top african music festivals
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Here are some of the top festivals that take place under Africa skies and that present African music performances from more than just the host country. For additions (or quibbles) please contact busara@busara.or.tz
Click on any festival name to see their website.
Month |
Festival |
Clicks since one month ago |
January |
Festival in the Desert (Mali) |
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49 ) |
February |
Sauti za Busara music festival (Zanzibar) |
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29 ) |
February |
Festival on the Niger (Mali) |
(
41 ) |
March |
Festival Boulevard (Morocco) |
(
37 ) |
April |
Cape Town Jazz Festival (South Africa) |
(
50 ) |
April |
Jazz a Carthage (Tunisia) |
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21 ) |
April |
Kriol Jazz Festival (Cape Verde) |
(
19 ) |
April - May |
Harare Int’l Festival of the Arts (Zimbabwe) |
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41 ) |
May |
Bushfire Festival (Swaziland) |
(
55 ) |
May |
Festival Mawazine (Morocco) |
(
33 ) |
May |
Saint-Louis Jazz Festival (Senegal) |
(
50 ) |
June |
Essaouira Gnaoua Music Festival (Morocco) |
(
51 ) |
June |
Festival Gabao (Gabon) |
(
27 ) |
June |
Festival of World Sacred Music (Morocco) |
(
45 ) |
June - July |
Grahamstown Festival (South Africa) |
(
98 ) |
July |
Festival Timitar (Morocco) |
(
49 ) |
August |
Sakifo Musik Festival (La Reunion) |
(
47 ) |
September |
Bayimba Festival (Uganda) |
(
91 ) |
Sept - Oct |
Pan African Space Station (South Africa) |
(
71 ) |
October |
Festival Milatsika (Mayotte) |
(
91 ) |
October |
Lake of Stars (Malawi) |
(
49 ) |
October |
Madajazzcar (Madagascar) |
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45 ) |
October |
Waga Hiphop festival (Burkina Faso) |
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28 ) |
December |
Fest’Horn (Djibouti) |
(
141 ) |
total clicks since 25 March 2010 = 21020 |
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