Weekend Wishlist
3th March
AFRI-NA-LADI presents MASHUJAA
A week of artistic events curated by Jojo Abot, celebrating Nairobi’s local heroes and creative community in and around the city.
AFRI-NA-LADI is a multimedia artist residency featuring talented Kenyan creatives that explores minimalism in the arts. Individual creative drive and vision lie at the forefront of Jojo’s process, and over three months AFRI-NA-LADI has worked to empower and platform young creatives in Nairobi through workshops, interactive sessions and performance. During the final week it will be moving around the city, exploring the meeting and crossing of artists from different backgrounds and peripheral communities in Nairobi.
EVENTS:
Thursday, 3 March
MASHUJAA MEETS KIBERA
~ FILMS SCREENING ~
Afripedia (Kenya, Ghana, Senegal)
Venue: Kamkunji Grounds, Kibera
06:00 - 09:00PM
Free Entry
Saturday, 5 March
MASHUJAA MEETS MATHARE
~ hosted by Mathare Radio ~
We invite you to celebrate the creative energy brewing in Nairobi’s hidden spaces. Join us for a day of art, community and collaboration in the incredible Mathare!
Venue: Send a message to Poppy Spowage for location
12:00 - 06:00PM
Free Entry
Sunday, 6 March
MASHUJAA MEETS WESTLANDS
~ hosted by Patricia Kihoro ~
Performances by:
EA WAVE
DJ Ricky Suede
Art Exhibition by AFRI-NA-LADI
“Aliens & Dreamers”
Venue: The Alchemist Bar, Westlands
Advance Tickets, KSH 500: http://bit.ly/1WSpz1w
Gate Tickets, KSH 1,000
5th March
Salsa Party, Caramel Lounge
Get your Groove on with Kenya’s Finest Salsa, Kizomba and Bachata Dancers at the Salsa Fiesta at Caramel Restaurant & Lounge - Nairobi on the 5th of March and every first Saturday of the Month thereafter.
Dress Code: Mucho Caliente!
500 Kshs Cover Fee
Beginner & Intermediate Salsa Class 7pm- 8pm
Class Cost Participation is 1000 Kshs in advance via mpesa or airtel money to 0723325680
1500 Kshs at the door
Kindly note the class fee is inclusive of Cover Fee
Open dance floor from 8 pm
For more information contact 0723325680 or email thedancefactoryke@gmail.com
5th March
Wine and Canvas Nairobi, Tribal Gallery
Hang on to your paintbrush for a night of ARTSY fun! Our talented local artist will instruct the featured artwork step-by-step while you relax, sip and paint along!
Awesome local artists, great customer service and beautiful surroundings make for an amazing experience that you don’t find anywhere else.
Sipping your favorite wine, let your inner artist out to create a masterpiece.
The best part is that you will go home with your artwork that day!
5th March
Nyama Choma Extravaganza - Nairobi Edition
Impala Sports Club
The best food and drink outdoor experience this side of the Sahara
Nyama Choma: Chicken | Beef | Goat | Lamb | Rabbit | Sausages | Boerewors ‘Mutura’
Fast Food: Burgers, Hot Dogs, Fries, Bhajias
Ugali | Pilau | Biryani | Fried Meat(Pork/Beef/Chicken/) | Roast Potatoes
Our Drink menu:
-WINE BAR - wide wine selection for your pallet
-COCKTAIL BAR - a mix of everything nice, sweet and sour
-ELONGATED BAR - for every drink
Speciality areas: GENTLEMAN’S LOUNGE & SHISHA DEN
Music by By Deejay E Tha Turntablist DJ SPACE DJ QHAV Deejay shawn
Performances by Third Hand Music, The Villagers Band, USONI BAND
Advance: 800/-
At the Gate: 1,000/-
5th March
Lavington Beer Festival
The Elephant
The LAVINGTON Beer Fest will be the 1st beer festival event celebration in Lavington where brewers will showcase their brands of brews giving them effective branding and a sampling forum where beer drinkers converge to experience and share a variety of local and international beers that are available in Kenya.
-All beers will sell at 150/-
-Free Easy Taxi rides from anywhere in Nairobi to the festival between 2-3pm
-Free bitings between 1pm -2pm
-Free Easy Taxi rides home after the Festival..subject to the ticket bought.
5th March
The Alchemist Bar
We’re taking over the the new Alchemist Bar in Westlands to celebrate the birth of a new party at a new venue. For this unique occasion we have partnered up with motion image and sound to provide you with a very special experience combining stage attributes and visuals with music.
Foozak plays eclectic melodies and deep grooves,
Suraj is a DJ & Producer based in Nairobi, Kenya. He creates contemporary electronic music infused with traditional musical and cultural elements,
L.A. DAVE bringing the underground to the overground in Kenya.
The three of them being great friends decided to come together to showcase a unique electronic music production fusing visuals and stage attributes together with their music. They will also be playing a special b2b2b set.
■ L.A. DAVE [Hoxton FM / Groundid Music]
■ Foozak [Be Distinctive Kenya]
■ SURAJ [Savanna Sessions]
TICKETS:
Ksh.500 (Gate Only)
Our Sound Partners: Motion Image and Sound Ltd.
Our Media Partners: What’s Good LIVE
Website: http://alchemist.bar/
