TOP NAMES TO PERFORM ON ZANZIBAR FOR ‘SAUTI ZA BUSARA 2017‘
(Posted 04th January 2017)
East Africa’ best known performing arts festival, Sauti Za Busara, is returning to Zanzibar in February after taking a break last year due to insufficient sponsorship.
Taking place from the 09th to the 12th of February in Unguja’s Stone Town – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – do four days of non stop activities and performances take place, bringing some of Africa’s best known names on to the stages again.
Tickets are already on sale for some weeks now and anyone intending to travel to Zanzibar better make prompt arrangements as flights, ferry boats and most important accommodation will very likely be sold out again during the festival days.
Flying the “Africa United” flag will the next edition during 9 – 12 February 2017 feature some 400 artists in 40 groups, who will be performing live on three stages:
Rocky Dawuni (Ghana) Yamoto Band (Tanzania) Sarabi (Kenya) Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana / Germany) Simba & Milton Gulli (Mozambique) Jagwa Music (Tanzania) Bob Maghrib (Morocco) Karyna Gomes (Guinea Bissau) Sami Dan & Zewd Band (Ethiopia) Chibite Zawose Family (Tanzania) Rajab Suleiman & Kithara (Zanzibar) Wahapahapa Band (Tanzania) Buganda Music Ensemble (Uganda) Batimbo Percussion Magique (Burundi) Kyekyeku(Ghana) H_art the Band (Kenya) Grace Barbé (Seychelles) Roland Tchakounté(Cameroon / France) Imena Cultural Troupe (Rwanda) Isau Meneses(Mozambique) Sahra Halgan Trio (Somaliland) Tausi Women’s Taarab(Zanzibar) Swahili Encounters (Zanzibar / Various) CAC Fusion (Tanzania) Ze Spirits Band (Tanzania) Loryzine (Reunion) Madalitso Band (Malawi) Mswanu Gogo Vibes (Tanzania) Matona’s G Clef Band (Zanzibar) Afrijam Band(Tanzania) Cocodo African Music Band (Tanzania) Kiumbizi (Pemba) Rico & the Band (Zanzibar) Usambara Sanaa Group (Tanzania) Mcharuko Band (Zanzibar) Taarab – Kidumbak Group (Zanzibar) and more
The festival will offer once more 100% live performance, showcasing quality, originality and innovation, with priority for young and emerging artists and music with cultural identity.
Find a short YouTube clip via the following link to get a feeling what visitors to the festival will experience this year: https://youtu.be/9oQmUmNvcQE
The full festival timetable is now also available through the following link: Festival Timetable.
Key sponsors of the event are once again the Norwegian Embassy, the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania and notably Ethiopian Airlines, Coastal Aviation, ZanLink, Golden Tulip Zanzibar, Emerson Spice, Emerson on Hurumzi and Ikala Zanzibar, among many other companies and organizations.
For added information write to busara@busara.or.tz or visit www.busaramusic.org
