Sauti za Busara

Sauti za Busara Festival, Feb. 12-15 2015 @ Ngome Kongwe – Zanzibar

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Sauti za Busara
Dates: February 12-15, 2015
Venue: Ngome Kongwe, Zanzibar

Artist’s from Kenya: Octopizzo, Sarabi Band and Bonaya Doti

Line Up

Line Up: Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana/USA), Alikiba (Tanzania), Octopizzo and band (Kenya), Ihhashi Elimhlophe (South Africa), Tcheka (Cape Verde), Sarabi (Kenya), The Brother Moves On (South Africa), Culture Musical Club (Zanzibar), Ahamada Smis ‘Origines’ Trio (Comoros/France/Zanzibar), Mim Suleiman (Zanzibar/UK), Isabel Novella (Mozambique), Msafiri Zawose (Tanzania), Aline Frazão (Angola), Tsiliva (Madagascar), Leo Mkanyia and the Swahili Blues Band (Tanzania), Mohamed Ilyas & Nyota Zameremeta (Zanzibar), Thaïs Diarra (Senegal/Mali/Switzerland), Liza Kamikazi and band (Rwanda), Erik Aliana (Cameroon), Bonaya Doti (Kenya), Mpamanga (Madagascar), Mgodro Group (Zanzibar), Djmawi Africa (Algeria), Rico Single & Swahili Vibes (Zanzibar), Zee Town Sojaz (Zanzibar), Ifa Band (Tanzania), Mwahiyerani (Tanzania), Loryzine (Réunion/France), Tunaweza Band (Tanzania), Mabantu Africa (Tanzania), Cocodo African Music (Tanzania), Kiki Kidumbaki (Zanzibar), DCMA Young Stars (Zanzibar), Capoeira Brazil Zanzibar (Zanzibar), Shirikisho Sanaa Group (Zanzibar), Babawatoto Centre (Tanzania) etc

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TEN CITIES Album Launch Street Party, Dec.6 2014 @ the Alley between the Goethe-Institut and Alliance Française

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Date and Time: December 06, 2014, 10.00 pm
Venue: the Alley between the Goethe-Institut and Alliance Française
Admission: 300/= KSh

About
The TEN CITIES album has been released!

We want to celebrate that with you! This Saturday we will bring together a selection of fine Kenyan artists who are involved in the project like Just A Band, Shappa / Camp Mulla, Octopizzo, DJ Raph, Provoke, FenaGitu, Cannibal, Alai K, and Mjingoma.

The album will be available at a special launch price of 500/= KSh.

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Party/Concert: feat. Wizkid, Oct. 19 2014 @ Carnivore Grounds

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Wizkid Artwork Mashujaa2014
GoodTimes Africa amps up the Mashujaa Day festivities with a mega concert dubbed The African Dance Party

Date: October 19, 2014
Venue: Carnivore Gardens
Artists: Wizkid (Nigeria), Muthoni the Drummer, Octopizzo, Fena and Sage
DJs: Heavy K (S.A.), Creme de la Creme and Electrique DJs
Time: 6.00 pm onwards
Entry: VIP – 8,000/-; Golden Circle – 3,000/-; Regular – 1,500/-

MAIN ACTS
Wiz Kid ‘Looking For Caro’ hit-maker representing Nigeria
DJ Heavy K famed for the house music hit ‘Wena’ representing South Africa
Support acts: ElectrAfrique, Cream De La Crème, A host of Kenyan Artists

Water

Charit Concert: Waterwater – A Concert with Maeckes, Marteria, Octopizzo, Onejiru & Sarabi, Oct. 4 2014 @ Goethe-Institut Auditorium

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Water
Date: Saturday, 4th October 2014
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Time: 7 pm
Admission free, donations for fresh water welcome

Viva con Agua (VcA) is a charitable organisation based in St. Pauli, Hamburg (Germany), campaigning for clean drinking water and human sanitation worldwide. Since its existence VcA together with the United Nations World Food Program ensured access to clean drinking water to more than 500.000 people. Besides the social projects VcA also always tries to initiate links between the people in the project countries and the donors using the universal language of music, art, and football.

During the trip to Kenya the local musicians Octopizzo, Sarabi, and Onejiru will work with Marteria and Maeckes from Germany. The aim of the trip is to create a song together as well as produce a documentary photobook with the journalist Marcus Staiger and the photographer Paul Ripke and a cinematic documentary from the view of a Kenyan director, focusing on the particular approach and method of this social and cultural cooperation.


In cooperation with the United Nations World Food Program and One Fine Day Films

Spoken Worlds

Lost in Translation? Panel Discussion, Performances & Open Stage, Nov. 13 2013 @ Goethe Institut

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Spoken Worlds
Date: Wednesday 13th November
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 6.00 pm
Admission: free

Does translation open up new frontiers for art or does it lead to the loss of context and the purity of the work? Join 16 poets, spoken word and rappers from the SPOKEN WOR:L:DS project (that draws artists from Nairobi and Berlin) as they discover and debate the joys and challenges of translation and the translatability of lyrics. They shall also share their experiences of the project as well as subsequent performances. Rappers, Poets, Spoken Word artists are very welcome to present their work during the open stage segment. (Please register through spokenworlds@literaturwerkstatt.org or at Goethe Institut by Wednesday, November 13th between 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm.) Karibuni nyote!

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SPOKEN WOR:L:DS – lyrical performance between Nairobi and Berlin – is an international literature exchange project between artists from both cities, focusing on contemporary performance poetry.

It takes up impulses of Poetry, Spoken Word, Slam Poetry and Rap, which are art forms that mix literature, music, dance, and visual arts. Eight artists from Berlin, including Josefine Berkholz, Diamondog, Erko, Christian Filips, Josh, LMNZ, Madog, Sabine Scho will meet the following artists from Nairobi: Checkmate, L-Ness, Ogutu Muraya, Wanjiku Mwaurah, Namatsi, Sitawa Namwalie, Octopizzo, and Poetic B.

The project takes place in Nairobi November , 9th – 15th 2013 and in 5th – 12th April 2014 in Berlin.

SPOKEN WOR:L:DS is a project by Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, Maono Cultural Group and Kwani Trust in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Kenya. It is funded by the TURN Fund of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and supported by Goethe-Institut, Auswärtiges Amt, and Gangway e.V. The project’s media partner is AfricAvenir.

Family Affair

Family Fun Day Concert: Music & Wellness Festival, May 1 2013 @ Carnivore Restaurant

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Family Affair
Date: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Time: 10.00 am onwards
Venue: Carnivore Gardens
Charges: ADULTS – 500/- & KIDS – 200/-

ARTISTS PERFORMING
Eric Wainaina, Octopizzo, Size 8, Barbara Guantai, Nonini, Sage, Dj’s Pinye & Adrian, Ameleena, Combo, Diana Nduba

KIDS ACTIVITIES
Trampolines, Bouncing Castle,Mascots, Face Painters, Playstation, WII Games and Arcade Games.

Chef Special

Forgotten Furahidays Special Edition: Chef’Special, Feb. 8 2013 @ Sarakasi Dome

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Chef Special
Date: Friday 8th February
Venue: Sarakasi Dome, Foyer Bar, Ngara.
Time: 7pm-12am
Entry: FREE.

Details: Live performance by Chef’s Special from Netherlands featuring Deejay Kace, Eppy, Octopizzo, Sarakasi Dancers and more.

Beers at KES 140/- and Tots at KES 100/-

Chef’Special band are renowned for thrilling live performance that features a mix of Funk, Rock and Hiphop.

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Website: http://www.chefspecialmusic.com/