{"id":55340,"date":"2025-08-23T15:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/friends-of-amstel-set-for-an-epic-takeover-at-zaria-court-on-october-18\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:10:20","slug":"friends-of-amstel-set-for-an-epic-takeover-at-zaria-court-on-october-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/friends-of-amstel-set-for-an-epic-takeover-at-zaria-court-on-october-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Amstel set for an epic takeover at Zaria Court on October 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the organizers, doors will open at 2:00 PM. Guests will have access to activities throughout the day, with performances running into the night.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup will include Rwanda\u2019s Bruce Melodie, Kivumbi King, and Mike Kayihura, as well as regional artist Bien-Aim\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriends of Amstel is all about creating moments of connection, and this year we\u2019re excited to host it at Zaria Court, a new venue that perfectly reflects the vibrancy of Kigali,\u201d said Lieke Bouwhuis, Marketing Director, Bralirwa Plc. \u201cWith an incredible lineup and a refreshed experience, this edition will be one of the most memorable yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will be available in solo and group packages for two, four, or six people. Organizers indicated that sales will be launched on Friends of Amstel\u2019s social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Friends of Amstel is part of a regional series of events supported by Amstel. Organizers said the initiative is designed to promote social connection through music and shared experiences.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-92984\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/capture-72.png\" alt=\"The Friends of Amstel event will return on October 18, 2025, with a new venue at Zaria Court. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of Amstel event will return on October 18, 2025, with a new venue at Zaria Court. The annual gathering is described as a celebration of music and friendship and will bring together local and regional artists alongside attendees from Kigali and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000092985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000092985,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/capture-72.png","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/png","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/capture-72.png","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/capture-72.png","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/capture-72.png","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/capture-72.png","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/capture-72.png","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000092985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55340"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55340"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}