Nairobi Premiere: The Legend of Lwanda Magere – A Kwame Nyong’o Short Film, Mar. 21 2020 @ Karen Village Arts Centre
Date: March 21, 2020
Venue: Karen Village Arts Centre
Time: 7 pm
Entry: Free
Nairobi County Visual Arts Exhibition: Artists’ Interpretations of the City in the Sun, Mar. 14 – Apr. 13 2020 @ Village Market
Opening: March 14, 2020
Venue: Village Market
Time: 3 pm
Entry: Free
Until April 13, 2020
Organised by the GoDown Arts Centre
Out of Town: Lamu Yoga Festival, Mar. 4-8 2020 @ Lamu
Dates: March 4-8, 2020
Venue: Lamu
Concert: African Tour Prize by Céline Banza, Mar. 5 2020 @ Alliance Française
Date: March 5, 2020
Venue: Alliance Francaise Gardens
Time: from 7 pm
Entry: Free
Winner of the 2019 Radio France Internationale Discovery Award, the Congolese singer, Céline Banza, will be in Nairobi as part of her African tour prize with her 5-man band.
Céline Banza sings folk-inspired ballads in Ngbandi, a language spoken in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo. She studied musicology at the National Institute of Arts in Kinshasa and is working on her debut album to be released later this year.
Live Afro-Fusion Music: Rabuko Sessions ft. Fadhilee, Mar. 4 2020 @ Rabuko Bistro, The Mall, Ground Floor – Westlands
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Venue: Rabuko Bistro, The Mall – Westlands
Time: from 7.30 pm
Entry: Free
Kwani? Open Mic – March Edition Ft. Ogutu Muraya, Mar. 3 2020 @ IMAX Cinema, Mama Ngina Street (CBD Nairobi)
MC: Akinyi Oluoch
Date: March 3, 2020
Time: 7.00 pm – 9.30 pm
Venue: IMAX Cinema, Mama Ngina Street (CBD Nairobi)
Entry: Kes 1000 at the door. Advance tickets at Kes 800*. Early Bird Tickets at Kes 500. (Get tickets on mookh.com)
*Advance ticketing closes at 6 pm.
About Ogutu
Ogutu Muraya is a writer and theater maker whose work is embedded in the practice of Orature. He studied International Relations at USIU-Africa and graduated in 2016 with a Master in Arts at the Amsterdam University of the Arts – DAS Theatre. He has been published in the Kwani? Journal, Chimurenga Chronic, Rekto:Verso and Etcetera Magazine. His performative works & storytelling have featured in several theatres and festivals including- La Mama (NYC), The Hay Festival (Wales), HIFA (Harare), NuVo Arts Festival (Kampala), Storymoja Festival (Nairobi), Spoken Wor:l:ds (Berlin), Globe to Globe Festival (London), Ranga Shankara (Bangalore), Afrovibes Festival (Amsterdam), Spielart (Munich), Theatre is Must Forum (Alexandria), Theatre Commons (Tokyo) among others.Ogutu is a recipient of The Eric Brassem Exchange Certificat. He was recognized as a talent in the 2017- 2018 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst – 3 Package Deal.
His latest solo performance ‘Because I Always Feel Like Running’ was nominated for – The ZKB Patronage Award and ZKB Audience Award during the 39th edition of Zürcher Theater Spektakel, in Zurich.
Trio Ethio Blues & Bass w/ Etenesh Wassie, Sebastien Bacquias & Mathieu Sourisseau, Feb. 26 2020 @ Alliance Française
Date: February 26, 2020
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: from 7 pm
Entry: Free
Live Afro/Coastal Beats: Rabuko Sessions ft. Lulu Abdalla, Feb. 26 2020 @ Rabuko Bistro, The Mall, Ground Floor – Westlands
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Venue: Rabuko Bistro, The Mall – Westlands
Time: from 7.30 pm
Entry: Free
About
Said Abdallah AKA Lulu Abdallah was born in Mombasa in Likoni Mtongwe. The passion for music started very early when he used to see his father play the guitar which he later gave him as a present for his tenth birthday. From then music has been Abdallah’s passion till now.Abdallah moved to Nairobi to study more about music and that’s where his music career started. Beginning with a traditional dance troupe Abdallah started traveling abroad with different groups as a percussionist, started to learn guitar and improving his vocal ability.
