Milege Festival
| Milege World Music Festival | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | World Music |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | Botanical Gardens Entebbe |
| Location(s) | Entebbe |
| Coordinates | 0°03′43″N 32°28′45″E / 0.06201089999999999°N 32.47927440000001°E |
| Country | Uganda |
| Years active | 13 |
| Previous event | 25-27 November 2016 |
| Next event | November 2017 |
| Participants | Various |
| Attendance | 10,000 |
| Capacity | Unlimited |
| Activity | Live music, Camping, Games, Zoo visits, Nature walks, boat rides |
| Organised by | Milege Band, Milege Acoustic Project |
| Member | Repainting Uganda (NGO), Milege Acoustic Project |
| Sponsor | Various |
| Website | Milege World Music Festival |
| Come let's have fun in the wild | |
Milege World Music Festival is an annual music festival, happening every November, organized by Milege band.[1] The festival is a celebration of world music, games, cultural dances, stories, poems, and so on. Art pieces from the Repainting Uganda project are also displayed and sold during the festival.[2] The festival invites many different world music stars from across Africa and sometimes from Asia, Europe, and America. The Milege World Music Festival of 2014 saw Japanese world star and world's first female nyatiti player Anyango perform.[3][4]
Milege started the festival in 2010 in Jinja but has since 2014 relocated it to the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe.
Organizers
The festival is normally organized by Milege band members, members of the Milege Acoustic Project and well wishers. Preparation for the festival starts as early as January[5].
List of Milege World Music Festivals
| Year | Dates | Festival Venue | Performers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 25-27 November | Botanical Gardens, Entebbe | Milege Acoustic Project (MAP), Haka Mukiga, Undercover Brothers Ug (Uganda), Dj Ruck (Uganda), Rockies Troupe (Uganda), MoRoots (Uganda), Daniel Okiror (Uganda), Maddox Ssematimba (Uganda), Pal Musica (Democratic Republic of the Congo), DJ Rachel (Uganda), Drumnation (Burundi), Kyambogo University Students Cultural Associations, Giovanni Kiyingi (Uganda), Bengatronics (Kenya), Deena (Germany/Uganda), Canaan Gents (Uganda), Rachael Magoola (Uganda) and Gregg-SS DJ’s (Kenya)[6] |
| 2015 | 20-22 November | Botanical Gardens, Entebbe | Okeita Akogo, Sandy Soul, Manana and Milege band, Babette Haag, Undercover Brothers Ug, Giovanni Kiyingi, Trizza, Ingyenzi dancers from Rwanda, Watmon Dance troupe, Ojijo the poet, Afrika Jambo Beats, Haka Mukiga, Ruyonga, Jungle, Janzi Band, Patricia Zoe the story teller, Davis Ntare, King Kash, and Santuri Safari DJs.[7] |
| 2014 | 20-21 November | Botanical Gardens, Entebbe | Anyango, Milege band, Undercover Brothers Ug, Giovanni Kiyingi, Annette Nandujja and the Planets, Bolton Sserunjogi, Higenyi Troupe, Afro Simba band [8] |
| 2013 | November | The Lake Victoria Serena Resort, Jinja | Milege band, Janzi Band, Kombo and Afrosimba Band, The Lantern Meet of Poets, Nawany and Kahiri[citation needed] |
References
- ^ "Milege band brings world class festival to Uganda". Observer Uganda. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "World Music Festival -'Repainting Uganda'". The Pearl Guide Uganda. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- ^ "A Musical Weekend at Milége World Music Festival". The Pearl Guide. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Celebrating world music with Milege". New Vision Uganda. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Uganda's Milege Festival returns to Botanical Gardens in Entebbe". Music in Africa.
- ^ "Main stage lineup". Milege. Milege.
- ^ "World music gets botanical platform". The observer.ug. The Observer Ug. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Uganda: Milege World Music Festival - Camp, Dine and Dance". The Pearl Guide. Retrieved 20 November 2014.