goethe Institut, Nairobi
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free
Exhibition: Visceral 2 – M THEORY, Until Dec. 20 2015 @ The Little Art Gallery – Karen
Dates: Until 20th December 2015
Venue: The Little Art Gallery, Karen, Nairobi.
About
Mwini Mutuku, Curator Ross Van Horn and The Little Art Gallery Project Coordinator, William Ndwiga invite you to Visceral 2| M THEORY at The Little Art Gallery, Karen.
Mwini’s work exists at the intersection of graphic design and fine art.In ‘Visceral 2 | M THEORY’, he explores particle physics and the mind in an attempt to investigate ideas around existence.
The exhibition is set as a conversation between two bodies of work, one with Mirrors and the other with Scorched Paper pieces that attempt to visualise string theory – often called the “theory of everything”.
Spoken Word: Losing Grip by Ngartia, Nov. 19 2015 @ Goethe Institut
Event: #LosingGrip by Ngartia
Date: Thursday 19th November 2015
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Nairobi
Time: 6:00 pm
Tickets: 500 KeS (Advance only – 0715 676 724)
About
Losing Grip is a spoken word story performed by Ngartia, with the support of FlowFlani Wakaba (a human beat-box), Ciano Maimba(vocalist and guitarist), Phy (musician), Achieng Otieno ( vocalist from the band Royalty By Black) and Laura Wanjirũ Ekumbo (writer and actress).It is a story about the pitfalls of seeking a better life in the city from the perspective of a young man who grew up in the countryside written by Ngartia, who is part of the team that runs www.storyzetu.com.
The narrative will be told in 10 poetry pieces that are in form of letters and diary entries and several musical acts serving as interludes. This is indeed, an experimental path for performance poetry since no one else has created such a concept gig before. It is bound to be exciting and to chart new territory in the spoken word circles. No self respecting performance art enthusiast should miss this.
Ngartia
Ngartia has been a force to reckon with in the Kenyan Spoken Word scene. He has demonstrated diversity by doing collaborative performances with performers such as Sarabi, Yellow Light Machine, Kaesa and has been featured on Slam Africa, Kwani? Open Mic and Words Galore. He has also appeared on other stages such as the StoryMoja Festival, Fatuma’s Voice Wamathai Spoken Word, Kings Of The Arena, Spoken Word Thursdays at Juniper’s, Poetry At The Park many more.His short stories and poetry has appeared on anthologies such as KUT and The Power of Words and a number of blogs: African Plato.com, Wamathai.com, Manenomatamu.wordpress.com, Bgina.wordpress.com, and wordsrhymesandrhythym.wordpress.com.