PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5th 2018
Paul Lemi
Director Media and Marketing
+256-759 288 789
paul@bayimba.org
FIRST DROP OF ARTISTS FOR THE 11th BAYIMBA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2018!
Bayimba Festival is one of Uganda’s biggest and most celebrated multi-disciplinary arts festival, enjoyed by fans from all walks of life, background and social strata. The Festival is ready for 2018 with a wave of productions and performances for its 11th edition, but most important, we are moving to a new location and you are coming along with us to Lunkulu Island!
We are super excited to announce the first wave of acts confirmed for the 4-day camping festival which will take place August 2 – 5, 2018. Lunkulu Island is on the shores of Lake Victoria off Mukono/Katosi road, 42 kms from Kampala and 60 kms from Jinja, can be easily reached by road as well as accessed by boat.
Music:
- HOLLY REY (South Africa)
- THE SOIL (South Africa)
- SEBY NTEGE & BAND (Uganda/UK)
- DJ NKOH (South Africa)
- JOSE CHAMELEON (Uganda)
- FRED SEBATTA & MATENDO BAND (Uganda)
- CHANCE NALUBEGA (Uganda)
- KABUYE SEMBOGA (Uganda)
- ZIGGY D & THE GROOVETONES (Uganda)
- RAGGA DEE (Uganda)
- PERCUSSION DISCUSSION AFRIKA (Uganda)
- LILY KADIMA (Uganda)
- IRYN NAMUBIRU (Uganda)
- SWAHILI ALLY (Tanzania)
- SHAMSI MUSIC (Kenya)
- MAURICE KIRYA (Uganda)
- SHANE PALKO (USA)
- RED BANTON (Uganda)
- KAZ KASOZI (Uganda)
- SYLVESTER & ABRAMZ (Uganda)
- ISAAC ABANEKO (Tanzania)
- IRENE NAMATOVU (Uganda)
- PSEUDOPOLIS & LEWIS LOWE (UK)
- NILOTIKA CULTURAL ENSEMBLE (Uganda)
- BOLIVAR MVULU (DRC/The Netherlands)
- THE ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS (German/Uganda/Kenya/DRC)
- IZAYA THE COMPOSER (Uganda)
- FAMOUS FRIENDS (Uganda)
- GIOVANNI & SSEWA SSEWA(Uganda)
- VICENT SEGAWA (Uganda)
Theatre, Poetry and Comedy:
- BAKAYIMBIRA DRAMACTORS (Uganda)
- FOURSOME COMMUNITY THEATRE (Uganda)
- KITARA NATION (Uganda)
- EKITAMBO DANCE THEATRE (Uganda)
- MAYIYIRIZO (Uganda)
- EMEKA & TUMU SIIME (Uganda)
- FEMINIST UTOPIA
- WRITER’S CLINIC-UKHONA NTSALI MLANDU (South Africa)
- MC IVY (Uganda)
- PCY (Uganda)
- RECHO REY (Uganda)
- CRAZIEWISPA & SANDRA (Uganda)
DJs:
- DARK MAME (Uganda)
- FYA LEBOOF (Uganda)
- SKAFACE (Uganda)
- RAS CLAN ENTERTAINMENT (Uganda)
- MOSES RALLO (Uganda)
- SOPHIA LINDSAY BURNS (UK/Scotland)
- LEWIS LOWE (UK/Scotland)
- PSEUDOPOLIS (UK/Scotland)
- HOLA HEFE (Rwanda)
- SURAJ (Kenya)
- DJ RACHAEL (Uganda)
- JOA NA REAIS ENSEMBE (Portugal)
- OMWENSO PROJECT CREATIVE MINDS (Uganda)
Dance:
- BATALO DANCE (Uganda)
Film:
- BURKINABE UPRISING (Burkina Faso)
Photography:
- STORIES FROM TRANSIT YELLOW BUSES by SAMUEL OKOCHA (Nigeria),
- STORIES AROUND LUNKULU BAY by PAPA TRILL & FRIENDS (Uganda)
Installation Art:
- JUSTAHUB (UK/Scotland)
- AFRIKA COLLECTIVE (Uganda)
Religious Music:
- RUYONGA (Uganda)
- JOKOLERA MATAALI (Uganda)
Fashion:
- SEED UGANDA FASHION SHOW (Uganda)
- MARISH DESIGN FASHION SHOW (Uganda)
- AKWARE NA ITEGELEKINA (Uganda)
The Bayimba International Festival tickets are NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE at www.bayimbafestival.com/tickets using a mobile phone or computer with various online payment options including .
Early bird tickets for a full Festival Pass for the 4 days including Camping Fees can be purchased right now at UGX 50,000 ($15) while a day pass can be purchased at UGX 15,000 ($4). This offer is valid until 30th June 2018, thereafter tickets will go for UGX 70,000 ($20) and UGX 20,000 ($6) for the Full Festival pass and Day Pass respectively.
More performing acts for this year’s Festival shall be announced soon. More than 1,000 performing acts will be on 6 stages this year.