Kigali Up! Rwandan Music Festival

July
Kimihurura Park
Kigali
Genre : Festival
Principal country concerned : Column : Music

The first annual KigaliUp music festival was 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, it 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.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of