Accra What's on
Made in MadaGhana: Folk music from two cultures
25 November 2011. Goethe Institut organizes this event, entitled Made in MadaGhana, dedicated to folk music and poetry from Malagasy and Ghana. On focus is the fusion of two great rhythms and cultures...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
11 November 2011. This monthly festival showcases the best live music from Tanzania and abroad. On stage will be some of the finest local and international talent passing through Tanzania.
Among t...
Accra What's on
African Percussion and Dance performance
18 November 2011. On occasion of the 50th anniversary of Accra
Accra What's on
Accra Jazz and World Music Festival
5-16 Oct. The third Accra Jazz and World Music Festival takes place from 5 October at the Alliance Francaise in Accra. The festival opens with a concert by American pianist Kenny Drew and the Swiss vi...
Nairobi What's on
Riccardo Muti and the Ravenna Festival
9 July 2011. The great Italian conductor and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti, one of classical music
Dar Es Salaam What's on
21-23 July 2011. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts of University of Dar es Salaam organizes the 5th annual Ethnomusicology symposium. This event will focus the study of African music traditio...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
8 July 2011. This beat festival features a concert by some of the best local musical talents such as the top Kenyan afro-soul singer Dela, Mzungu Kichaa, Yvonne Mwale, Msafiri Zawose and Bongo Beat....
Addis Ababa What's on
21-22 June 2011. This concert by Gammo Fusion offers a great occasion to listen to the polyphonic music by the German violinist Conrad Schreiber and French accordionist Laurent Zabot.
Concert starts...
Cairo What's on
10 June 2011. The Rawabet Theatre presents this concert by the post Techno group Mouse on Mars, composed by the musicians Andy Thoma and Jan Werner from Cologne. This group was founded in 1992 and sin...
Maputo What's on
Concert by Aly Faque and his Band
3 June 2011. This concert features the singer Aly Faque, master of acoustic guitar and the traditional rhythms coming from Nampula.
Faque
Dar Es Salaam What's on
The Barazani Multicultural Night
18 May 2011. This monthly multicultural night, better known as Barazani, pays monthly homage to the local Tanzanian culture, music and traditions.
On this occasion it features the traditional musi...
Accra What's on
13 May 2011. On occasion of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Goethe Institut, the German Cultural Centre of the Federal Republic of Germany which was established in Ghana in 1961.
This...
Lagos What's on
6 May 2011. The popular afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali Salif Keita returns to Lagos for a great concert.
On this occasion Keita, better known as The Golden Voice of Africa, will perform his...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
11-17 April 2011. With this Jazz event, the first one in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam pays homage to jazz and to its numerous famous as well as less known jazz musicians.
The rich programme foresees amo...
Lagos What's on
17 April 2011. Muson organizes this early Easter concert, dedicated to the St John's Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach. This dramatic representation of the Passion, as told in the Gospel of John, is ma...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
The Barazani multicultural night
13 April 2011. This multicultural night, better known as Barazani, pays monthly homage to the local Tanzanian culture, music and traditions.
On this occasion the Tanzanian band Segere will perform...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
15 April 2011. This concert is performed by the famous American Jazz musician and saxohonist Bobby Ricketts, who will play together with members of the Band with No Name & the Wahapahapa.
These mu...
Nairobi What's on
9-10 April 2011. This concert is performed by the Nairobi Orchestra, which will play the Symphony No. 3
