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Festivals
Explore top music festivals and live cultural events celebrating African creative excellence. Find festival editions, line-ups, venue guides, and secure tickets.
Raave Pool Party
Raave Pool Party at Jevenom Hotel, Iddo, Lagos on Oct 31. All-night music, poolside vibes and nonstop Lagos nightlife energy.
FRIENDS OF MONGOMA XXXI
For Halloween, MoNgoma Records transforms KODA into a world of untapped rhythms, melodies and heavy percussions guaranteed to g...
My Mother's Tongue
MY MOTHER’S TONGUEEDITION 1 — LOVEFriday, 30th October 2026 · NairobiWhat does love sound like in the language that raised you?...
UNFAZED 2.0 HOUSE PARTY
UNFAZED 2.0 House Party in Nii Okaiman, Ghana. Hip hop, amapiano & afrobeats vibes. No dress code, just good energy. Oct 30...
Beats Rave 2.0
Beats Rave 2.0 - Oct 30, 2026 - Accra
FOR VIDZA'S MUMMY (FUNDRAISER EVENT)
Our community comes together this Thursday at KODA to celebrate the life of Vidza’s mum and her love for music. ❤️An evening of...
New Sound Alert
New Sound Alert: an exclusive first listen to Lagos' next sound on Oct 29 at Victoria Island, with music discovery and good ene...
Keenan Ahrends at Hugh's Jazz Club
Keenan Ahrends at Hugh's Jazz Club live at Thirteen, 10 De Beer Street, Braamfontein, 2000, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa...
Communion at The Canteen
Communion is a participatory cultural residency presented and produced by Breaking Bread KE and Black Wind Studios.Join us ever...
Ngamani Listening Party
Join us this Thursday from 4PM to 4AM for an intimate listening experience as award-winning DJ and Producer Basthma releases hi...
Edo Mega Concert
Edo Mega Concert brings live music and high-energy entertainment to Benin City on Oct 28, 7–10PM. Join the crowd for an unforge...
PAMBA WEDNESDAY - ALL WAYZ BONKERZ TAKE OVER
PAMBA Wednesday is our midweek cultural pitstop — a weekly gathering built around music, fashion, food, play and community.Part...
Caribbean Music World
Caribbean Music World brings dancehall and Caribbean sound to Accra for a high-energy night of riddims, basslines and street vi...
Fabricated in Nairobi
Step into a night of electronic music as Fabricated in Nairobi brings together the vibrant sounds of Durban and Nairobi’s cutti...
Kikuyu Love Sessions (Slightly Scandalous Edition)
Slightly Scandalous is a celebration of those willing to lean into life. Come meet remarkable people, lose yourself in beautifu...
Konpa Night
Konpa Night is a celebration of Konpa, the smooth and soulful partner dance and music culture that comes from Haiti and carries...
The TG Listening Party
Welcome to The Torri Gatheru Album Listening Party. A celebration of music, creativity, fashion & Culture.
PAMBA WEDNESDAY - NGAMANI TAKE OVER
PAMBA Wednesday is our midweek cultural pitstop — a weekly gathering built around music, fashion, food, play and community.Part...
THE MASK MIRAGE PARTY
THE MASK MIRAGE PARTY - Aug 22, 2026 - Taifa
MekWeVibe @Artopiia Live Music, Karaoke, Board Games, Retro & Immersive
Discover live music, karaoke, board games, and immersive art at Artopiia in Accra. Join the vibe this March 14. Book tickets on...
Amani Festival
A peace-focused music festival in eastern Congo created to bring communities together after years of war.
Lake of Stars
A lakeside music and arts festival that became a major cultural tourism draw for Malawi.
Oppikoppi
An influential bushveld rock festival known for its dusty hill setting that launched many South African rock and alternative acts.
Third World Festival of Black Arts (FESMAN 2010)
A revival of the Black Arts festival tradition around the theme of African Renaissance, which also saw the unveiling of the Afr...
FIFA World Cup Kick-off Celebration Concert
A stadium concert at Orlando Stadium on the eve of the 2010 World Cup, featuring African and international artists such as Hugh...
Africa Unite Concert
A celebration marking Bob Marley's 60th birthday, held in Ethiopia, a spiritual home for Rastafari, with the Marley family and ...
46664 Concert Series
Nelson Mandela's HIV/AIDS awareness concerts, named for his Robben Island prisoner number, which brought global and African art...
FESTAC '77 (Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture)
A month-long festival that drew thousands of artists and delegates from Africa and the diaspora, remembered for its scale and f...
Zaire 74
A three-night music festival tied to the Ali–Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle' fight, uniting James Brown, B.B. King, Miriam Makeb...
Soul to Soul
A concert for the 14th anniversary of Ghana's independence, bringing African American soul and rock stars together with Ghanaia...
First Pan-African Cultural Festival (PANAF 1969)
A major Pan-African festival of music, dance, theatre and film in post-independence Algiers; it brought together liberation mov...
First World Festival of Black Arts (FESMAN 1966)
A landmark festival initiated by President Léopold Sédar Senghor, bringing together artists and thinkers of Africa and the dias...
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