Abdallah’s music is fused with strong vocals and rhythms, he sings in Digo, Luhya, English, Swahili, and little French, musically versatile from jazz, to rhumba, to salsa, to reggae, to Latin music, to local rhythms. He released his debut album Thembassa in 2014.
Lulu Abdallah is coming on with full force doing what he loves the most music…
Exhibition: Almost Vanishing Africa by Timothy Brooke, Feb. 29 – Mar. 29 2020 @ #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree
Opening: February 29, 2020
Venue: #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree
Until March 29, 2020
One Off is always delighted to hold an exhibition of spectacular paintings by veteran conservation artist, Timothy Brooke, who is undeniably ‘at the top of his game’ and painting like never before.
‘Almost vanishing Africa’ opens on 29th February. This show offers vignettes of a continent undergoing change so swiftly, that much of its natural wealth will shortly be a distant memory for us; something our grandchildren will only read about.
PRIVATE VIEW: Saturday, 29 February – 12 noon to 5 pm
Out of Town: The Jazz Experience ft. Mambo Tribe, Dan Mugoci & Michael Ongaro, Feb. 29 2020 @ Malindi
Date: February 29, 2020
Venue: Malindi
Time: from 9 pm
Tickets: KES 3,000/-
Thaïs Diarra & Noumoucounda Cissoko in Concert! Feb. 21 2020 @ Alliance Française Nairobi
Date: February 21, 2020
Venue: Alliance Française Nairobi
Time: 7pm
Entry: Free
The Swiss afro-soul singer, Thaïs Diarra, with roots in Mali and Senegal, accompanied by the Senegalese kora player Noumoucounda Cissoko, the drummer, Axel Lussiez and the arranger/producer Fred Hirschy, will be in Nairobi for a one-off concert straight from the Sauti za Busara Festival.
Thaïs has worked and toured with Didier Awadi and Positive Black Soul. She has recorded three albums with Fred Hirschy. Her style is both a subtle mix of African instruments such as the kora and balafon and influences from American soul, reggae, Senegalese mbalax and Mandingo music.
Evening Talk by Dr. Richard Leakey, Feb. 19 2020 @ Tamambo Karen Blixen Coffee Garden
Date: February 19, 2020
Venue: Tamambo Karen Blixen Coffee Garden
Time: 6.30 for 7 pm
Tickets and Reservations: KES 1,500/- talk and drink, KES 3,500 talk, drink and dinner
Out of Town: Sauti za Busara Festival, Feb. 13-16 2020 @ Stonetown, Zanzibar – Tanzania
Dates: February 13-16, 2020
Venue: Stonetown, Zanzibar – Tanzania
Concert: Unganisha, Feb. 14 2020 @ Goethe-Institut
Date: Feb. 14, 2020
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free
About
‘Unganisha’ is a musical collusion b/w a musician from Kenya – Labdi Ommes (Orutu & vocals) – & an experimental electronic artist from Norway – Bernt Isak Wærstad (electronics).
Exhibition: The Assembly by Samuel Ashanti Githinji, Until Mar. 31 2020 @ Red Hill Art Gallery
Dates: Until March 31, 2020
Venue: Red Hill Art Gallery
Born in 1989 in Gatundu, Central Kenya, Samuel Ashanti Githinjii is part of a new generation of East African conceptual artists. He acquired a diploma in Fine Art of the Buru Buru Art Institute in Nairobi in 2012.
His latest body of artworks is his response to local and global political, social and economic grievances, injustice and inequity.
