{{Festival-goers should get ready to enjoy high temperatures as they watch performers like Joey Blake and Tony Osanah because, this year’s 3rd best music festival “KigaliUp” will be staged at Amahoro Stadium on 13 and 14 July, 2013. }}
The exceptional annual festival Popo will be the 3rd annual event in the country.
It will feature pros and industry insiders, who will enhance the capacity of the music and art industry, to contribute to cultural tourism and economic development of Rwanda.
According to the festive promoter Kanobana Judo “The sole aim is bringing together urban upstarts, tradition bearers, and established international artists—and to get them to perform together on two live music stages; while using local traditional musical instruments.”
“Local heroes Sophie Nzayisenga have already set foot in Kigali and others like Habib Koite, Bamada from Mali are likely to” he said.
The festival will also witness the likes of independent artists from Guma Guma superstar runners up Jay Polly, music star Shanel, and Mani Martin to mention but a few.
The festival is organized by Positive Production Events. The entry of fee will be francs frw3,000 and the first hundred clients will receive free entry courtesy of time.
The event is a combination of Gospel, Reggae, Afro beat, blues and Folk intended to bring Diaspora and beautifully combined traditions with new forms of music. With this event, Rwandans will have a new face of music platform” .
The first annual KigaliUp music festival was held in September 10, 2011 in the lush Kimihurura Roundabout at Primature Park in Kigali, Rwanda.
The brainchild of Juno award-winning Rwandan/Canadian artist Mighty Popo was a ground-breaking affair where 30 artists from Rwanda, Africa, Canada and Europe shared their music and culture to an audience of 2000 people, staffed by a volunteer base of 70 people.
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