The second annual Zakifo Musik Festival, Durban – features one of the most eclectic, multi-genre music line-ups ever gathered together in one festival programme – boasting some of the finest music-makers from France, Reunion, Mozambique, USA, Mali, Ghana, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa – comes to Durban at the site of the old Natal Command opposite Battery Beach, for two days only, on 27 and 28 May, 2016.
Surrounding the festival, there will be a host of satellite fringe events, workshops, couch-sessions, industry engagements and jams, including a closing concert at the Rainbow on Sunday 29 May 2016.
There is an early-bird special offer of a weekend pass for just R200, running from 6 to 15 April 2016. By buying an early-bird or a full-weekend pre-sale, one will qualify to enter Zakifo’s competition to win a trip to Reunion Island, to attend sister festival Sakifo, the week following Zakifo! Terms and conditions apply.
This year Zakifo has hand-picked a phenomenal array of global music-makers to create a watershed programme for Durban. Following on from the precedent set last year, the focus on strong female artists continues at the festival this year – Zakifo 2016 will be staging some of the most outspoken, innovative, boundary-defying women performers active in the global music industry today, such as: 27 year-old Canadian singer Cold Specks, whose innovative music has been described as doom-soul; Estere Dalton has been compared to the likes of Erykah Badu and is a songwriter and beat-maker, hailing from New Zealand who plays/records a mixture of bass, synth, drums, guitar, vocal harmonies, keyboard, whistles, claps and kazoo; Inna Bocoum, known on stage as Inna Modja, is a genre-shifting Malian singer / rapper and model. Maya Kamaty has been dubbed the new, hypnotic voice of Reunion’s modern Maloya and Sega traditions.
Stay tuned for the announcements of our exceptional local line-up to match these eclectic global super stars, coming up in following press releases!
Tickets available at Webticket: www.webtickets.co.za
For more information, and for the detailed programme, visit www.zakifo.com; or email zakifomusicfestival@gmail.com or ph 031 332 0119. Zakifo Muzik Festival, Durban is active across social media platforms – for regular updates, follow / like the festival on Facebook.
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Ticket costs as follows: R200 for early bird tickets weekend pass (limited number available). Running from 6 – 15 April