Events in
Zanzibar
Your guide to electrifying festivals, music concerts, and cultural gatherings in Zanzibar. Browse venue guides, festival editions, and official ticket admissions.
Sauti za Busara
Swahili for 'sounds of wisdom', a flagship East African festival focused on live African music, held in the Old Fort of Stone T...
Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF / Festival of the Dhow Countries)
East Africa's biggest film festival, celebrating the cultures of the Indian Ocean 'dhow countries' with films, concerts, worksh...
Mwaka Kogwa
The Shirazi New Year festival, with mock fights, music and the burning of a hut to cleanse the old year.
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