Top 5 Art Festivals in Nairobi
A couple weeks a go we wrote telling you what to carry to art festivals. You have read the two lists, right? This one and this one? Good. Now that you have the basics necessary for your art festival indulgence, you need art festivals to attend. The generous people we are went ahead and made a list of few
The annual lit festival is organised by the Storymoja Publishing house, that means a huge chunk of the festival is dedicated to literature. Good thing though is that the folks at Story Moja run lively sessions that are open to public contribution and thus you will not get bored. Your kids are also guaranteed to enjoy the kiddie sessions.
They also have exhibitions and music concerts so you are going to have fun, in addition to intellectual discussions.
A break from the city never hurt anyone, and if that is what you are looking for, then drive to Naivasha for the annual Rift Valley Festival. The festival offers a whole array of performance arts, from music concerts to acrobatics,that and the chance to spend the night under the stars should be enough to entice you to pay a visit when they are back in business in 2016.
The Sondeka Festival is an annual affair organised by Creatives Garage. Sondeka fest acts as an intermediary where producers of creative innovations can meet with organizations and/or consumers of their products. Sondeka Festival brings all forms of creativity into one space to collaborate, co-create, showcase skills and access market. But don’t let all the innovation talk fool you, the people at Creatives Garage also know how to throw a mean party.
4. Ubantu Art Festival and the Doa Doa Festival
Ubantu Festival is a tri-annual festival that celebrates the cultural, artistic & historical legacies of the African people. Africa’s art & craft scene reflects the continent’s rich cultural diversity.
Ubantu Festival is hosted at the Uhuru Gardens and showcases examples of traditional and more recent African art & craft. Ubantu Festival will promote cultural exchange and understanding through the arts & crafts and a wonderful opportunity for you to buy unique African gifts to take back home.
Doa Doa is a market for different stakeholders in the performing arts market. The performing arts market included artists, DJs, arts managers, arts institutions, club owners, festival programmers, publishers, music arrangers, radio presenters, arts journalists, television presenters, artists, promoters and copyright societies.
5. The East African Art Festival
The East African Art Festival is held in Nairobi each year in the month of March and has competitors coming not only from Kenya, but also from other East African countries. It is a three days event organised by the Kenya National Museums and involves all forms of art, painting architecture, sculpture and traditional pieces.