He portrays Human Misery in bold brush strokes using primary colours, – blood-red, pitch-black and dark-blue. A metamorphosis of Human Bodies into Beasts.Directions to the Gallery
From Village Market join Limuru Road. After 13km turn left down a tarmac road, signposted “Zereniti”, continue for 200m, keep left on the dirt road (ignore the road climbing sharply right), after 50m take the right smaller track. Red Hill Art Gallery is located at the end of the track on the left side (red metal gate) Karibu!From City Centre Matatu No 114. Stop ‘Posta’
The gallery is open daily from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm
Out of Town: 29th Edition of The Koroga Festival – Love Edition ft. Diamond Platinumz, Mike Rua and H_Art the Band, Feb. 15 2020 @ Hell’s Gate – Naivasha
Date: February 15, 2020
Venue: Hell’s Gate, Naivasha
Time: 12 noon – 7 pm
Tickets: Advance KES 2,000/- (inclusive of Park Fee)
About
The Koroga Festival is a celebration of African music, food, art and fashion brought to you in the form of a concert and open boutique market.
Pop Up & Chill Handmaker’s Market, Feb 16 2020 @ Shamba Café – Loresho
Date and time: Sunday – February 16th, 10am to 6pm
Venue: Shamba Cafe, Loresho
Entry: Free
About
“Pop Up & Chill is back with the first market of 2020. Find the best in locally hand-made goods from East Africa’s top designers & makers on February 16th from 10am to 6pm at the beautiful Shamba Cafe in Loresho, Nairobi while enjoying great music, great company, great food and all around great vibes.Our market is free to the public and kid friendly. There will be a crafty corner for the kids as well as a selection of lovingly handmade clothing, leather goods, jewellery, furniture, home decor, prints, apothecary goods, healthy food, baked goods and yummy cocktails among other drinks.”
Screenings: Monday Movie Nights with Mugambi Nthiga – Oscar Snubs Vol. 1, Every Monday Evening @ K1 Klub – Parklands
Dates: Every Monday Evening
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: K1 Klub House, Parklands
Entry: Free
Screening: Tomorrow Documentary, Jan. 28 2020 @ The Alchemist Bar – Westlands
Date: January 28, 2020
Venue: The Alchemist Bar – Westlands
Time: 8 pm
As mankind is threatened by the collapse of the ecosystems, Cyril, Mélanie, Alexandre, Laurent, Raphäel and Antoine, all in their thirties, explore the world in search of solutions that can save their children, and with them, future generations. Using the most successful experiments in every area (agriculture, energy, habitat, economy, education, democracy…) they try to put back together the puzzle which may tell a new story of the future.
NOMA! An XR Experience, Jan. 23 – Feb. 4 2020 @ Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Dates: Until February 4, 2020
Venue: Goethe-Institut Kenya
NOMA!An XR Experience
The integration of visual art forms with Virtual and Augmented Reality and deploying these technologies in a learning and experimental context while building capacity and exposing artists to these new arts formats form the pillars to the three-month program State of the ARt.
The fusion at the intersection of technology between artists and tech visionaries can be experienced from 23rd January – 04th February, 2020 at the Goethe-Institut, Auditorium.
Writers’ Forum: Mbogi ya Mawriters, Jan. 25 2020 @ Alliance Française
Date: January 25, 2020
Venue: Médiathèque, Alliance Française
Time: 2 pm
Entrance: Free
Vincent de Paul is an Author/Freelance Writer, Editor and Publisher. He has published 11 books (two novels, three collections of flash fiction stories, and six poetry books). He has also been published in anthologies in Kenya and West Africa (Through the Journey of Hope by the Writers Guild Kenya and Black Communion: An Anthology of Poems by New Age African Poets in West Africa).
Exhibition: ‘Facing Life’, by Olivia Pendergast, Jan. 25 – Feb. 23 2020 @ #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree Estate
Opens: Saturday, 25 January 2020
Venue: #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree Estate (One Off Contemporary Art Gallery)
Until: February 23, 2020
About
One Off proudly opens the year with an exhibition of glorious portraits (and a couple of beautiful landscapes) by Olivia Pendergast. ‘Facing Life’ is vintage Pendergast.Rich oil painting replete with her signature over-drawing.
