Blankets and Wine FAB

Blankets & Wine XLVI feat. Kidum, M Kirya, Amileena & P. Nyabuto, Aug. 4 2013 @ Carnivore Restaurant

Blankets and Wine FAB
Date: August 4, 2013
Venue: Carnivore Grounds
Time: 1-7 pm
Tickets: Kshs 2000

Acts: Kidum [Burundi], Maurice Kirya [Uganda], Amileena Mwenesi and introducing Peter Nyabuto [both from Kenya]

Listen to fresh sounds of Peter Nyabuto
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6pUWsTak5E] In this edition of Blankets they will have the FAB Village where over 30 fashion and beauty exhibitors will be showcasing and selling their products and/or services. For more info visit their Facebook event Page.

British Council Kenya

Writing Workshop by Kwani Trust, Granta & British Council, Jun. 19-21 2013 @ British Council Kenya

British Council Kenya
BC Nairobi will host a literary week and fiction writers workshop

Dates: June 19, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Venue: BC Nairobi
For more info visit: Kwani?

Kwani Trust and British Council Kenya will collaborate with Granta UK to host a week of literary events in Nairobi between 19th-23rd June 2013. The joint literary programming week will include a launch of the latest Granta issue, ‘Best of Young British Novelists 4’; a three-day fiction-writing workshop; a lecture by the visiting writers from Granta, UK-based Somali Writer, Nadifa Mohamed and British Writer Adam Foulds, at Daystar University; and a 2013 elections evening symposium based on related work by Kwani Trust.

15 selected emerging Kenyan writers will join visiting writers from Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi and Nigeria for the workshop and other literary events.

Regional British Council offices have partnered with literary organisations from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda to select a writer from each of the countries to attend the fiction workshop, along with a corresponding Literature Programmers’ workshop with participants from the countries above.

Blankets Uganda

Blankets & Wine Uganda, Dec. 16 2012 @ Kyadondo Rugby Club

Blankets Uganda
Date: December 16, 2012
Venue: Kyadondo Rugby Club
Time: 1-7 pm
Tickets: Adults 35,000 & Children 10,000 Ugandan Shillings
Gate: 50000 Ugandan Shillings
Contacts: 0414 347 376 // 0791516806/0773212921

Performances by: Joe Sebunjo, Myko Auma & Liquideep
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For more info visit this Facebook Page

Fashion & Music without Boundaries, Dec. 15 2012 @ Swahili Beach Resort

Fashion & Music without Boundaries
In the Bag & Platinum Images Present Fashion & Music without Boundaries

Dates: December 14-17, 2012

December 14, 2012 invites only
December 15, 2012 Advance Kshs 3500 & Gate Kshs 4000
Venue: Swahili Beach Resort Diani

December 16, 2012 Advance Kshs 1000 & Gate Kshs 1500
Venue: Pine Wood Resort & Spa

Designers: John Kaveke, Deepa Dosaja, Katungulu Mwendwa, Dishol House of Design, Lalesso, Modhanik, Adama Paris & Edwing D’Angelo

Music: Ruyounga – Uganda, Kenny Allen – US, Different Faces, Maya Hiale, Mari, Malek aka DJ Stilleto – Germany

For more information visit: http://www.inthebagafrica.com/