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Addis Ababa
Your guide to electrifying festivals, music concerts, and cultural gatherings in Addis Ababa. Browse venue guides, festival editions, and official ticket admissions.
Timkat (Ethiopian Epiphany)
A colourful Orthodox Tewahedo celebration of Christ's baptism, with processions of Tabots and water blessings, inscribed on UNE...
Meskel
A festival commemorating the finding of the True Cross, marked with a giant bonfire (Demera); recognised by UNESCO.
Africa Unite Concert
A celebration marking Bob Marley's 60th birthday, held in Ethiopia, a spiritual home for Rastafari, with the Marley family and ...
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