Exhibition: Atlantico – Angola and Sao Tome & Principe Contemporary, Jan 22 – Feb. 21 2020 @ Circle Art Gallery
Opens: Wednesday 22 Jan, 2020
Venue: Circle Art Gallery
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Runs until 21 February 2020
Featuring: Babu | Uólofe Griot | Ricardo Kapuka | António Ole | Kapelo Paulo | Daniela Ribiero
Kwame Sousa | Joana Taya | Nelo Teixeira | Van | Franciso Vidal | Zbi
ATLANTICO: ANGOLA AND SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE CONTEMPORARY
Circle’s first exhibition for 2020 is a group show featuring 11 artists from Angola and one from São Tomé & Príncipe; a combination of established masters & emerging artists living in Angola and the diaspora. ATLANTICO presents a cross-section of the varied practices developing in contemporary art from this geographical region of Atlantic Africa.All the works embrace fiction and non-fiction; incorporating personal, political, economic, cultural, and mythological themes.
The exhibition is curated by Dominick A. Maia Tanner, producer-curator and gallerist at ‘ELA-Espaço Luanda Arte’.
He is also the founder of ´Angola AIR´ the country´s first artist-in-residence programme for non-Angolans artists and collectors.
Showcase Wednesday with Brian Sigu, Jan. 22 2020 @ Alliance Française
Date: January 22, 2020
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: from 7 pm
Entry: Free
About
Brian Sigu taught himself music at a tender age finding inspiration from his grandfather. Over the years he has perfected his art by singing with various bands since leaving high school. His Afro fused rhythms delivered with passion and energetic intensity result in a captivating performance.
Sigu believes anything is possible if you feel it in your heart and is currently working on his new album, JA’MBAKA
Uncovering Freedom: on Sudan’s Historic Revolution – Khalid Albaih in Conversation with Rozan Ahmed, Jan. 17 2020 @ Circle Art Gallery
Date: Friday, Jan. 17, 2020
Venue: Circle Art Gallery
Time: 6-8 pm
Exhibition: Creative Millennials, Jan. 16-26 2020 @ Alliance Française
Dates: January 16-26, 2020
Venue: Alliance Française
Artists: Andrew Chege, Zephaniah Lukuamba, Joseph Makau, Edna Taabu, Otto Gohole, Moses Sabayi, Elam Yabish, Margaret Sherie, Martin Musyoka, Philip Oyuga & Elizabeth Kiambi.
Creative millennials is an art movement of upcoming and practicing artists, made up of alumni of the Dept. of Fine Art and Design of the Kenyatta University, as well as some final year students. Their passion for creating exceptional work and availing it to the public is their driving force.
Exhibition Launch: Wasted, Dec. 19 2019 @ Shifteye Studios, The Priory – Argwings Khodek Road
Date: December 19, 2019
Venue: Shifteye Studios, The Priory, Argwings Khodek Road, Nairobi
Time: 7 pm
Entry: Free
About
An immersive experience to launch wasted.ke’s debut project, #Wasted, a creative response to the plastic pollution crises where they turn the mirror on themselves and then ask you — can you do it better?
Kilifi New Year 2020 ft. Osunlade, Blinky Bill, Kampire, Jack Rooster, the Kaya Collective, Valerie Muthoni & Yellow Light Machine et al, Dec. 30 2019 – Jan. 2 2020 @ Beneath the Baobabs, Kilifi
Dates: Dec. 30 2019 – Jan. 2 2020
Venue: Beneath the Baobabs, Kilifi
Musical and Performances: Annual Paa ya Paa Mama Christmas, Dec. 15 2019 @ Paa ya Paa – Ridgeways
Date: December 15, 2019
Venue: Paa ya Paa, Ridgeways
Time: from 10 am
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